| Course title | |||||
| 現代倫理論 [Ethics] | |||||
| Course category | Liberal Arts and Fundamental Studies | Requirement | Credit | 2 | |
| Department | Year | 1～4 | Semester | 1st | |
| Course type | 1st | Course code | 020013 | ||
| Instructor(s) | |||||
| 岩﨑 茜 [IWASAKI Akane] | |||||
| Facility affiliation | Graduate School of Agriculture | Office | Email address | ||
| Course description |
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The purpose of this course is to introduce ethical themes to students with specific examples in the modern society. It aimes to equip students with the sense of ethics, and the ability to think flexibly about ethical issues in their daily lives. Students are required to write down their opinion every class, then I will introduce some of them in next class to share various points of views. |
| Expected Learning |
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(1)Being equipped with the basic knowledge about ethics. (2)Understanding ethical issues in our society. (3)Being able to develop participants' own ideas about ethical aspects in the modern society. |
| Course schedule |
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[1]Orientation [2] Introduction - "Why do we need the ethics?" - Outline of the ethics [3-5]Bioethics - Zone of "human beings" - Human dignity and Self-determination - Emerging life science and the ethics [6]Family and sexual ethics [7]Information ethics [8-10] Environmental ethics - Intergenerational ethics - Rights of nature - Environmental problrems in modern society and ethical issues [11-12] Social justice - Poverty and ethics - Environmental justice [13-14]Democracy and ethics - Consensus-building and dialogue - Attributes of Human-being : Sympathy and imagination [15]Final Exam |
| Prerequisites |
| Nothing special |
| Required Text(s) and Materials |
| Power Point will be used in this class. |
| References |
| Refernce publication, if any, will be announced at the beginning of the course. |
| Assessment/Grading |
| Attendance(30%), Class participation(30％) and Final exam(40%) |
| Message from instructor(s) |
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As long as we live, we face ethical issues in our daily lives. In most of these issues, there are NO RIGHT ANSEWERS. So I would like to lead each of you to think about these issues by yourselves, and experience ethical view of world. |
| Course keywords |
| Life, Health care, Environment, Social justice, Media, Democracy, Dialogue |
| Office hours |
| Please send your e-mail to this address. iwasak.akane@nies.go.jp |
| Remarks 1 |
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| Lecture Language |
| Japanese |
| Language Subject |
| Last update |
| 3/25/2019 5:15:53 PM |