PHIL329

Identify the major moral theories and principles relevant to particular moral issues that arise in professional communications, including virtue ethics, care ethics, consequentialism, deontology, and rights theory.

Explain the moral conflict that appears to arise between free expression and the communication of offensive or plainly false contents – as in pornography, conspiracy theories, and hate speech.

Evaluate the moral permissibility of nudging and other forms of soft and hard paternalism.

Evaluate the moral permissibility of marketing products to vulnerable populations – as in marketing sugary food to children or medicines to seriously ill adults.