MORAL OF THE STORY

This course addresses prominent global issues and problems through the dual lens of philosophical ethics and literature. The nature of the course is global in its attention to a wide range of issues stemming from globalization, including those pertaining to the environment, society, religion, and politics; it is also interdisciplinary in its employment of both Ethics and World Literature as vehicles for the analysis of such global concerns. Students read selections of classic and contemporary literature by renowned authors and investigate issues of global ethics evoked within the texts. This is accompanied by an examination of basic philosophical theories and principles in moral reasoning as they pertain to the relevant ethical issues.