RLS 207 Private Values & Public Policy

Interplay between private persons, their beliefs and values, and the larger community with its customs and laws. Topics individualistic versus community values; the influences of individuals on public policy; strategies of resistance, nonviolence, civil disobedience and political activism; ethical and legal issues in regulating variant behavior, high-risk activities and victimless crimes; privacy, civil rights, civic responsibilities and related issues; minority protections, church-state relations; role of personal beliefs in the public arena and schools. CC, ETH

Credits

3

Distribution

Even Years

Offered

Fall Term

Yearly

Even Years