REL 247 - Topics in Religious Approaches to Moral Issues

Three Credits
Not Offered 2016-2017

Explores how religious traditions address moral issues, paying particular attention to assumptions about human nature and the good, the bases on which the moral system or religion(s) being studied generates arguments about specific issues, that system’s modes of moral argumentation, and its applicability to contemporary issues. The course also includes comparative analysis of the moral system relative to at least one other religious tradition.

Prerequisite(s): One 100-Level Religious Studies Cornerstone Course .   
Fulfills the Moral Inquiry requirement.

This course was formerly offered as REL 347 Topics in Religious Approaches to Moral Inquiries.