CHPL 315 Chaplain Ethics

Chaplains must be prepared to address a wide range of ethical issues. Police Officers, Corporate Leaders, coaches, and community members often look to chaplains for guidance and a spiritual perspective on moral and ethical issues. In light of this role, chaplains must understand ethics and exercise sound reasoning based on biblical principles. As spiritual leaders who lead by moral example and influence, chaplains must also exhibit high personal moral standards.

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Course Requirements Checklist

After reading the Course Syllabus and Student Expectations, the student will complete the related checklist found in the Course Overview.

Discussions (5)

Discussions are collaborative learning experiences. Therefore, the student is required to provide a thread in response to the provided prompt for each Discussion. Each thread must be 350 words and demonstrate course-related knowledge. Each thread must support the student’s assertions with at least 3 scholarly citations in Turabian format. In addition to the thread, the student is required to reply to 2 other classmates’ threads. Each reply must be 250 words. (CLO: A, B)

Human Sexuality Paper Assignment

The student will write a 2,100–2,400-word paper in current Turabian format that articulates his/her position on an issue of human sexuality. The paper will include any ministry limits created by the issue. The paper will integrate biblical principles as well as ethical theory. The paper must include a bibliography containing at least 5 references using scholarly journal articles and/or books, in addition to the course textbooks and the Bible. (CLO: B, C)

Bioethics Position Paper Assignment

The student will write a 2,100–2,400-word research-based paper in current Turabian format that articulates his/her position on a bioethical issue selected from a list provided or previously approved by the professor. The selected issue must be appropriate for the student’s area of future chaplaincy ministry. The paper must include at least 5 references from books and/or scholarly journal articles in addition to the course textbooks and the Bible. (CLO: B, C)

Personal Code of Ethics Assignment

The student will develop a 900-1,000-word personal code of ethics appropriate for his/her area of chaplaincy ministry based on the examples found in Trull and Carter’s Ministerial Ethics: Moral Formation for Church Leaders. (CLO: D)