Mary I. Bockover
Location: University Annex 104
Phone: 707-826-5752
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Created by Mary I. Bockover
This ethics forum was created so HSU students, and other members of the university and community, can discuss key ethical issues in an academic context. It also provides Humboldt State University with a new way to educate in an impartial, critical, and informed matter, advancing its mission and charter. A video and/or collection of all ethics forum records are kept as reference material.
This course also fulfills the Practical Learning Requirement for the Asian Philosophy, Philosophy of Sex and Love and Moral Controversies courses that I offer on a regular basis.A panel discussion will examine the moral controversy of “marriage equality” in a way that expresses a range of unique perspectives on the issue. The panelists will give their presentations on this moral controversy during the first forum, and will also give a general introduction to frame the topic during the second forum so that audience and community participation can begin, mainly in the form of brief questions and comments from the audience and then responses from the panelists.
Spend approximately 5 hours of reading and/or viewing movies, documentaries, and Internet sources, etc. that pertain to the ethical issue at hand. This activity is self-directed, although resource suggestions will be made throughout the semester.
Write a paper, approximately 4 pages in length (double-spaced) and typed, that analyses the issue raised in this forum.