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Examines relations between political and social organizations, the justification and limits of the state, and issues concerning individuality andcommunity.
Major ethical positions and assumptions regarding questions of freedom, choice, obligation, and conflicts in contemporary moral conduct, values, and reasoning.
Introduction to philosophical, moral, and aesthetic teachings of Asian traditions such as Hinduism, Buddhism (including Zen), Taoism, Confucianism, and Shintoism.
Discussion of the validity, soundness, and fallacies of everyday language use and reasoning; informal logic; and manipulative arguments and propaganda.
Ethical theory about virtue, duty, autonomy, and life quality applied to moralproblems, including character, violence, oppression, abortion, and suicide.
Studies ethical foundations of business and ethical problems in business practices such as advertising, international trade, labor relations, and marketing.
Critical introduction to political authority, rights, justice, community, inequality, power, pluralism, and other contemporary, social, and political issues.
Examines philosophical ideas in literature, literary forms in philosophies, style and genre, and relation of philosophy, literature, writing, and culture.
Examines the thought and influence of major Western thinkers of the century, including pragmatists, phenomenologists, existentialists, critical theorists, and feminists.
Examines ethical theories, justice, rights, community, and human values revolving around such issues as preservation, conservation, pollution, sustainability, and more...
08/24/2009-12/11/2009 Credits:
3.0
Prerequisite: 9 credits of philosophy including PHIL 103 or 6 credits of philosophy at the 200 level or 5th semester standing
Investigates problems of mind from the standpoint of traditional metaphysical views, modern scientific psychology, neuroscience, and artificial intelligence.
08/24/2009-12/11/2009 Credits:
3.0
Prerequisite: 9 credits of philosophy, including PHIL 127 or 6 credits of philosophy at the 200 level
Philosophical traditions, problems, and authors in African, Asian, Middle- Eastern, Native American, or other non-Western cultures and intellectual traditions.
08/24/2009-12/11/2009 Credits:
3.0
Satisfies
International Cultures (IL)
Prerequisite: 9 credits of philosophy, including 6 credits of philosophy at the 200 level or 5th semester standing
Critically examines central figures in American philosophy including Emerson, Thoreau, Pierce, James, Royce, Dewey, Santayana, Mead, Quine, Davidson, and Rorty.
