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Examines relations between political and social organizations, the justification and limits of the state, and issues concerning individuality andcommunity.
Philosophy, Politics, and Social Theory FRESHMAN ONLY
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.
Persons, Moral Values and the Good Life 1ST YEAR STUD ONLY
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.
Studies competing historical and contemporary conceptions of nature, their philosophical foundations, and their implications for environmental problems and public policy. more...
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.
Historical and contemporary views on the foundations and conditions of knowledge, belief, justification, and truth, conception, perception, and interpretation.
Problems and concepts of mind and consciousness including mind-brain identification, the nature of subjectivity, identity, and artificial intelligence.
Examines the thought and influence of major Western thinkers of the century, including pragmatists, phenomenologists, existentialists, critical theorists, and feminists.
Examines philosophical views of the nature of law, legal ethics, law and society through questions regarding definition, interpretation, and institutions.
01/11/2010-04/30/2010 Credits:
3.0
Prerequisite: 9 credits of philosophy, including PHIL 105 or 6 credits of philosophy at the 200 level or 5th semester standing
Expistemological themes of twentieth century philosphy of science with focus on the political problem of how to manage our global environment with specific features o more...
Critically examines central European philosophers including Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, Merleau-Ponty, Gadamer, Levinas, Foucault, and Derrida; course content vari more...
Critically examines feminist approaches to ethics, epistemology, philosophy of science, metaphysics, social/political philosophy, and the history of philosophy.