Common Grammar Mistakes to Avoid
WORDS THAT SOUND ALIKE Sometimes we confuse words that sound the same or similar. You’re: You are. // You’re a really nice person. Your: Belonging to you. // I like…
On The Role of Film as Course Material
In the years I have been teaching philosophy, religious studies, and communications, I have used a variety of resources in my courses. Textbooks are useful in many courses and students…
Lecture Notes: Ethical Systems
Cultural Relativism This system asserts that an action is right if one’s culture approves of it. Moral rightness and wrongness are relative to cultures. So, culture A cannot judge culture B…
Lecture Notes: Life Issues – Abortion
TERMINOLOGY Verbiage related to where a person stands on the issues of abortion has become insanely politicized. Terms like “pro-life,” “pro-choice,” “anti-choice,” etc. have become lobbying brands more than moral…
Lecture Notes: The Communication Process
Technology evolves. The process remains the same.
Lecture Notes: Essentials of Ethics
Defining ethics and drawing distinctions between morality and legality.
