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  • 3.00 Credits

    An investigation of the kinds of love, their causes and effects. The necessity, nature, forms, and properties of friendship. Carroll Keeley, Corrigan/ Three credits
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    A discussion of the classical and contemporary writings on the source of authority, the nature and kinds of law, the interpretation of law, and theories of punishment. Carroll Keeley, Colvert/ Three credits
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    This course examines the relationship between the individual and the community and the tension which exists between the achievement of private desires and the cultivation of public spiritedness for the purpose of realizing a common good. Political, social, economic, and moral dimensions of the theme will be examined in the tradition of American individualism. The pairing of duties and responsibilities with rights and liberties will be emphasized. Gallagher/ Three credits
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    A review of the main theories of ethics and justice. The application of these theories to business. This will be done by examining case studies and legal decisions involving issues of the rights and responsibilities of business with regard to the employee, the consumer, and government. Business in modern society: social responsibility and environmental issues. Bauer/ Three credits
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    This course is designed for juniors and seniors who wish to go beyond the basic level of study in ethics to examine a major text or an issue in moral philosophy. A familiarity with basic moral theories and problems studied in ethics (PHI 202) will be presupposed. This course may focus on a particular text, author, or issue according to the interests of the instructor and students. Possible topics include: Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics; Environmental Ethics; Kant’s Groundwork and Critique of Practical Reason; the Problem of Evil; Theories of Virtue: Ancient and Modern; and Global Ethics. Carroll Keeley, Colvert, Ranasinghe/ Three credits
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    A philosophical investigation into the ways human beings communicate with one another. We will examine the significance of language in both its spoken and written forms, as well as non-linguistic artistic expression, with a special emphasis on the various modes of communication that technology has made possible in contemporary life. Gallagher/ Three credits
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    Philosophical ideas are most often presented in the form of abstract, systematic, argumentative treatises. However, philosophical insight is not restricted to conventional philosophical discourse. Literature, with its keen discernment of the human condition and its probing of our moral situation, often presents significant philosophical insight. This course will either study a philosophical issue through a mixture of systematic, argumentative texts and literary texts or study the thought of a single author as presented in his or her argumentative and literary works. Carroll Keeley, Ranasinghe, Traylor/ Three credits
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    This course examines the implications of cinematic representation for philosophy. How does the moving image and sound change traditional conceptions of representation? How is knowledge transmitted through the medium of film? How is film related to culture, politics, and social life? Can film be a new mode of philosophical expression? Film theory will be read alongside works by such cinematic greats as Bergman, Godard, Truffaut, Lee, and others. Flynn/ Three credits
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    The aim and subject of the wisdom which is the goal of all philosophical activity. The kind of experience necessary for pursuing this wisdom. The search for ?rst causes. The before and after of what is. How the human being is towards truth and the principle for finding the road to follow in science. Traylor, Flynn/ Three credits
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    This course offers a study at an advanced level of a philosophical issue not covered by other thematic courses. Topic changes according to the interest of the professor and needs of students. Staff/ Three credits
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