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  • PHIL 3510: Business/Prof Ethics

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    Moral issues in business such as justification of market allocation, problem of public goods, duties to consumers and employees, advertising, secrecy, and truth justifications for governmental regulation. Satisfies business ethics requirement for Management, David Eccles School of Business.
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  • PHIL 3520: Bioethics

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    Moral issues arising out of advances in biological knowledge and technology, e.g., concerning behavior modification, genetic engineering, euthanasia, abortion, transplants, rights of patients.
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  • PHIL 3530: Environmental Ethics

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    Basic theories of environmental ethics, issues in environmental ethics (e.g., wilderness/species preservation, animal rights, pollution control, development vs. preservation) distributive justice in relation to the environment.
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  • PHIL 3570: Research Ethics

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    Scientific research has become an international, collaborative, well- and widely-financed industry. This reality of modern research raises a variety of ethical issues and questions: Who will be listed as an author on collaborative research, and how will the names be ordered? Can research sponsored by private corporations be trusted as being as reliable as federally-funded research? Can a researcher balance the conflict of interest between seeking scientific truth and seeking potential profit? To what extent is scientific research shaped by political, economic, socio-religious, and/or institutional pressures? To what extent can/does science shape politics, economics, socio-religious worldviews, and/or institutions? How can humans or non-human animals be ethically incorporated into research? When does relying on the previous research of others become plagiarism? A professional researcher will likely encounter one or all of these issues. In this course we will look closely at these sorts of topics, and the philosophical and ethical issues that surround science as a social, and human institution.
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  • PHIL 3600: Phil Of Religion

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    Principal problems in the philosophy of religion and solutions proposed by classical and contemporary philosophers.
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  • PHIL 3640: World Religions

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    Comparative study of basic tenets of the world's major living religions aimed at an appreciative understanding of each.
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  • PHIL 3700: Political Philosophy

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    Major political philosophers such as Hobbes, Locke, and Marx; important political concepts such as liberty, democracy, and justice.
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  • PHIL 3710: Phil Of Law

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    The nature of law, legal obligations, and rights; relationship between law and morality.
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  • PHIL 3730: Justice & Int Affairs

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    This course will examine ethical questions about the relations among states and citizens throughout the world. Its prime focus is global distributive justice. It will examine conflicting views about the obligations of wealthy nations and citizens to those who are poor. It will also examine ethical issues that arise from increasing globalization. It will also ask when war is justifiable and what acts are justifiable in war, and it will consider the possibilities of greater global democracy.
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  • PHIL 3740: Drugs and Justice

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    In this course we analyze drug use, regulation, and policy, to provide a consistent, coherent and comprehensive view of pharmacologically active substances ubiquitous in society. All types of drugs are addressed - prescription medications, over-the-counter medications, dietary supplements, sports enhancement drugs, religious use drugs, common use drugs such as caffeine, tobacco, and alcohol, and illegal drugs. Both the benefit and harms of drug use are considered, along with addiction. Each topic is examined from a broad range of perspectives, including those of pharmacology, law, addiction medicine, sports performance assessment, philosophy, and criminal justice, to counter the "silo mentality" that characterizes drug policy and control in American society. Ways of promoting justice in drug theory, policy, and practice, are developed. Active student discussion complements each lecture topic.
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