RP 360 - Christian Ethics

3 Credit Hours

Prerequisite: EN 131 and EN 132. This course may be used to satisfy the General Education requirement for a course in Religion and Philosophy. An introduction to the study of religious and philosophical ethics, focusing on four traditional Christian principles (love, justice, beneficence, conscience) and applying these principles to specific moral problems and issues such as human rights, human sexuality, social concerns, politics, economics, ad biomedicine. After a careful perusal of prominent Christian ethical theories and theorists, we will explore how moral judgments are made and how religious views influence these judgments. (FA)