Course Syllabus

Lessons ten through fifteen consider the application of ethics in real-world situations across the spectrum of disciplines including business, medicine, education, law, and more – each from a personal and then public perspective. The final five exercises will offer ample opportunity to put knowledge into practice – giving the student the chance to apply their new-found knowledge in situations that they may find familiar in today's highly complex world.

Each lesson incorporates questions and ends with a quiz. An accompanying answer key is provided that explains the justification for each response by taking the student back into the text. At the completion of this course the student should have a working knowledge of ethics across the continuum of its history and application in current society.

The lessons are as follows:

1.   What is ethics?

2.   History of ethics – Part 1

3.   History of ethics – Part 2

4.   Four branches of ethics – normative, descriptive, meta & applied

5.   Moral development

6.   Ethical universalism, ethical relativism, cultural relativism

7.   Virtue ethics, natural law

8.   Deontology, social contract

9.   Social contract theory

10.  Ethical issues in your private life

11.  Ethical issues in the workplace

12.  Ethics in medicine & law

13.  Ethics in business & industry

14.  Ethics in all levels of government

15.  Ethics in education, engineering & architecture