Literary study as a method of understanding the human condition and exercising critical thinking. LL 350 Human Rights and Applied Ethics 3 Investigates through students' own value systems the assumptions implicit in assertions of and justifications for human rights. 3 Introduces the nature of ethical reasoning in relation to the ecology and the impact of human culture and scientific thought on ecology. Students face questions arising from their ethical obligations to each other, to non-human species, and to the planet itself. LL 350 Ethics and Technology 3 Explores ethical challenges of living and working in a technological world.
Students consider the personal, social, and philosophical implications of global technology.
LL 350 Women in the Twentieth Century 3 Ethical issues confronted by women worldwide, through a study of literary and historical texts and through their own writing. LL 351 Seminar on Diversity 3 Explores, through a study of literary texts, how differences in race, ethnicity, gender, and social class affect individual values and conduct. Enlarges understanding and seeks to reconcile human differences. Emphasizes the view of a culture on its own terms and the clarification of personal values across cultures.