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Philosophy
- PHIL 111 Fall/Winter
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PHIL 157 Fall
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- PHIL 259 Winter
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- Summer Off-Campus
Instructor
Paul Fairfield
E-mail: paulfairfield@hotmail.com
Phone: 613-533-6000 ext. 78185
Message from the Instructor
This course introduces students to the study of ethics through an examination of several contemporary issues. Some of the questions we shall examine include: Are there circumstances in which we can speak of a right or even a duty to die? Ought same-sex marriage to be recognized in law? Should the legal prohibition on drug use be removed? What is the moral status of animals? What are our duties regarding the environment, and is there an ethics of consumption? What is the nature of terrorism, and must the “war” on it conflict with human rights? We shall examine these and some related questions through a combination of readings by contemporary moral philosophers and case studies in which these issues come to life.
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