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Course Introduction

Course Syllabus

Unit 1: The Role of Ethics and Morality in Politics

1.1: What Does "Ethics" Mean?

1.2: Ethical Oversight in Domestic Politics

1.3: Ethical Oversight in International Politics

1.1: What Does Ethics Mean?

1.2: Ethical Oversight in Domestic Politics

1.3: Ethical Oversight in International Politics

Unit 2: Theoretical Frameworks for Ethical Analysis

2.1: Ethical Decision-Making Frameworks

2.2: The Common Good Approach

2.3: The Fairness or Justice Approach

2.4: The Utilitarian Approach

2.5: The Virtue Approach

2.6: The Rights Approach

Unit 2 Assessment

2.1: Ethical Decision-Making Frameworks

2.2: Virtue Ethics

2.3: Deontology

2.4: The Utilitarian Approach

Unit 3: Individual Liberty, Public Safety, and Immigration

3.1: The First Amendment

3.2: The Second Amendment

3.3: Punishment of Criminal Offenders and the Criminal Justice System

3.4: The Legalization of Drugs

3.5: Illegal Immigration

3.1: Individual Liberty

3.2: Freedom of Speech and the Press

3.3: Punishment of Criminal Offenders and the Criminal Justice System

3.4: The Second Amendment

3.5: Illegal Immigration

Unit 3 Assessment

Unit 4: Income Equality, Equal Employment, and Affirmative Action

4.1: Taxes and Tax Reform

4.2: EEO Compliance

4.3: Affirmative Action

4.1: Income Equality

4.2: Equal Employment Opportunity

4.3: Affirmative Action

Unit 4 Assessment

Unit 5: Care for the Poor, Sick, Elderly, and Infirm

5.1: Social Security and Health Insurance

5.2: Poverty in America

5.3: Dilemmas Involving Illness and Infirmity

5.1: Social Security and Health Insurance

5.2: Poverty in America

5.3: Dilemmas Involving Illness and Infirmity

Unit 5 Assessment

Unit 6: Policies Regarding Families and Personal Relationships

6.1: Marriage and Other Consensual Adult Relationships

6.2: Parent/Child Relationships

6.3: Contraception and Abortion

Unit 6 Assessment

6.1: Marriage and Other Consensual Adult Relationships

6.2: Parent/Child Relationships

6.3: Contraception and Abortion

Unit 7: National Security and Foreign Relations

7.1: Conventional Combat and Intelligence Operations

7.2: Nonconventional Combat and Intelligence Operations

7.3: Gender and Sexual Preference Issues in the Military

7.1: Combat and Intelligence Operation Tactics

7.2: Ethics and Foreign Relations

7.3: Foreign Trade and Economic Development

7.4: Military Intervention

Unit 7 Assessment

Unit 8: Foreign Relations, Foreign Trade, Foreign Aid, and Military Intervention

8.1: Ethics and Foreign Relations

8.2: Ethics, Foreign Trade, and Economic Development

8.3: Military Intervention in Foreign Affairs

Unit 8 Assessment

Unit 9: Science, Technology, and Commerce

9.1: Ethics and the Free Market

9.2: Government Ethics and Information Technology

9.3: Government Ethics and Medicine

Unit 9 Assessment

Unit 10: Daily Operations of Government, Lobbying, Campaigns, and Elections

10.1: Ethics and Daily Operations of Government

10.2: Ethics, Lobbying, Elections, and Campaign Finance Issues

Unit 10 Assessment