Courses:

This page summarizes the assignments completed during the term.

Students completed two types of assignment during Part 1.

1. They analyzed cases in accordance with Kant, Mill and Plato (as summarized in the Harris text);
2. They converted an engineering dynamics problem statement to moral terms and solve it.

During the case study phase of the course, students crafted hypothetical cases. Each student crafted a story by selecting an ancestor or mythic hero as a substitute for a character in a historical case. Students compared these cases and recommended action.

Additionally, one student attended a lecture on nuclear submarine safety and reported on it in class.

The case of cross-cultural ethics was chosen. It had to do with the use of appropriate technology in the Honduras where a student had spent time doing volunteer engineering work.

Three deliverables were required and graded for this project:

• Dry-run Presentation
• Final Presentation
• Final Written Report