| Online Professional Ethics (section 2) with Professor Chad Okrusch Montana Tech, Fall 2010
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| Week | Day/Topic | Course Materials | Assignments & Due Dates |
| 1 | Monday January 11 No class today |
Last days of Winter Break... |
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| Wednesday January 13 Introduction to Professional Ethics |
1. Blog: Introductions. Again, using our course
blog, respond to the
blog introductions posting. a) Tell us a bit
about yourself: First name, hometown, year in school, major, etc. b)
in your own words, define ethics. c) Reply to the postings of others
if you are so moved.
Class participation / Due Friday by midnight. |
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| Friday January 15
Belief, Doubt, & |
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2. Blog: Virtual Attendance. Reply to my virtual attendance
posting to let me know you're actively participating in the class.
Post any outstanding questions you may have here.
Class participation / Due Friday by midnight. 3. Blog: Take-home Lessons. What are the ties that bind today's readings? What are the 3-5 take-home lessons you culled from them? What questions do they call to your mind? 50-pts / Due Sunday by midnight. |
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| 2 | Monday January 18 Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday |
No class today... |
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Wednesday January 20 |
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4. Blog: Ethics & Religion. Weston noted that religion is the only formal ethical training most of us ever receive. Many of our enduring and most important conflicts arise from differences in religious moral training (i.e., the abortion debate). Can people from different religious traditions get along? Is religion the problem? Why or why not? What didi you think about Gert's take? Respond to the postings of others. 50-pts / Respond by Thursday by midnight |
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Friday January 22
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5. Blog: Would academics like Bivins consider your probable future career to be a profession? Why or why not? Referring to today's readings, identify your probable future career (based on our degree and field of study). Using Bivins and the Wikipedia entry, determine whether your career is considered to be a profession or not. 50-pts / Friday by midnight |
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| 3 | Monday January 25 Communication Ethics |
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6. Blog: Communication Ethics. What rules (if any) ought to guide the way we communicate with each other? Why? Referring to today's readings, consider communication as a moral phenomenon. Does the way we communicate with each other matter? Are there good and bad, better and worse, ways of sharing ideas through symbolic exchange? What are the implications for you as a future professional? 50-pts / Due Wednesday by mdnight |
Wednesday January 27 |
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7. Blog: Your moral ecosystem. Situate yourself as the moral agent at the center of your own professional moral ecosystem. Describe who your immediate, proximate, and distant claimants are. What rights do they have in this professional context? What obligations do you have to them as a professional? How far does your world of moral considerability extend? Future generations, animals, the economy, nature? Respond thoughtfully to the postings of another classmate. 100-pts | Due by Friday at midnight |
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Friday January 29
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No homework--have a good weekend.
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| 4 | Monday February 1 Taking Values Seriously |
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8. Blog: Virtual Attendance. Check-in and let me know you're participating. Class participation / Due Wednesday by midnight |
Wednesday February 3 When Values Clash |
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9. Blog: 5 Take-home Lessons. Review the readings for this week and distill the five most important take-home lessons you've learned from them. Present your clear and concise lessons to the class in this blog. Be sure to cite the readings where appropriate. 50-pts / Due Friday by midnight |
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Friday February 5
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| 5 | Monday February 8 Examination Review |
No assignment. Review your notes and the blog-postings thus far. For Wednesday's assignment you will need to post 10 short-answer/essay questions. I will draw fro your questions as much as possible on the examination. | |
Wednesday February 10 |
10. Blog: Examination Questions. Respond to this blog with 10 potential examination questions. Refer to the guidelines and characteristics of good examination questions I outlined in today's course materials for guidance. Due Sunday by midnight / 50-pts |
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Friday February 12 |
11. Blog: Final Project Ideas. Respond to this blog posting describing 1-3 possible probable future moral dilemmas that you will wrestle with in the final project for this class. Due Sunday by midnight / 50-pts
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| 6 | Monday February 15 Presidents Day |
No Class |
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Wednesday February 17 |
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Take the examination and email it to me as an attachment. Send it to COkrusch@mtech.edu. |
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Friday February 19
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No Class |
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| 7 | February 21-25 |
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| 8 | Monday March 1 Grade Updates & |
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Wednesday March 3 |
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Take good notes. You will need them for Friday's assignment. | |
Friday March 5 Ethical Tools:
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12. Blog: Compare and Contrast Ethics of Persons vs. Ethics of Happiness. Define and characterize each way of moral problem-solving. How are they similar? How are they different? Do you tend to reason more one way than the other? Why? 50-pts / Due Sunday by midnight |
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| 9 | Monday March 08 Technical Difficulties: Web Connection Down. |
No readings. | No homework. |
Wednesday March 10 |
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No homework. Take good notes. | |
Friday March 12 Five Foundations of Morality (self-exploration) + Results
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13. Blog: What insights, if any, did you gain from the readings from Yourmorals.org and through the Moral Foundations Questionnaire? What did you learn about your moral reasoning foundations? 50-pts / Due Sunday by midnight |