Course Topics

Which topics are most common in introductory ethics courses? Which topics should this book address? Here is some research:
Less frequent topics:
Q7 Applied Issues/Cases Covered in Class
Count
Drugs
3
Sexual Ethics
3
Addiction and Policy 
2
Cloning
2
Human Rights 
2
Immigration 
2
International Law
2
Reproduction 
2
Torture
2
Only Mentioned Once
42
Other
1
Summary:

Topics most addressed "Always"
  • Abortion  
  • Animals - Vegetarianism  
  • Capital Punishment / Death Penalty  
  • Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide 
  • World Hunger 
Topics most addressed "Often"
  • Homosexuality / Homosexual Marriage  
  • Property Rights and Welfare Redistribution
  • Punishment
Topics most addressed "Occasionally"
  • Affirmative Action
  • Animals- Experimentation
  • Capital Punishment / Death Penalty
  • Civil Disobedience / the Duty to Obey the Law
  • Environmental Ethics 
  • Torture
Topics most addressed "Rarely"
Topics most addressed "Never"
  • Computer ethics
  • Corporate responsibility
  • Cloning / Genetic Engineering
  • Disability 
  • Drugs
  • Education
  • Experimentation on Human Subjects
  • Global Warming
  • Gun Control
  • Hate Crimes
  • Immigration
  • Intergenerational Justice
  • Nationalism and Succession
  • Pornography
  • Privacy
  • Prostitution
  • Racism
  • Sexism
  • Sexual Ethics
  • Stem Cell Experimentation
  • Voting and Democracy
  • War and Terrorism
  • Whistle Blowing
  • and more, see below

Results:
1. How often do you address these topics in your ethics course?

answered question
117

skipped question
0

Always
Often
Occasionally
Rarely
Never
Response
Count
Abortion
60.7% (71)
15.4% (18)
8.5% (10)
9.4% (11)
6.0% (7)
117
Affirmative Action
15.4% (18)
11.1% (13)
32.5% (38)
17.1% (20)
23.9% (28)
117
Animals – Vegetarianism
38.8% (45)
20.7% (24)
24.1% (28)
8.6% (10)
7.8% (9)
116
Animals – Experimentation
21.2% (24)
19.5% (22)
24.8% (28)
20.4% (23)
14.2% (16)
113
Capital Punishment / Death Penalty
23.1% (27)
21.4% (25)
23.1% (27)
17.9% (21)
14.5% (17)
117
Civil Disobedience / the Duty to Obey the Law
6.1% (7)
15.7% (18)
27.8% (32)
24.3% (28)
26.1% (30)
115
Computer Ethics
0.0% (0)
1.7% (2)
7.0% (8)
13.0% (15)
78.3% (90)
115
Corporate Responsibility
5.3% (6)
7.9% (9)
21.9% (25)
19.3% (22)
45.6% (52)
114
Cloning / Reproductive Technology / Genetic Engineering
9.6% (11)
17.4% (20)
27.0% (31)
16.5% (19)
29.6% (34)
115
Disability
4.3% (5)
7.8% (9)
20.0% (23)
23.5% (27)
44.3% (51)
115
Drugs
7.0% (8)
15.7% (18)
20.0% (23)
21.7% (25)
35.7% (41)
115
Education
1.8% (2)
10.5% (12)
11.4% (13)
16.7% (19)
59.6% (68)
114
Environmental Ethics
11.3% (13)
20.0% (23)
34.8% (40)
10.4% (12)
23.5% (27)
115
Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide
38.8% (45)
26.7% (31)
15.5% (18)
7.8% (9)
11.2% (13)
116
Experimentation on Human Subjects
5.3% (6)
14.9% (17)
20.2% (23)
16.7% (19)
43.0% (49)
114
Global Warming
6.1% (7)
7.9% (9)
21.1% (24)
16.7% (19)
48.2% (55)
114
Gun Control
2.7% (3)
5.3% (6)
12.4% (14)
18.6% (21)
61.1% (69)
113
Hate Crimes, Literature, and Speech
2.7% (3)
10.7% (12)
15.2% (17)
24.1% (27)
47.3% (53)
112
Homosexuality / Homosexual Marriage
18.8% (22)
30.8% (36)
15.4% (18)
14.5% (17)
20.5% (24)
117
Immigration
0.0% (0)
5.3% (6)
11.4% (13)
21.1% (24)
62.3% (71)
114
Intergenerational Justice
1.7% (2)
13.0% (15)
5.2% (6)
20.9% (24)
59.1% (68)
115
Nationalism and Secession
0.0% (0)
3.5% (4)
3.5% (4)
15.9% (18)
77.0% (87)
113
Pornography.
10.4% (12)
13.0% (15)
11.3% (13)
25.2% (29)
40.0% (46)
115
Privacy and Civil Society.
3.5% (4)
14.2% (16)
10.6% (12)
18.6% (21)
53.1% (60)
113
Property Rights and Welfare Redistribution
18.1% (21)
23.3% (27)
19.8% (23)
16.4% (19)
22.4% (26)
116
Prostitution
5.2% (6)
10.4% (12)
17.4% (20)
29.6% (34)
37.4% (43)
115
Racism
19.1% (22)
20.0% (23)
14.8% (17)
14.8% (17)
31.3% (36)
115
Sexism
17.4% (20)
24.3% (28)
13.9% (16)
13.0% (15)
31.3% (36)
115
Sexual Ethics
11.3% (13)
25.2% (29)
20.0% (23)
14.8% (17)
28.7% (33)
115
Stem Cell Experimentation
7.9% (9)
10.5% (12)
18.4% (21)
24.6% (28)
38.6% (44)
114
Voting and Democracy
4.4% (5)
7.0% (8)
17.5% (20)
19.3% (22)
51.8% (59)
114
War and Terrorism
20.9% (24)
20.0% (23)
19.1% (22)
14.8% (17)
25.2% (29)
115
Whistle-blowing
1.8% (2)
3.5% (4)
10.5% (12)
17.5% (20)
66.7% (76)
114
World Hunger
40.9% (47)
24.3% (28)
13.9% (16)
10.4% (12)
10.4% (12)
115
Parent & Child Obligations
7.5% (8)
13.2% (14)
16.0% (17)
18.9% (20)
44.3% (47)
106
Self-Defense
11.1% (12)
14.8% (16)
18.5% (20)
15.7% (17)
39.8% (43)
108
Torture
11.4% (12)
20.0% (21)
24.8% (26)
19.0% (20)
24.8% (26)
105
Lying/Fraud
16.2% (17)
10.5% (11)
18.1% (19)
14.3% (15)
41.0% (43)
105
Surrogacy
1.2% (1)
9.5% (8)
14.3% (12)
10.7% (9)
64.3% (54)
84
Taxation
4.8% (4)
17.9% (15)
6.0% (5)
19.0% (16)
52.4% (44)
84
Punishment
19.0% (16)
28.6% (24)
15.5% (13)
13.1% (11)
23.8% (20)
84
Friendship
3.6% (3)
13.1% (11)
20.2% (17)
14.3% (12)
48.8% (41)
84
Just work
4.8% (4)
6.0% (5)
9.6% (8)
15.7% (13)
63.9% (53)
83
Multiculturalism
6.7% (4)
10.0% (6)
18.3% (11)
18.3% (11)
46.7% (28)
60
Price Gouging
1.7% (1)
3.3% (2)
3.3% (2)
13.3% (8)
78.3% (47)
60
Blackmail
0.0% (0)
1.7% (1)
5.0% (3)
11.7% (7)
81.7% (49)
60
Sweatshop Labor
5.1% (3)
11.9% (7)
15.3% (9)
13.6% (8)
54.2% (32)
59
Gambling
1.7% (1)
1.7% (1)
3.4% (2)
15.3% (9)
78.0% (46)
59
Adultry
6.8% (4)
8.5% (5)
3.4% (2)
20.3% (12)
61.0% (36)
59
Free Speech
10.3% (6)
22.4% (13)
22.4% (13)
13.8% (8)
31.0% (18)
58
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