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Global Justice

General

Prefix

PHIL

Course Number

327

Course Level

Undergraduate

Department/Unit(s)

College/School

College of Liberal Arts

Description

Theories of global justice and applied issues in global justice, such as individual and collective responsibility for global poverty and poor working conditions; environmental justice and climate change; refugee migration, migrant labor, immigration and citizenship; war and terrorism.

Credits

Min

3

Max

3

Repeatable

No

Goals and Diversity

MN Goal Course

Yes

MN Goal Designation(s)

08, 09

Cultural Diversity

No

Learning Outcomes

Outcome

Explain philosophical concepts relevant to such issues as human rights, war, terrorism, global economics, global environmental sustainability, immigration, gender, natural resources, etc.

Outcome

Analyze such global ethical, social, and political issues from a philosophical perspective.

Outcome

Evaluate theoretical philosophical approaches to such issues.

Outcome

Articulate well thought out arguments in support of their own viewpoints.

Course Outline

Course Outline

Theories of global justice. 20% Global poverty. 10% Labor issues. 10% Citizenship, refugee migration, migrant labor, and immigration. 10% Global climate change, extraction of dirty resources for the global market. 10% Application of theories to cases and issues. 20% Development of a view on global justice. 20%