At UNL, I have taught several classes as a lead instructor and have also led discussion/recitation sections as a teaching assistant. Below is a list of the courses and sections, along with some additional details for each.
At UNL, I have taught several classes as a lead instructor and have also led discussion/recitation sections as a teaching assistant. Below is a list of the courses and sections, along with some additional details for each.
In this class, we will explore moral theories and use them as a foundation to examine ethical issues in medical practices, such as abortion, genetic enhancement, and surrogate motherhood. Our primary goal is to critically assess our moral intuitions—identifying where they conflict or converge—and refine or apply them to ethical questions surrounding these issues. Upon completion of this course, students will be able to develop and apply critical thinking skills to medical and ethical issues, enhance precise reading and analytical writing abilities, preparing them for future academic and professional work, and articulate their thoughts effectively and engage constructively with opposing viewpoints through discussion.
In the first half of this course, ethical theories are explored, including utilitarianism, Kantian deontology, virtue ethics, and social contract theory, among others. The second half of the semester focuses on applying these theories to pressing ethical issues such as racism, climate change, and animal rights. I have used Russ Shafer-Landau’s The Ethical Life and The Fundamentals of Ethics as primary textbooks, supplemented with additional readings for a comprehensive approach.
In this course, various philosophical views on topics such as external world skepticism, the existence of God, the mind-body problem, and the free will problem are explored. The Norton Introduction to Philosophy by Gideon Rosen, Alex Byrne, Joshua Cohen, Elizabeth Harman, and Seana Shiffrin is used as the core textbook.
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