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Prerequisites: Semester course in Philosophy, or permission of instructor An examination of moral philosophy in the twentieth century and its focus on the analysis of ethical language and concepts. Among the central questions examined are whether it is possible to define “good, ” whether good is a property of things (independent of social conventions and subjective feelings), and whether the ascription of good to something is simply an expression of a attitude towards that thing. Philosophers studied will include G.E. Moore, A.J. Ayer, and R.M. Hare.
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Prerequisites: Semester course in Philosophy, or permission of instructor An examination of advanced issues in ethics. Material covered will include a wide range of both theoretical and applied issues.
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Prerequisites: Semester course in Philosophy or consent of instructor Examination of advanced issues in ethics. Material covered will include a wide range of both theoretical and applied issues.
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Prerequisites: Junior standing in Medical Laboratory Science, Nursing, Psychology, or Sociology An examination of the ethical aspects of the health care professions and the impact of ethical issues on the professional’s life. Topics include: responsibility, conscience, professional codes of ethics, privacy, informed consent, access to health care, loss and death. Cross-listed as GRT 317
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An initial survey of the foundations of ethical theory and the relation to applied ethics, with the primary course content focusing on the ethical and philosophical dimensions of emerging issues in the life sciences and biotechnology, on one hand, and law and public policy on the other. These issues include: definitions of human life, higher vs. full brain death, physician-assisted suicide, medical futility, organ distribution/transplantation/sales, xenograft, stem cell research, therapeutic/reproductive cloning, global AIDS crisis and developed/developing world issues, generic licensing of pharmaceuticals, reproductive technologies, human subject research, informed consent, developing world human experimentation, and genetic testing.
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Prerequisites: Semester course in Philosophy or consent of instructor, or third year in Mathematics or a science major. A critical analysis of science and its methods, a study of the justification and the range of scientific knowledge.
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Continues on a more advanced level the development of a theory of art already begun in the introduction to aesthetics. Themes to be discussed include the nature of form and expression in art, the nondiscussive character of art, the similarities and differences between the artist’s relation to the work of art and the spectators’, the relation between art and subjectivity, the difference between the linguistic and visual arts, the social function of art. The works of a few major philosophers will be compared to give students alternative points of view.
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This course will consider various theories that have been proposed for interpreting history, as well as recurrent problems about the structure of historical explanation, the possibility of objectivity in history, and the relationship between history and the social sciences.
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Prerequisites: Semester course in Philosophy or consent of instructor Analytical and constructive study of central concepts and essential manifestations of religion. Both historical and contemporary readings are required.
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Prerequisites: Semester course in Philosophy or consent of instructor Approaches to the philosophy of law. The course addresses questions like, What gives meaning to law? How is the law interpreted, or how are judicial interpretations justified? What is the relationship between law and morality, or law and culture or custom? The course examines a number of state and Supreme Court opinions (on issues like free speech and expressive liberties, reproductive issues, obscenity, legal ethics, jury nullification, and hate crime legislation) with a critical eye toward their philosophical or juridical soundness. This course is valuable for those considering careers in law, public affairs or politics.
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