About the Program
Government, Planning, and Philosophy Department
Cassety Hall 202
(716) 878-6116
https://gpp.buffalostate.edu/
The Ethics and Justice minor is designed to help students critically examine their values, understand competing conceptions of justice, rights, and duties, and to develop a principled framework for better ethical reasoning in professional and personal contexts.
Admission Requirements
Any matriculated student in good academic standing may declare this program.
Learning Outcomes
Students will:
1. Deliberate ethical values and principles and apply them in ambiguous, complex, and controversial contexts
2. Evaluate competing conceptions of justice.
3. Clearly articulate fundamental ethical concepts.
4. Apply competing conceptions of rights and duties to questions of ethics and justice.
5. Recognize the role of integrity and conscientiousness in ethical decision making.
6. Demonstrate the ethical practice of advocacy, dissent, and dialogue that constructively attends to points of conflict.
7. Demonstrate the discourse skills necessary to participate in civic life.
Program Requirements
Foundations Requirement (3 credit hours) 3
Select one of the following:
PHI 102 INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS
PHI 111 ETHICS FOR SCIENTISTS
PHI 112 ETHICS FOR BUSINESS
PSC 223 SOCIAL JUSTICE THROUGH THE LAW
Civic Discourse Requirement (3 credit hours) 3
Select one of the following:
PHI 304 PHILOSOPHY OF LAW
PHI 314 RIGHTS AND RESPECT
Conceptions of Justice Requirement (3 credit hours) 3
Select one of the following:
PHI 301 JUSTICE: LIBERTY VS. EQUALITY
PHI 361 RACE AND PROGRESS
PSC 351 HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT I
Theories and Tools of Practice Requirement (3 credit hours) 3
Select one of the following:
PLN341 HOUSING AND EQUITABLE URBANISM
PLN 350 PLANNING FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES
PHI 495 SPECIAL PROJECT
PSC 426 MEDIATION
Electives (6 credit hours) 6
Select 6 credit hours from the following:
Courses that have been used to satisfy one of the above requirements may not be used to satisfy this requirement.
PHI 102 INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS
PHI 110 THE MEANING OF LIFE
PHI 111 ETHICS FOR SCIENTISTS
PHI 112 ETHICS FOR BUSINESS
PHI 304 PHILOSOPHY OF LAW
PHI 308 PHILOSOPHY OF LOVE AND SEX
PHI 314 RIGHTS AND RESPECT
PSC 104 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Total Credit Hours 18