ethics class
Philosophy of conduct
An ethics class is a course examining questions of right and wrong, moral reasoning, and how people ought to behave.
Such classes appear in philosophy departments, professional schools, and secondary education: We debated the trolley problem in ethics class.
Professional ethics classes focus on field-specific dilemmas—medical ethics, business ethics, legal ethics.
- moralityRight and wrong principles
- right and wrongEthical distinction
- philosophyStudy of fundamental truths
- debateFormal argument on issues
- dilemmaForced choice between undesirables
good and evil · values · right · wrong · professor · office hours · lecture · discussion · Socrates · trolley problem · thought experiment · case study · conscience · moral dilemma · virtue · justice · fairness · cheating
- religious educationreligious education, Bible college, Bible stories, religious instruction, Sunday school
- humanitiesphilosophy, history, literature, novels, humanities
- moralsmorality, moral code, moral codes, moral compass, conscience
- school religionschool prayer, prayer in schools, religious education, religious instruction, religious studies
- Jewish educationyeshiva, Hebrew, Hebrew school, day school, day schools
- seminaryseminaries, divinity school, seminarian, seminary training, formation
ethics classinternship
Supervised professional trial period
field work · hands-on training · practicum · clinical rotation · apprenticeship
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