Ethics in Public Policy
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Ethics in Public Policy at Coursera Overview
Duration | 11 hours |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
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Ethics in Public Policy at Coursera Course details
- What you'll learn
- Identify the moral and ethical dimensions of politics and public policy.
- Describe the complexity of ethical decision-making.
- Develop practical skills in policymaking as real-life practitioners.
- Welcome to the course Ethics in Public Policy! This course will help you learn about the role that ethical, moral, and cultural principles play when lawmakers and public officials formulate and execute public policy. This course draws upon classical writings in political theory and contemporary cases on ethical dilemmas in public policymaking. It will enable you to debate various ethics themes such as justice, equality, fairness, individual liberty, free enterprise, charity, human rights, and minimising harm to others. It will also help you grasp how these themes integrate into various decision-making models, such as the utilitarian approach, fairness and justice approach, and rights approach. This course will help you examine these models in a real-life context to help balance competing interests to make the best decision. In this course, you will gain an in-depth understanding of the challenges that stand at the crossroads between moral and practical decision-making as a real-life practitioner. You will find answers to questions such as if tolerance is a virtue in public policies that risk challenging constitutional norms, what could be the ethical implications of state violence in the name of national interest, and if it would be a good ethical policy to building dams to generate electricity for more people by displacing the inhabitants of that area. With the help of case studies, this course will help you dive deep into the dilemmas faced by the policymakers (both elected and appointed). It will also help you find some middle-ground that is morally just and optimizes social purpose.
Ethics in Public Policy at Coursera Curriculum
Utilitarianism and Libertarianism
Welcome Video
Utilitarianinsm of Bentham
Mill's Political Philosophy
What Is Libertarianism?
Entitlement Theory
Course Overview
Essential Reading Material: Utilitarianism and Libertarianism
Recommended Reading Material: Utilitarianism and Libertarianism
Practice Quiz: Utilitarianism and Libertarianism
Graded Quiz: Utilitarianism and Libertarianism
Justice as Fairness
What Is Fairness?
Theory of Justice
What Is the Right Thing to Do?
Distributive Justice
Essential Reading Material: Justice as Fairness
Recommended Reading Material: Justice as Fairness
Practice Quiz: Justice as Fairness
Graded Quiz: Justice as Fairness
Ethics and Economic Policy
Ethical Economic Policies
Markets and Morals
MNCs and Ethics of Global Responsibility
Indian Ethos and Development
WTO: Ethics of International Trade
Essential Reading Material: Ethics and Economic Policy
Recommended Reading Material: Ethics and Economic Policy
Practice Quiz: Ethics and Economic Policy
Graded Quiz: Ethics and Economic Policy
Ethics and Social Security
What Is Social Security?
Government and Social Security
Managing a Pandemic: Covid-19 in India
Health Care Rationing
Essential Reading Material: Ethics and Social Security
Practice Quiz: Ethics and Social Security
Graded Quiz: Ethics and Social Security
Equality of What?
Equality of What?
Equality of Resources - Part 1
Equality of Resources - Part 2
Capability and Well-being
UNSDG #10: Reduce Inequalities
Essential Reading Material: What is Equality?
Recommended Reading Material: What is Equality?
Practice Quiz: What is Equality?
Graded Quiz: Equality of What?
Ethics in Global Governance
Ethical Global Governance
Corruption
The Future of Global (Dis) Order: Exclusive Populism vs. Inclusive Global Governance?
Environmental Ethics and Global Governance
Essential Reading Material: Global Governance
Recommended Reading Material: Global Governance
Practice Quiz: Global Governance
Graded Quiz: Global Governance
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