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A critical study of major systems and approaches to ethics, such as Stoicism, Natural Law Ethics, Virtue Ethics, Utilitarianism, and Deontology. Prerequisite: PH 112A. Satisfies the second institutional requirement in philosophy. Three hours a week.
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What issues are relevant for a conscientious, ethically- informed assessment of present and future technologies: Whose responsibility is it to carry out such assessments? The major ethical systems of Aristotle, Kant, Bentham, and Rawls will be used to address such questions as well as some of the more specific ethical dilemmas created by today’s technologies. Prerequisite: PH 112A. Satisfies the second institutional requirement in philosophy. Three hours a week.
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Do traditional moral theories reflect a masculine way of thinking? Do these theories ignore the concerns of women? Studies the new ethical theories of contemporary feminist thinkers and how they criticize such traditional theories as those of Aristotle, Kant, and Mill. Prerequisite: Satisfies the second institutional requirement in philosophy. Three hours a week.
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A critical as well as analytical study of the solutions to the major philosophical problems offered by the great thinkers of ancient Greece, with particular attention given to their moral philosophy; the Pre-Socratics, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and the Hellenists. Prerequisite: PH 112A. Satisfies the second institutional requirement in philosophy. Three hours a week.
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Plato is preeminent among philosophers in his quest for an intellectual vision of reality which could transfigure human life and society. His ideas about appearance and reality, about justice and virtue, and about knowledge and opinion have served to shape philosophical discussion for well over two millennia. But Plato is almost unique in presenting his ideas in the form of dialogues—carefully crafted literary narratives in which Plato never appears, so that ideas must be always be understood in connection with the character who defends them. This course will introduce students to one of the pivotal figures in Western culture through a careful reading of ten of Plato’s dialogues. Prerequisite: PH 112A. Three hours a week.
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A study of the distinctive views of the two dominant thinkers of the medieval world, Augustine and Aquinas, and their shaping of the medieval mind and their contributions to philosophic thought, with particular attention given to their moral philosophy. Prerequisite: PH 112A. Satisfies the second institutional requirement in philosophy. Three hours a week.
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Augustine continues to influence current philosophical debates (i.e., self and others, nature and nurture, just and unjust war, and faith and reason). This course concentrates on Augustine’s philosophical arguments, but also clarifies how some of his philosophical positions grow out of his theological disputes with Manicheism, Donatism, and Pelagianism. Prerequisite: PH 112A Satisfies the second institutional requirement in philosophy. Three hours a week.
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A philosophical examination of the most influential traditional wisdoms of Asia: Hindu, Buddhist, Confucian, and Taoist. Considers the systems of value that emerge from such classics as the Bhagavad Gita, Dhammapada, Analects, and Tao Te Ching. Clarifies these Eastern systems, where appropriate, by comparing and contrasting them with the value systems of western philosophical and religious traditions. Prerequisite: PH 112A. Satisfies the second institutional requirement in philosophy. Three hours a week.
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This course will critically examine alternative theories of justice, including libertarianism, socialism, democratic liberalism, communitarianism, and feminism. Satisfies the second institutional requirement in philosophy. Three hours a week.
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‘Educate’ comes from a Latin word meaning tolead. But when we educate, what do we lead students toward? Does it develop our nature, or reform it? How has education been viewed over history? Students will engage in critical examination of both classic and contemporary texts. Special attention will be paid to the role of education in a pluralistic society. Prerequisite: PH 112A. Satisfies the second institutional requirement in philosophy. Three hours a week.
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