PHI 207 Private Values & Public Policy
Interplay between private persons, their beliefs and values, and the larger community with its customs and laws. Covers such topics as: individualistic versus community values; 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 in schools. CC, ETH
Offered
Fall Term
Yearly
Even Years