Moral Issues Course or Critical Thinking Course?

[futurepsychRNash]

I am looking for one more course to fill my Spring 2014 schedule. I searched the website and found that a lot of people take courses in Philosophy when they are a Pre-nursing student and completing prerequisites. My school offers a Foundations in Moral Issues course and a Critical Thinking course. Will either of these help for nursing school or just prepare for the nursing career in general? Here is both of the descriptions. Which should I take?

PHIL-102 Introduction to Moral Issues

This course examines ethical questions that arise in the course of day-to-day individual and social life. Some consideration will be given to ethical theory and its application to such questions, but emphasis will be on basic moral questions and practical issues. Examples of typical issues to be examined are: What are the grounds for moral obligations like keeping promises or obeying the law? How do we reason about what to do? Examples of typical moral issues that may be introduced are capital punishment, euthanasia, abortion, corporate responsibility, the treatment of animals, and so forth.

PHIL-103 Critical Thinking

An introduction to philosophical analysis, especially as it may be applied in contexts other than professional philosophy, but also including normative issues such as ethics and aesthetics.

Thanks in advance for reading this!

[rubato, ASN, RN]

They both sound good. You will deal with ethical choices and critical thinking a lot as a nurse. I would probably pick critical thinking, but that's just me.