School of Informatics, Humanities and Social Sci.
Undergraduate

Term: Summer 2024
Session: 1st 8 Week Online (May 07 - Jun 28)
Start Date: Tuesday, May 07, 2024
End Date: Friday, Jun 28, 2024
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. Thess 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 a it applies to policing. Classroom instruction will consist of lectures reinforced by the text videos maps discussion and supplemental readings.