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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Students who have demonstrated superior achievement in physics may enroll for independent study under the supervision of a consenting instructor. Prerequisite: Department chair approval.
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3.00 Credits
Ethical decisions are a vital part of a person's life and can have profound significance. This course provides a systematic examination of answers given by philosophers to such questions as What is virtue What sort of life leads to human happiness and What are the ultimate standards of moral conduct The readings in this course may also cover topics in applied ethics such as euthanasia, abortion, animal welfare, capital punishment, and economic justice.
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3.00 Credits
This course covers some of the major political writings of philosophers from Plato in the 5th century BCE Greece to Machiavelli in 15th century Italy. Issues discussed in this course may include the following: What is an ideal state To what extent is individual happiness dependent upon the state To what extent should government be involved in the education of citizens To what extent should the citizens in a state be treated equally What are the problems are inherent in various forms of government (aristocracy, oligarchy, democracy, and tyranny) What is the foundation of civil law When are laws just What is the role of religion in a state (Cross-listed as PS 201).
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3.00 Credits
This course covers major political writings of philosophers from the 16th century to the present. These may include selections from Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Mill, Marx, Rawls, Hospers, and MacIntyre. The schools of thought typically covered include liberal, socialist, communitarian, and libertarian. Issues discussed may include the following: Why do states exist What obligations can states legitimately ask of their citizens How does one determine if a state's laws are just What constitutes a just distribution of a state's wealth When are property rights legitimate To what extent should governments try to influence citizens to hold specific beliefs or adopt certain life-styles (Cross-listed as PS 202).
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3.00 Credits
This course is a survey of ancient philosophy from the ancient Greeks and Romans to thirteenth-century France. The philosophers studied may include Plato, Aristotle, Epictetus, Epicurus, and Thomas Aquinas. Issues to be addressed may include What is virtue What is happiness What is the nature of reality Is it reasonable to believe in God
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3.00 Credits
This course consists of the study of the major problems in the philosophy of religion, including the problem of evil, proofs for the existence of God, proofs for the immortality of the soul, the relation between faith and reason, the meaning of the religious language, the relation of religion and ethics, and the nature of religious experience. (Cross-listed as RE 239.)
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3.00 Credits
This course surveys the ways thinkers from a variety of cultures have dealt with such philosophical questions as 1) What is reality 2) What are the foundations of religious beliefs 3) What is human nature 4) What are our rights and duties as humans Readings include works from Chinese, Indian, South American, Islamic, American Indian, Greek, and European thinkers.
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3.00 Credits
Seminars in philosophy cover special topics in philosophy. These include environmental ethics, philosophy and literature, feminism, existentialism, and epistemology. Prerequisite: One course in philosophy or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
This course surveys various philosophical approaches to questions of social justice and an application of these theories to relevant social problems. Such problems include questions concerning the distribution of wealth, property rights, socialization of vital industries, and business ethics. The theories of justice include contracterian, utilitarian, libertarian, socialist, and communitarian theories. Prerequisite: One course in philosophy, political science, or economics. (Cross-listed as PS 310.)
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on how to recognize, analyze, and evaluate arguments. Topics include deductive logic, inductive reasoning, and predicate logic. Prerequisite: LA 101 or 301.
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