Everyday Ethics

We continue to discuss ethical issues quite frequently faced as we live our lives every day. Classes consist of lectures from the Great Courses, Moral Decision Making: How to Approach Everyday Ethics followed by small group discussion, and large group summation. The lecturer is Clancy Martin, Professor and Chair of Philosophy at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, who takes an approach that is practical, but is rooted in the thinking of the great philosophers. Participants review articles/videos to familiarize themselves with the philosophers and their views. Anyone can enjoy this class – it is not necessary to have taken the prior lectures. This semester’s topics address the death penalty, the use of torture, animal rights, and ethics of both recycling and shopping. The lectures close with the question: what would Socrates do?