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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ENG 10 or permission of the instructor. 3 credits Description: This course investigates ethical issues involved in computing. Special attention will be given to the moral, legal, and constitution concerns surrounding computer security. Through lecture, discussion and case study research, students will be encouraged to learn the various ethical system, encounter questions regarding the scope and limits of each ethical approach, and engage the moral dilemmas arising not only from the use but the uniqueness of interactions over the Internet. The Socratic Method will be employed in classroom discussions to encourage dialogue and reflection on cyberspace issues such as: privacy and security concerns; free speech and libel; copyright and fair use; privacy and information sharing.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ENG 101. 3 credits formerly PL 205 Ethics in Literature This is a course structured to investigate by means of lecture, literary criticism and Socratic dialogue - the nature, theories, methods and issues of ethics through the prism of literary narrative. Works from authors such as Leo Tolstoy, Jhumpa Lahira, Victor Hugo, Ursula LeGuin and Nathaniel Hawthorne will be used to focus attention onto issues such as the Struggle of Good and Evil; Does Life Have Meaning Beyond Mere Survival?; What is the Purpose of the Individual Autonomy?; and What is the Purpose of Sex, Love and Marriage?
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This course critiques the impact traditional moral theories and practices have on women's lives. We examine the ways separating the public from the private realm and reason from emotion continue to dominate ethical thought and behavior. Lastly, we address the power and pervasiveness religious traditions, political and economic power, violence and media have to influence social norms.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Eligibility for ENG 101. 3 credits formerly PL 207C Philosophical Issues in Contemporary Life This course explores the philosophical and moral dimensions of real-life engineering concerns. It will seek to stimulate critical reflection by combining practical insights from engineering practice with perspectives drawn from ethical theories while considering moral dilemmas. Topics may include engineering as social experimentation, commitment to safety, workplace responsibility and rights, and environmental concerns.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Eligibility for ENG 101. 3 credits This course will explore the plurality of theories and narratives on feminism from the philosophical perspective, as well as practically through the lived stories of women. Class sessions will consist of a mixture of methods of presentation (lecture, first-person narrative, and dialogue), with the aim of using theoretical constructs as a springboard for the plurality of experiences and narratives of the feminine.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ENG 101. 3 credits formerly PL 107 Logic Logic is the study of the laws of correct thinking and their application to logical reasoning, which includes an analysis of language, informal fallacies of thought and the rules of inductive and deductive thinking.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Eligibility for ENG 101. 3 credits formerly PL 106 Critical Thinking This course examines the notion that selfdiscovery is the fundamental process of learning and that critical thinking is the basic tool of the self-discovery process. Students will explore strategies for conceptualizing, analyzing, synthesizing and evaluating information gathered from a variety of sources. The concepts learned in this course will be useful in both academic and professional settings.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Eligibility for ENG 101. 3 credits formerly PL 105 World Religions Seven of the major religious traditions of the modern world are introduced: Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, as well as Chinese and Japanese religious thought. The course explores the history of each tradition, its major ideas and its leading figures. It also covers the influence of these traditions in the world today.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ENG 101. 3 credits formerly PL 110 Values and Traditions in Non- Western Cultures This course is intended to encourage American students to expand their vision of the world by learning more about how people from other cultures live and think. Through texts and philosophers from China, Japan, India, Tibet, Africa, and the Middle East, students explore how philosophical concepts are embedded in the cultures that produce them. As we move toward a global community, it is imperative that we know about and understand the values and traditions of our world partners and neighbors.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ENG 101. 3 credits This course investigates philosophical theories about life and death and their application to current issues from various ethical perspectives. The course's focus will be the meaning of life when confronting our mortality; the balance between sanctity of life and quality of life worldviews; the moral dilemmas found in contemporary topics such as euthanasia, suicide, human cloning, famine relief, the death penalty, and war.
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