2023-2024 Catalog

RS 340 Comparative Religious Ethics

In this course students will be introduced to the sources and patterns of moral reasoning within a variety of historical religious traditions.  Though we will compare the diversity of approaches within and across these traditions, special attention will also be devoted to a comparison of these religious patterns of moral reasoning with secular moral philosophy. To facilitate these comparisons, we will discuss a wide range of arguments from each tradition about a handful of moral problems (e.g., sexuality, war, the  environment, etc.).

Credits

3

Prerequisite

WRIT 102 or WRIT 201