THS615: Moral Choices: Intro to Christian Ethics
This course outlines the distinctive elements of Christian ethics while avoiding undue dogmatism. The course also introduces other ethical systems and their key historical proponents, including Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, and Immanuel Kant.
At a Glance
- Assigned teaching fellow to guide you through the course and provide an graduate syllabus and provide formative feedback on essay writing
- Access to course materials—video teachings; readings; key concept reviews, and quizzes
- Assigned reading assignments for three essays and a final project
- Access to the Cerego learning system to build memory retention of course objectives
- $280 per month access to complete the course at your own pace
More Details
Designed to help students develop a sound and current basis for making ethical decisions in today's complex postmodern culture, Moral Choices outlines the distinctive elements of Christian ethics while avoiding undue dogmatism. The course also introduces other ethical systems and their key historical proponents, including Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, and Immanuel Kant.
Course Overview & Format
Organized in a multiple lesson format, the course guides the student through video teachings, articles, summary points, reflection questions, recommended resources, study sessions, and quizzing modules.
Course Outline
After describing a seven-step procedure for tackling ethical dilemmas, the course provides case studies to address some of today’s most pressing social issues. The course students in thinking critically and biblically about:- abortion
- reproductive technologies
- euthanasia
- capital punishment
- sexual ethics
- war
- genetic technologies and human cloning
- economics
