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Spring 2007. SCOTT R. SEHON. An introduction to legal theory. Central questions include: What is law What is the relationship of law to morality What is the nature of judicial reasoning Particular legal issues include the nature and status of privacy rights (e.g., contraception, abortion, and the right to die); the legitimacy of restrictions on speech and expression (e.g., pornography, hate speech); the nature of equality rights (e.g., race and gender); and the right to liberty (e.g., homosexuality).
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3.00 Credits
Spring 2007. LAWRENCE H. SIMON. What things in nature have moral standing What are our obligations to them How should we resolve conflicts among our obligations After an introduction to ethical theory, topics to be covered include anthropocentrism, the moral status of nonhuman sentient beings and of nonsentient living beings, preservation of endangered species and the wilderness, holism versus individualism, the land ethic, and deep ecology. (Same as Environmental Studies 258.)
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Fall 2006. DOUGLAS YOUNG.
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THE DEPARTMENT.
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3.00 Credits
Spring 2007. DENIS CORISH. A study of some of the principle dialogues of Plato, drawn chiefly from his middle and later periods. The instructor selects the dialogues that are read, but topics to be studied depend on particular interests of the students.
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3.00 Credits
Spring 2008. MATTHEW STUART. An examination of Hume's metaphysics and epistemology, focusing on his masterpiece, A Treatise of Human Nature. This work - completed when the author was only 26 - waslargely ignored during his lifetime, but is now recognized as the high-water mark of British Empiricism. Topics to include Hume's theories about cognition, imagination, causality, inductive reasoning, free will, personal identity, miracles, and moral evaluation. Prerequisite: Philosophy 112 or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Fall 2006. LAWRENCE H. SIMON. Examines philosophical, moral, political, and policy questions regarding various environmental issues. Possible topics include the ethics of climate change policy, our obligations to future generations, benefit-cost analysis vs. the precautionary principle as a decision-making instrument, and the relationship between justice and sustainability. (Same as Environmental Studies 392.)
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3.00 Credits
Spring 2007. LAWRENCE H. SIMON AND SCOTT SEHON. An in-depth examination of a topic of current philosophical interest. Students read recent books or journal articles and invite the authors of those works to discuss them with the group. Typically, this involves visits by three guest philosophers per semester. Limited to philosophy majors; others with permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
THE DEPARTMENT.
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3.00 Credits
Science Fiction,Science Fact
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