Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Global Ethics: An Introduction
This online course provided an introduction to the subject of global ethics and examined some of the major ethical dilemmas facing the world today.
4 weeks, 3 hours per week
Dave Hall
University Secretary
The Open University
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Discuss key moral theories and apply them to important issues in global ethics.
- Explore and examine the global challenge of inequality, and appreciate its complexity.
- Apply and critically assess different arguments relating to the global challenge of migration.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the global challenge of climate change, and consider our obligations to future generations.
- Identify and use the concepts and methods of philosophy.
- Apply basic philosophical arguments.
- Identify and use key ethical concepts.
- Debate in a reasoned manner some of the most important questions of our time.
Syllabus
Week 1
How do key moral theories apply to the most important issues in global ethics?
Week 2
Global inequality: What should be done about widespread poverty?
Week 3
Migration: Are controlled borders unethical?
Week 4
Climate change: Should we care for future generations?
Issued on 28th March 2026
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