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	afjgxte/L1151	Email address

Course description

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. This course is offered as one of the Humanities and Socical Sciences courses of the Global Liberal Arts Studies.

Expected Learning

(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. ・Compentency Development: Autonomy, Intercultural Understanding, Global Awareness, Ability to Explore Knowledge, Academic Ethics

Course schedule

[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]Summary FInal exam

Prerequisites

In addition to 30 hours in the classes, students are recommended to prepare for and review the classes, spending the standard amount of time as specified by the University.

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

・class participation 60%：students' questions and comments during the class、contribution to discussion, and comment sheets are taken into account. ・Exam 40%：to assess basic knowledge and understanding on ethics and its application to social issues

Message from instructor(s)

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

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Lecture Language

Japanese

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3/2/2020 1:05:37 PM