Global Religious Ethics
Religious Ethics explores fundamental moral sources and methods in Christian ethics in dialogue with the ethical understandings of at least one other religious tradition, and with special attention to Roman Catholic thought. In doing so, it explores moral issues faced by individuals and communities from theological perspectives, particularly mindful of how the economic, political and cultural structures in a religiously plural world affect those issues.
Outcomes: In this course, students will explore and compare the ethical understandings of Christianity and at least one other religious tradition; With respect to each tradition, students will learn about the foundational sources, doctrines and questions that guide its ethical thinking.
How to Pay Attn to the World
Religious Ethics explores fundamental moral sources and methods in Christian ethics in dialogue with the ethical understandings of at least one other religious tradition, and with special attention to Roman Catholic thought. In doing so, it explores moral issues faced by individuals and communities from theological perspectives, particularly mindful of how the economic, political and cultural structures in a religiously plural world affect those issues.
Outcomes: In this course, students will explore and compare the ethical understandings of Christianity and at least one other religious tradition; With respect to each tradition, students will learn about the foundational sources, doctrines and questions that guide its ethical thinking.
Ethics
Peace, Justice, and Conflict Studies
Global Religious Ethics: How to Pay Attention to the World
What does it mean to do the right thing? How does this require becoming more attentive to ourselves, others, and the world around us? This course pursues answers to these questions by analyzing timeless sources from ancient and modern religious history. Students will read ethical treatises from Buddhist, Christian, Confucian, Daoist, Hindu, Jain, Jewish, and Muslim traditions. Together we will track a common theme across this diverse source material: that profound attentiveness¿to the fine details of interpersonal behavior as well as the workings of the wider world is necessary to lead an ethical life. Students will train their own attention spans through class discussions, activities, and creative projects. Our applications of attentive ethics will include case studies in the etiquette of social interactions, the pros and cons of rule following, the condition of human fragility, the practice of selfless meditation, the deceptive rhetoric of economics and politics, and the need for a renewed relationship with the environment.
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