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3.00 Credits
An introduction to applied or practical ethics, this course involves analysis and discussion of contemporary moral and social controversies. Topics include abortion, euthanasia, the death penalty, torture, the ethics of war, pornography and censorship, environmental ethics, gay marriage, racism and discrimination, and the moral status of animals. [8/30/2006]
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3.00 Credits
Philosophical theories of the state and society from Plato to present. [1/2/1997]
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3.00 Credits
God's existence and attributes, problems of evil, religious truth, religious views of history, myth and language systems, meaning in religion. [1/2/1997]
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3.00 Credits
Jewish life & thought, self-understanding & survival from the 17th century enlightenment & emancipation of the Jews of Europe to the present day. The development of Zionism, secularism & Yiddishism, the European Shtetl. the emigration experience & the formation of American Judaism, Orthodox, Conservative, Reform and Reconstructionist; reactions to the Holocaust; ideologies of the State of Israel, the resurgence of the kabbalah and Judaic approaches to medical ethics. [8/31/2005]
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3.00 Credits
This course will examine the religious thought of two Jewish and two Christian twentieth century figures. Through an analysis of writings of Elie Wiesel, Abraham Heschel, Dorothy Day, and Dietrich Bonhoeffet, the student will explore structures of religious experience in two monotheistic traditions. Special attention will be paid to the roles played by religious ways of knowing in the formation of social and political philosophies. [9/6/2000]
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3.00 Credits
This course will survey key aspects of thought and practice of the three major monotheistic traditions with regard to issues surrounding war and peace. Both scriptural writings and the writings of contemporary religious thinkers will be analyzed. Selected interreligious conflicts in the contemporary period will be discussed. [9/6/2000]
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3.00 Credits
Ethical theories and moral concepts in their application to business. Moral issues in regard to justice, social responsibility, regulation vs. free enterprise, the right of consumers, corruption and conflict of interest, advertising, environmental and ecological problems. Fall, Spring [9/4/1996]
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3.00 Credits
A study of philosophers' attempts to formulate and solve fundamental problems in various philosophical disciplines: metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, political philosophy and philosophy of religion. Fall, Spring [9/4/1996]
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3.00 Credits
This course explores major currents of political radicalism both within and outside of the dominant western political tradition. Topics considered may include antidemocratic radicalism, democratic radicalism, Marxian radicalism, radical feminism, radical individualism, and post-colonial radicalism. [1/28/2002]
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3.00 Credits
Modern technologies have aroused both intense admiration and violent opposition. This course will provide a philosophical analysis of some of the issues raised by critics of modern technology such as Aldous Huxley, Lewis Mumford, Jean Baudrillard and Neil Postman. [9/4/2002]
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