Ethics/Philosophy

EPH 160 Ethics and Society (3 credits)

Prerequisite: None

This course discusses the major ethical issues confronting society today, focusing on how government can tackle these problems. The instructor will choose from topics such as public health care, welfare, abortion, doctor assisted suicide, etc.

EPH 300 The Ethical Environment of Computing (3 credits)

Prerequisite: CIS 110 or Equivalent, Junior/Senior Standing. Cannot take if CIS 300 already taken.

This course will examine the moral, ethical, and legal obligations of the computer professional by discussing issues such as intellectual property, privacy, security and depersonalization. The course will offer current legal views as well as the Halachik viewpoint.

EPH 310 Ethical Tradition of Judaism (3 credits)

Prerequisite: Junior/Senior Standing or permission from the Dean

The primacy of ethical conduct in the process of shaping the ethical personality in Judaism as viewed through the prism of various personalities and schools of the Chassidic and Mussar movements.

EPH 320 The Ethical Environment of Business (3 credits)

Prerequisite: Junior/Senior Standing

Course content is substantive law and practical issues as they relate to business. Topics studies are the ethics of business and Halacha as they interface with practical business decisions and laws.

EPH 330 Bioethics (3 credits)

Prerequisite: Junior/Senior Standing

Topical content of this course includes: physiological, ecological and epidemiological bases of decision making in the field of Bioethics; definition of death; recombinant DNA research; pesticide use; demographic concerns; abortion; hazardous surgery; human experimentation; organ transplants; social obligation of the scientist; genetics and euthanasia.

EPH 421 Topics in the Philosophy of Judaism (3 credits)

Prerequisite: Junior/Senior Standing or Permission from the Dean

A seminar on various philosophical problems. Students will read and discuss classical views of the major Jewish philosophers.

EPH 432 Maimonides - The Man and his Thought ( 3 credits)

Prerequisite: Junior/Senior Standing, Knowledge of Hebrew

The life and thought of Maimonides. Selections of his work are compared with the works of other great Jewish philosophers. The impact of Maimonides on Jewish thought and practice is discussed.