PHILOSOPHY 2030 – INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS

Instructor:                                Dr. M.F. Austin
Term:                                       Fall 2004
Time:                                        9:35-11:00 MW
Location:                                  Clement 118
Final Exam:                               Fri., Dec. 17, 10:00-11:50 (Ledbetter Aud.)
Office:                                      Clement 108
Office Hours:                            Posted on office door
Phone and Email:                      931.540.2755 (W)                                                                                                   931.381.2674 (H)                                                                                                austin@columbiastate.edu

Required Texts:            Pojman, Louis Ethics:  Discovering Right and Wrong.  
                                    4^th  Edition.  Belmont, CA:  Wadsworth, 2002.

Course Description:      The course is designed to introduce the                                 student to various ethical theories and to show how 
they apply in both personal  and social situations. 

Emphasis will also be placed on different types of 
professional problems

                                    Involving ethical concerns.

 Course Objectives:     (1) to introduce different modes of ethical reasoning, (2) 
                                    to apply these modes of reasoning to particular situations 
                                    and problems and (3) to foster a recognition of the 
                                    complexity and diversity inherent in moral reasoning

 Student Responsibilities:  (1) attend class, (2) read all assignments, (3) participate 
                                        in class discussions, (4) complete all writing assignments 
                                        and tests

 Course Requirements:     (1) one documented essay worth 100pts.on a 
                                        topic approved by the instructor or an ethics journal, (2)
                                       two tests worth 100pts. each, (3) a project or case
                                      study  assigned by the instructor worth 100pts.,
                                       (4) quizzes worth  a total of  100pts. and (5) a final 
                                        exam  worth 200pts.

 Grading Scale:              630-700      A
                                    560-629      B
                                    490-559      C
                                    420-489      D
                                         0-419      F

Class Policies:               Late papers will be reduced one letter grade and missed
                                     tests must be completed one week from the original test                                       date. Exceptions will be made at the instructor’s discretion.

 Tentative Schedule of Assignments

Week 1                        Introduction to the course
                                    Chapter 1

 Week 2                        Chapters 2 and 3

Week 3                        Chapters 3 and 4 

Week 4                        Chapters 4 and 5

Week 5                        Chapters 5 and 6 

Week 6                        Chapters 6 and 7

 Week 7                        Chapter 8

Week 8                        Chapter 9 

Week 9                        Chapter 10

 Week 10                     Sections from chapters 11 and 12 (specific assignments
                                    to be made later)

 Week 11                      Chapter 13 

Week 12                      Chapter 14 

Week 13                      Chapter 15 

Week 14                      Projects 

Week 15                      Projects 

Week 16                      FINAL EXAM