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| Semester: | Fall 2024 |
| Number: | 0154-294-001 |
| Instructor: | Shawn Kaplan |
| Days: | Tuesday Thursday 1:40 pm - 2:55 pm |
| Note: | Traditional In-Person Class |
| Location: | Garden City - Hagedorn Hall of Enterprise 217 |
| Credits: | 3 |
| Course Materials: | View Text Books |
| Description: |
Students critically examine contemporary debates of philosophers on the global dimensions of justice. Do the demands of justice apply primarily to our compatriots or to humanity in general? What is a just response to: global poverty, global climate change, human rights violations abroad, and gender inequities in other cultures? (Distribution Reqs:Humanities) |
| Learning Goals: |
Course Learning Goals: By examining these philosophical debates, students will: • develop their critical thinking and interpretive skills for analyzing and evaluating arguments in general.• develop their capacity for abstract thought.• develop their capacity for spoken and written self-expression.• increase their understanding of the philosophical debates on global justice, including:* the nature and possible justifications for human rights.* the options for just economic development.* the just distribution of goods, resources, and/or human capabilities on a global scale.* the arguments for and against open borders.* just responses to humanitarian disasters.* global environmental justice.* the possibility of cross-cultural standards of gender equit.y* apply their increased understanding and developed skills in:* making sense of global conflicts.* assessing the positions and arguments of others from diverse cultures concerning global justice.* considering their own ethical responsibilities regarding global inequity, human rights deprivations, humanitarian disasters, and global environmental issues.* forming their own arguments to rationally support their own convictions concerning global justice. *The learning goals displayed here are those for one section of this course as offered in a recent semester, and are provided for the purpose of information only. The exact learning goals for each course section in a specific semester will be stated on the syllabus distributed at the start of the semester, and may differ in wording and emphasis from those shown here. |
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