21世纪伦理：商业、政治与技术

course description

In this course, we will consider urgent moral questions using traditional methods of philosophical inquiry. Questions we will study include: What do businesses morally owe their employees, shareholders, customers, competitors, and society at large? To what extent may we prioritize our fellow citizens over people outside our national borders? How should we address socioeconomic inequality? What obligations do doctors have to their patients, and what should they do when resources are limited? May we alter ourselves, our children, and humanity through genetic engineering? How much historically human work should be done by artificial intelligences and other machines? Is growing meat in labs a good alternative to factory farming? What duties do we have to future generations regarding resource conservation?

 

This course will prepare students to be more reflective and more ethical members of society, in addition to equipping them with skills in critical thinking, argumentation, and writing that are highly sought after in the academic, legal, and business world.

 

Highlights:

- Participate in structured and respectful debates in which students articulate and defend positions of their own, while considering and responding to objections

- Engage with influential philosophical texts, documentary films, and news media

- Develop university-level argumentative essays

- Morally assess governmental and business policy decisions

 

Topics of Study include:

- Critical thinking and logic

- Ethical theories

- Business ethics

- Political philosophy

- Ethics of technology

课程介绍

在本课程中，我们将用传统的哲学探究方法来思考不同的道德问题，包括：企业在道德上欠员工、股东、客户、竞争对手和整个社会什么？在多大程度上，我们可以优先考虑我们的同胞，还是我们国界之外的人？我们应该如何解决社会经济不平等问题？医生对病人有什么义务？当资源有限时，医生应该怎么做？我们可不可以通过基因工程改变自己、我们的孩子和全人类吗？人工智能和其他机器会做多少人类应该做的工作？在实验室种植肉类还是工厂化养殖，哪个好？在资源保护方面，我们对后代有什么责任？

 

本课程将培养学生在学术、法律和商业领域所追求的批判性思维、论证和写作能力，并使他们成为更有反思能力和更有道德的社会成员。

 

课程亮点：

- 参与有组织的辩论，在辩论中学生阐明并捍卫自己的立场，同时考虑并回应反对意见；

- 了解有影响力的哲学文本、纪录片和新闻媒体；

- 培养大学水平的议论文写作技能；

- 从道德上评估政府和企业的政策；

 

课程主题：

- 批判性思维与逻辑

- 伦理理论

- 商业道德

- 政治哲学

- 技术伦理

 

课程时间：6.19-7.16

入学资格：

- 在线申请

- 推荐信

- 成绩单

- 托福