School of Data Intelligence and Technology
Undergraduate

Term: Spring 2027
Session: 1st 8 Week Online (Jan 16 - Mar 12)
Start Date: Saturday, Jan 16, 2027
End Date: Friday, Mar 12, 2027
Availability: Online
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This course explores fundamental philosophical thoughts on morality and ethics and how these belief systems relate to ethical requirements for policing. The course begins with a look at early philosophy exploring the meaning and development of ethics. These include writings from Socrates Aristotle Plato Confucius Buddha Aquinas and Kant leading to our current Judeo/Christian understanding of ethics and morality. Students will then delve into the meaning and application of ethics as it applies to policing. Classroom instruction will consist of lectures reinforced by the text videos maps discussion and supplemental readings.