WMBF3001 Introductory Seminar on Applied Ethics A

Hiroshima University Syllabus

Japanese

Academic Year 2024Year School/Graduate School Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (Master's Course) Division of Humanities and Social Sciences Humanities Program

Lecture Code WMBF3001 Subject Classification Specialized Education

Subject Name 応用倫理学基礎演習Ａ

Subject Name
（Katakana）オウヨウリンリガクキソエンシュウA

Subject Name in
English Introductory Seminar on Applied Ethics A

Instructor OKAMOTO SHIMPEI

Instructor
(Katakana) オカモト　シンペイ

Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 1st-Year, First Semester, First Semester

Days, Periods, and Classrooms (1st) Fri5-6：LET A601(Ethics Study Rm)

Lesson Style Seminar Lesson Style
(More Details) 　

Seminar

Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week 　 Language of Instruction B : Japanese／English

Course Level 5 : Graduate Basic

Course Area（Area） 23 : Arts and Humanities

Course Area（Discipline） 02 : Ethics

Eligible Students

Keywords

Special Subject for Teacher Education 　 Special Subject 　

Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Criterion referenced
Evaluation
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)

Class Objectives
/Class Outline In order to understand the discussion at the forefront of applied ethics, I will choose to read Andrew Chingnell et al. eds. *Philosophy Comes to Dinner: Arguments About the Ethics of Eating* Routledge. 2016.

Class Schedule Lesson 1 Introduction
Lesson 2 Conscientious Omnivorism
Lesson 3 Manly Meat and Gendered Eating: Correcting Imbalance and Seeking Virtue
Lesson 4 Eat Responsibly: Agrarianism and Meat
Lesson 5 Why I Am a Vegan (and You Should Be One Too)
Lesson 6 A Moral Argument for Veganism
Lesson 7 Non-Ideal Food Choices
Lesson 8 Philosophy as Therapy for Recovering (Unrestrained) Omnivores
Lesson 9 Eating Dead Animals: Meat Eating, Meat Purchasing, and Proving Too Much
Lesson 10 Consumer Ethics, Harm Footprints, and the Empirical Dimensions of Food Choices
Lesson 11 Can We Really Vote with Our Forks? Opportunism and the Threshold Chicken
Lesson 12 Factory Farming and Consumer Complicity
Lesson 13 Eating Meat as a Morally Permissible Moral Mistake
Lesson 14 Does Locavorism Keep It Too Simple?
Lesson 15 What’s Wrong with Artificial Ingredients?

Text/Reference
Books,etc. Andrew Chingnell et al. eds. *Philosophy Comes to Dinner: Arguments About the Ethics of Eating* Routledge. 2016.

PC or AV used in
Class,etc. 　

(More Details) to be announced

Learning techniques to be incorporated 　

Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review Please Think about what the author wants to say (conclusion) and the basis thereof.

Requirements

Grading Method Presentation(50%) and questions at other times (50%)

Practical Experience

Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it

Message

Other

Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes.
Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

Academic Year	2024Year	School/Graduate School	Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (Master's Course) Division of Humanities and Social Sciences Humanities Program
Lecture Code	WMBF3001	Subject Classification	Specialized Education
Subject Name	応用倫理学基礎演習Ａ
Subject Name （Katakana）	オウヨウリンリガクキソエンシュウA
Subject Name in English	Introductory Seminar on Applied Ethics A
Instructor	OKAMOTO SHIMPEI
Instructor (Katakana)	オカモト　シンペイ
Campus	Higashi-Hiroshima	Semester/Term	1st-Year, First Semester, First Semester
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(1st) Fri5-6：LET A601(Ethics Study Rm)
Lesson Style	Seminar	Lesson Style (More Details)
Seminar
Credits	2.0	Class Hours/Week		Language of Instruction	B : Japanese／English
Course Level	5 : Graduate Basic
Course Area（Area）	23 : Arts and Humanities
Course Area（Discipline）	02 : Ethics
Eligible Students
Keywords
Special Subject for Teacher Education		Special Subject
Class Status within Educational Program (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Criterion referenced Evaluation (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Class Objectives /Class Outline	In order to understand the discussion at the forefront of applied ethics, I will choose to read Andrew Chingnell et al. eds. Philosophy Comes to Dinner: Arguments About the Ethics of Eating Routledge. 2016.
Class Schedule	Lesson 1 Introduction Lesson 2 Conscientious Omnivorism Lesson 3 Manly Meat and Gendered Eating: Correcting Imbalance and Seeking Virtue Lesson 4 Eat Responsibly: Agrarianism and Meat Lesson 5 Why I Am a Vegan (and You Should Be One Too) Lesson 6 A Moral Argument for Veganism Lesson 7 Non-Ideal Food Choices Lesson 8 Philosophy as Therapy for Recovering (Unrestrained) Omnivores Lesson 9 Eating Dead Animals: Meat Eating, Meat Purchasing, and Proving Too Much Lesson 10 Consumer Ethics, Harm Footprints, and the Empirical Dimensions of Food Choices Lesson 11 Can We Really Vote with Our Forks? Opportunism and the Threshold Chicken Lesson 12 Factory Farming and Consumer Complicity Lesson 13 Eating Meat as a Morally Permissible Moral Mistake Lesson 14 Does Locavorism Keep It Too Simple? Lesson 15 What’s Wrong with Artificial Ingredients?
Text/Reference Books,etc.	Andrew Chingnell et al. eds. Philosophy Comes to Dinner: Arguments About the Ethics of Eating Routledge. 2016.
PC or AV used in Class,etc.
(More Details)	to be announced
Learning techniques to be incorporated
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	Please Think about what the author wants to say (conclusion) and the basis thereof.
Requirements
Grading Method	Presentation(50%) and questions at other times (50%)
Practical Experience
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it
Message
Other
Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes. Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

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