CEED 6100 (3 Credits)
May 21–23, 2013
Rose Hill Campus
Course Description: This intensive three-day graduate level course is designed to provide cross-disciplinary perspectives on moral theory and applied ethics. Using a team-teaching approach, this course brings together faculty from at least six different disciplines to provide foundational knowledge about moral theory with contemporary applications. In addition to seminars on foundations in moral philosophy, moral theology, media ecology, anthrpology, psychology, and political science, the course features lectures and case discussions on issues of current social importance.
DAY 1
Theology and Natural Science
DAY 2
Philosophy and Economics
DAY 3
Sociology and Social Work
Morning
Session
9:00 – 12:00
Determining Moral Status: Foundations in Theology
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Questions
Foundations in Philosophy
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Foundations in Economics
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Questions
Foundations in Sociology
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Foundations in
Cultural Competence in Mental Health Services
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Questions
Lunch
(provided)
12:00 – 1:00
Lunch with Faculty
Lunch with Faculty
Lunch with Faculty
Afternoon
I 1:00 – 2:30
Special Topic: What Can Science and Theology Tell Us about Personhood?
Special Topic: Markets, Morals, and the Just Distribution of Resources: Ethical Perspectives from Economics and Philosophy
Special Topic: What's Cultural about Ethics? Case Discussions and Applications
Afternoon II 2:45 – 3:45
Breakout Session
Breakout Session
Breakout Session
Afternoon III 4:00 – 5:00
Group Presentation
Group Presentation
Group Presentation
Breakout sessions are used to discuss cases and generate presentations for the group.
Group presentations are made and discussed among students and faculty.
This course is open to all graduate students and to select seniors. Enrollment is limited and students who intend to register are encouraged to do so as soon as registration opens. Students may register using CRN number 19623 (course is listed on the spring 2013 schedule), or contact Dr. Adam Fried at afried@fordham.edu.
Course requirements include:
a mastery of the reading materials
active participation
topic-oriented thought papers during the three-day workshop
a post-workshop paper and presentation integrating the course material
Reading lists will be made available on Blackboard four weeks in advance of the start of the course.
