Courses
PHIL V194: Global Ethics
The course will investigate ethical issues in a global
context. Among the topics discussed will be: the nature
of global society; violence, conflict, and genocide;
poverty and world hunger; the status of women;
developmental ethics; sweatshops and child labor;
alternative forms of economic organization; nationalism
and national borders; and global ecological crisis.
Various ethical perspectives will be analyzed, including
rights theory, contract theory, utilitarianism, natural law,
human capabilities theory, the ethics of care, and ethical
principles of major religious traditions.
Prerequisite: PHIL T122 Introduction to Philosophy
RELS O177: Tibetan and Indian Religions
The course will examine the diverse expressions of
Vajrayana Buddhism. We will explore the Indian
influences on Vajrayana Buddhism, the uniquely
Tibetan formulations of Vajrayana Buddhism, and the
interactions of contemporary Tibetan Buddhists with
other religions in Northern India.
Prerequisite: RELS T122 Introduction to World
Religions