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2 days ago · Applied ethics, also known as practical ethics, is the branch of ethics and applied philosophy that examines concrete moral problems encountered in real-life situations. Unlike normative ethics, it is not concerned with discovering or justifying universal ethical principles.
4 days ago · Some (e.g., Bok, Kaufmann, and Park) believe that ethics can be taught. Others (e.g., Drucker, Forbes) have great doubts. From time to time, of course, we teachers do receive messages from former students who tell us that the lessons we taught have helped them handle moral challenges they encountered in their careers and personal lives.
3 days ago · Certificate of Undergraduate Study. Coordinator: Jason Hanna, Department of Philosophy. This certificate offers a coherent set of courses designed to enhance students’ knowledge of ethical theories and principles and develop an expertise in applying ethical knowledge in their professional and personal lives.
1 day ago · For Descartes, ethics was a science, the highest and most perfect of them. Like the rest of the sciences, ethics had its roots in metaphysics. In this way, he argues for the existence of God, investigates the place of man in nature, formulates the theory of mind–body dualism, and defends free will.
5 days ago · 2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog : Select a Catalog
1 day ago · Applied behavior analysis (ABA), also called behavioral engineering, is a psychological intervention that applies approaches based upon the principles of respondent and operant conditioning to change behavior of social significance.
4 days ago · Applied ethics examines ethical issues that arise within a wide range of contexts (medical, financial/business, social, technological, personal, legal, environmental). Examples of areas that we may consider particular issues from include climate change, data ethics, robot ethics, bioethics and personal relationships.
