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1.00 Credits
An examination of issues in modern and contemporary art of interest to artists, the art public and philosophers of art. The object of the course is to provide representative tools of analysis and evaluation sufficient to enable a person to avoid both closemindedness and unreflective acceptance in encounters with difficult aspects of art in the twenty-first century. Covers topics such as: the creative, social, economic and gender dimensions of art; the integrity and responsibilities of the art audience; aesthetics and art criticism; kitsch and "bad art"; art and language; divine madness; the creative process; mysticism and the unconscious. Staff.
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A study of the conceptual foundations of modern science. Focuses on the philosophical analysis of scientific method, its basic concepts and assumptions, as it has developed from classical Greek science. Includes a three-hour laboratory in which students engage both in scientific testing and a logical analysis of the tests. Staff.
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1.00 Credits
Same as Religion 234. Staff.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Philosophical examination of a contemporary problem. Examples of possible topics: "The philosophical novel," "Humanistic psychology and humanistic ethics," "Philosophy and the search for meaning in life," "Relativism, truth and morality." Designed for the general student who is interested in studying philosophical approaches to some contemporary issue. Staff.
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Examines theoretical and practical perspectives on ethical issues in relation to the environment. The theoretical issues range from whether we should assign moral value to species other than the human (and if so, on the basis of what criteria) to whether we have moral obligations to preserve the environment for future generations (and if so, what this would imply for the present generations). The practical issues range from creating incentives for restricting population growth without abdicating responsibilities toward the world's hungry, to the issue of what short-and long-term policies and practices need to be adopted to deal effectively with reducing pollution and hazardous waste while working toward a recycling, sustainable global society. Madhok.
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Examines the ethical foundations of leadership. Involves an in-depth discussion of foremost leadership theories and their applications to different contexts; critically examines the morally distinct aspects of leadership by looking at the relationships among power, self-interest, and morality; and analyzes leadership from within the ethical frameworks of virtue, duty, and utility along with discussing the ethical challenges of diversity (culture relativism, race, and gender) to traditional leadership ethics. Madhok.
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An examination of selected moral problems posed by corporate conduct--e.g., profit-maximization vs. social responsibility, corporate crime and the criminal justice system, business vs. environmental concerns, preferential hiring vs. reverse discrimination, employee autonomy vs. corporate loyalty, deception vs. honesty in advertising, corporate vs. government regulation. Clarification and critical examination of different ethical perspectives for resolving these moral dilemmas. Cline.
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1.00 Credits
Emphasizes the ethical foundations of public policy. Rights, obligations, justice, autonomy, the nature of the good life: should these play a role in determining public policy, and if so, how? Focuses on the interaction between ethical values and public policy in areas such as health care, law, government, foreign policy, citizenship, education and media. Madhok.
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An introduction to the dialogue that has developed between cognitive neuroscientists and moral philosophers. Cognitive neuroscience brings to the study of ethics an interest in the way the brain processes information and in the kinds of brain states that subserve thought and action--in short, it is answering the question of what kind of information-processing creatures we are. Madhok.
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1.00 Credits
A study of the formal conceptual tools used by modern deductive logic to express and evaluate arguments. This course emphasizes the use of propositional and quantifier logic to clarify and evaluate arguments. Staff.
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