REL 270 - Ethics in asian Cultures

4 Credits

1 Units

Ethical discourse from Asia does not fit neatly into the major western categories of consequentialism (utilitarianism), rule-based deontology, or virtue ethics. There is lively debate on how to classify Confucian ethics and Buddhist ethics. This course explores this classification problem and then examines how Confucian and Buddhist insights can help illuminate contemporary issues. Possibilities include 1) lies, “alternative facts”, and theories of truth; 2) the ethics of artificial intelligence; 3) medical ethics, etc.

Credit Type Code: Letter Grade