Courses
GFVM1005 Ethical Controversies in Hong Kong Today (3 units)
- Medium of Instruction:
- English
This course is designed to provide students with an introduction to ethical theories and their applications to ethical issues in Hong Kong in the last few years. The course will begin with an overview of the major ethical schools, namely, utilitarianism, deontological theories and virtue ethics, which will provide students with some basic concepts that can be used throughout the course to understand ethical problems. It will continue by looking at selected topics of ethical controversies in Hong Kong society. Major areas may include topics such as life and death; love, sex and marriage; environmental ethics and business ethics. Within this format, we will give special attention to issues relevant to these considerations in Hong Kong today.
http://ge.hkbu.edu.hk/course/GFVM1005