WMST 141: Ethics and Families

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Units: 4

Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours

Catalog page 436

Prerequisites: upper-division standing or consent of instructor

Description: An analysis of some of the ethical issues that arise in and with regard to families of different kinds. Issues may include gender relations in “traditional marriages”; the ethics of same- sex marriage; the morality of abortion, surrogate moth- ering, and cloning; the justice of school vouchers; the grounds for universal health care; and possible gender inequalities in divorce. Cross-listed with PHIL 168. Fulfills the Humanities requirement for the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences.

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