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These learning outcomes describe what students will accomplish upon successful completion of PHIL 2074F. You should refer to these outcomes when preparing for assignments, because they indicate what exactly you will be expected to do in assignments.
Learning Outcomes
(1) Recognize ethical dilemmas and questions that arise is business practice;
(2) Apply ethical frameworks to these dilemmas and questions;
(3) Evaluate ethical analyses of business practices; and
(4) Construct unique philosophical arguments concerning the nature of ethical practice in business and about applied issues in business practice.
Reading Questions Learning Outcomes These reading questions serve two purposes: (1) Guide reading to pick out important information. Please note that these questions do not capture ALL important material. They merely help guide students in recognizing philosophical content. (2) Provide examples of the kinds of questions that will appear on exams Directions “Short answer” questions should be answerable in 3-6 sentences. “Discussion/Essay” questions should be answerable in a short, 4-5 paragraph essay. An answer to a discussion question should include a thesis (topic) statement that explains your overall answer and should provide support for your thesis statement in supporting paragraphs.
Lecture 1 (September 10)
1. Short answer: Define “business ethics.” Lecture 2 (September 12)
2. Short answer: On Sen’s account, how has Adam Smith’s butcher/brewer/baker statement been misinterpreted? What is Sen’s interpretation of this passage? 3. Discussion/Essay: How does the discussion of public goods indicate a need for business practice to include an ethical analysis? Salazar (September 19)
4. Short answer: What is the Categorical Imperative? How does it function in a Kantian framework for ethics? 5. Discussion/Essay: Using a Kantian framework, evaluate the claim that profit-maximization is a central goal of business ethics.
6. Discussion/Essay:
Learning Outcomes
(1) Recognize ethical dilemmas and questions that arise is business practice;
(2) Apply ethical frameworks to these dilemmas and questions;
(3) Evaluate ethical analyses of business practices; and
(4) Construct unique philosophical arguments concerning the nature of ethical practice in business and about applied issues in business practice.
Reading Questions Learning Outcomes These reading questions serve two purposes: (1) Guide reading to pick out important information. Please note that these questions do not capture ALL important material. They merely help guide students in recognizing philosophical content. (2) Provide examples of the kinds of questions that will appear on exams Directions “Short answer” questions should be answerable in 3-6 sentences. “Discussion/Essay” questions should be answerable in a short, 4-5 paragraph essay. An answer to a discussion question should include a thesis (topic) statement that explains your overall answer and should provide support for your thesis statement in supporting paragraphs.
Lecture 1 (September 10)
1. Short answer: Define “business ethics.” Lecture 2 (September 12)
2. Short answer: On Sen’s account, how has Adam Smith’s butcher/brewer/baker statement been misinterpreted? What is Sen’s interpretation of this passage? 3. Discussion/Essay: How does the discussion of public goods indicate a need for business practice to include an ethical analysis? Salazar (September 19)
4. Short answer: What is the Categorical Imperative? How does it function in a Kantian framework for ethics? 5. Discussion/Essay: Using a Kantian framework, evaluate the claim that profit-maximization is a central goal of business ethics.
6. Discussion/Essay: