Course content

Applied ethics deals with specific moral problems of fundamental importance for today’s individual and society. This branch of ethics covers areas such as for example animal rights, medical ethics, environmental ethics and corporate ethics.

In the course we shall discuss for example questions such as: Do humans and animals have a different moral status? Can eating meat be morally justified? Are there any moral reasons for allowing euthanasia? How should one balance different values and demands in care work when it comes to the sharing of resources? Are we morally obliged to fight climate change? How should we as individuals deal with the environmental as well as the economic changes which the globalization makes us face? Can today’s economic system be justified?

The content of the course may vary from one semester to another, something which means that often different topics will be discussed each time the course is given. Applied ethics also covers methodological questions regarding how to discuss and