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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PL201 and one additional PL200-level course. An historical and topical inquiry into the foundations and purposes of society and the state. Contemporary problems regarding the relationship of capitalism and socialism as socio-political models are discussed.
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Prerequisite: PL201 and one additional PL200-level course. An examination of the foundation and arguments for "rights doctrines as developed from the natural lawor natural rights traditions. The difference between the two traditions is illustrated through a study of the political philosophies of Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Hobbes, and Locke. Close attention is given to the writ- ings of Saint Thomas Aquinas and their pragmatic influence on numerous papal encyclicals. Counts toward Catholic Studies minor.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PL201 and one additional PL200-level course. A look a skepticism, ancient and modern. Students study Gorgias, Proragoras, Plato, Sextus, Descartes, Hume, and Wittgenstein as they seek to understand the focuses and methods of the various skepticisms; the continuities and discontinuities between ancient and modern skepti- cism; and the various ways in which their critics have attempted to disarm the skeptics.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PL201 and one additional PL200-level course. An examination of some basic systems of law, including legal positivism, common law, and natural law. Places where these systems come into conflict-for example, the tort law of wrongful birth-are a special focus of this course. By way of a central theme, students are intro- duced to the kinds and scope of laws governing homi- cide and how these apply domestically and internation- ally. The course is historical-covering authors such as Bentham, Blackstone, and de Vitoria-as well as topical.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PL201 and one additional PL200-level course. Does the fate of Socrates at the hands of Athens reveal an insoluble conflict between philosophy's insistence on rational critique and the political community's need for solidarity This team-taught course explores the fun- damental tensions between philosophy and politics, focused primarily through the lens of selected Platonic dialogues, but also incorporating writings by Aristoph- anes, Rousseau, and Nietzsche.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PL201, one additional PL200-level course. An introduction to the background, development, and main problems of the philosophy of Karol Wojtyla (Pope John Paul II), principally though the investigation of some parts of his The Acting Person and the encyclical letter Fides et ratio. The more general problem of the possi- bility of a Christian philosophy is considered. Some study of the connection between the two philosopher-popes- John Paul II and Benedict XVI (Josef Ratzinger), using especially the latter's Truth and Tolerance-is provided.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PL201 and one additional PL200-level course. Places in dialogue western philosophical topics or figures with those drawn from Asian traditions; for example, the theme of a given semester might be one of the fol- lowing: Heidegger and Asian thought; eastern and west- ern philosophies of religion; Kant and Indian philoso- phy; mind and body in western and eastern thought; or eastern and western dialectic and deconstruction.251
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PL201 and one additional PL200-level course. An introduction to feminist theory, beginning with a review of the history of philosophy from a feminist per- spective, with special emphasis on Aristotle, the Christian tradition, Marx, Mill, and Freud. Contemporary thinkers studied include Firestone, Gilligan, Jaggar, Harding, and Eisenstein. Counts toward Gender Studies minor.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PL201 and one additional PL200-level course. Examines recent interpretations of psychoanalysis, informed by existential philosophy and new conceptions of the nature of language. These perspectives restore the fertility and sophistication of Freud's thought and present new opportunities/challenges for philosophi- cal questioning.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PL201 and one additional PL200-level course. Calls attention to and explores the contribution of female and feminist philosophers of the twentieth cen- tury. Examines the themes of gender, sex roles, patri- archy, and the development of woman's consciousness in the history of philosophy in our century. Counts toward Gender Studies minor.
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