Module 2 - Learning Resources and Pre-Instructional Activities - Activity 5

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Activity 5: Learning Resources

The learning resources aligned to this course are listed below.  Links to these resources are found under the Learning Resources tab of the Academic Action Plan in the my.edu.edu portal.

Chadron Ethics Course
This course provides the student with a study of the major philosophical theories that attempt to describe the nature of morality and/or to prescribe the means by which acts may be judged moral or immoral. Upon successful completion of this course, the student will:

• Understand the classic works in moral philosophy by Aristotle, Kant, and John Stuart Mill, as well as works in applied moral reasoning by contemporary writers.
• Understand what challenges to ethical reasoning make the enterprise difficult.

• Be able to reason in an informed way the three timely and provocative applications of moral theory:
• 1. Capital punishment
  2. Homosexuality
  3. Abortion