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POLSC401: Ethics and Public Policy
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Course Introduction
Unit 1: The Role of Ethics and Morality in Politics
Unit 2: Theoretical Frameworks for Ethical Analysis
Unit 3: Individual Liberty, Public Safety, and Immigration
Unit 4: Income Equality, Equal Employment, and Affirmative Action
Unit 5: Care for the Poor, Sick, Elderly, and Infirm
Unit 6: Policies Regarding Families and Personal Relationships
Unit 7: National Security and Foreign Relations
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Course Syllabus
Moral Dilemmas, Moral Truth, and Moral Knowledge
The Good Life: Virtue and Well-Being
Mores, Laws, Morality, and Ethics
Government Accountability Office
Government and the Private Sector
Overview of the Human Rights Framework
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
A Theory of Justice
Moral Foundations Theory
Ethical Principles and Responsible Decision-Making
Aristotle's Virtue Ethics
The Good Life: Virtue and Well-Being
On Virtue Ethics
Kant's Ethics
Kant's Categorical Imperative
The Duties of the Categorical Imperative
Classical Utilitarianism and Distributive Justice
Utilitarian Ethics
Democracy and Majority Rule
Freedom of Speech and the Press
What is the Point of Free Speech?
Texas v. Johnson, 491 U.S. 397 (1989)
The Ethics of Power and Authority
What Exposes African Americans to Police Violence?
The Case of Correctional Institutions
The Path to Gun Control in America Goes through Political Philosophy
The Public's Health and the Social Meaning of Guns
Unauthorized Aliens in the United States
International Migration at a Time of Crisis
Draft a Policy Memo: Individual Liberty, Public Safety, and Immigration
Financing Government
Income Inequality
Employment Discrimination
The Americans with Disabilities Act
Affirmative Action
Cheryl J. Hopwood v. State of Texas
Grutter v. Bollinger
Draft a Policy Memo: Income Equality, Equal Employment, and Affirmative Action
Historical Background and Development of Social Security
Health Disparities
Federal Investments to Eliminate Racial/Ethnic Health-Care Disparities
Dynamics of Economic Well-Being: Poverty, 2009–2011
Growing Economic Inequality and Its (Partially) Political Roots
Involuntary Treatment in Psychiatry Around the World
Ethical Concerns in End-of-Life Care
The Terri Schiavo Debacle: What Have We Learned?
Draft a Policy Memo: Care for the Poor, Sick, Elderly, and Infirm
Family Law
Loving v. Virginia (1967)
Same-Sex Marriage and Other Moral Taboos: Cultural Acceptances, Change in American Public Opinion and the Evidence from the Opinion Polls
Applying Ethical Decision Making to Child Abuse Reporting
The Case for Vaccinating Children in School and Day Care by Default
Griswold v. Connecticut
The Ethics of War
The Study of Torture: Why It Persists, Why Perceptions of It are Malleable, and Why It is Difficult to Eradicate
The U.N. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
Ethics and Good Leadership in Foreign Policy
Ethical Challenges in the Global Environment
The Role of International Conventions and Covenants in Achieving Economic and Environmental Justice
Humanitarian Intervention
Write a Policy Memo: National Security and Foreign Relations
POLSC401 Study Guide
POLSC401: Certificate Final Exam
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