PHIL 5230
Understanding environmental problems; understanding core interests;Understanding environmental problems; understanding core interests; communication and the limiting of misunderstanding; procedural fairness; justifying aspirations; general approaches to environmental problems; of general applicability to environmental problems. communication and the limiting of misunderstanding; procedural fairness; justifying aspirations; general approaches to environmental problems; of general applicability to environmental problems.
Examines public policy implications of contemporary biological, genetic, biomedical, and behavioral science in light of ethics and human values. Considers theoretical and practical grounds for moral assessment of scientific research and possible applications of technology. Studies philosophical approaches to social and political issues such as abortion, bioethics, environmental preservation, human rights, and reverse discrimination. Gives attention to strengths and weaknesses of philosophical treatments of these isues.