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Prerequisite: PL201 and one additional PL200-level course. William Shakespeare, the greatest writer of the English language, wrote a number of plays that dramatize philosophical questions. Such questions include the following: What is justice What is the relationship between religion and politics What is a good education What are the limits of love What is virtue What is the logic of becoming What is happiness In this course, students read a new Shakespearian plays, slowly, and discuss such issues as they arise.
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Prerequisite: PL201 and one additional PL200-level course. A philosophical-historical examination of the rise of sci- ence in the modern age (1500-present), and the impact this has had on religion, drawing from such thinkers as Luther, Pope John Paul II, Bacon, Copernicus, Galileo, Descartes, Newton, Hume, Kant, Darwin, and various contemporary scientific, religious, and philo- sophical works that have been important in informing the relationship between science and religion. Counts toward Catholic Studies minor.
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Prerequisite: PL201 and one additional PL200-level course. An examination of the ethical writings of Aristotle, with an emphasis on the Nicomachean Ethics.
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Prerequisite: PL201 and one additional PL200-level course. An intensive exploration of major milestones of adult- hood through the study of scholarship in developmental psychology and Catholic social thought. Topics may include sex and the body, fertility, marriage, parenting, sexual orientation, divorce, marital infidelity, and diverse family structures. Students become proficient in read- ing and assessing contemporary psychological research and original philosophical and theological documents published by the Church. After evaluating the intellectual strengths of each medium, the degree to which the writings from each discipline intersect are examined. Counts toward Catholic Studies minor.
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Prerequisite: PL201 and one additional PL200-level course. What defines culture Where do we start in thinking about cultural difference A wider discussion of the meaning of culture eventually alights on discussion of the 'American dream'-the major paradigm for culturaself-definition in the United States. Is the American cultural binder a dream or an illusion The solidity, utility, and morality of the American dream is chal- lenged by setting it against competing paradigms. Stu- dents should be prepared to encounter a very critical look at American culture through the eyes of some modern and contemporary critics of cultural norms. Possible authors for study include Nietzsche, Marx, Goldman, Gadamer, Adorno, Horkheimer, Chomsky, Baudrillard, Fussell, Zinn, and Berry.
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Prerequisite: PL201, one additional PL200-level course, and written permission of the instructor. An overview of the approach to philosophical theology by Renaissance thinkers including Nicholas of Cusa, Lorenzo Valla, Tommaso Campenella, and others. Leaving the more famous reformers aside, the study focuses on the con- tinuity of philosophy of religion from late medieval thinkers through Humanists, to late Renaissance philoso- phers that paralleled the growth of tensions between the denominations. Counts toward Catholic Studies minor.
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The politics of Asia in comparative perspective.
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The politics of Latin America in comparative perspective. Counts toward Latin American and Latino Studies minor.
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The politics of the Middle East in comparative perspective.
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A study of natural law doctrines from Greek and Roman speculations to contemporary debates on the possibility and content of a natural law. A review of the writings of various natural law thinkers is undertaken from both an historical and analytical perspective. PS314 Public Opinion and
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