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3.00 Credits
An examination of conceptual and moral questions associated with selected contemporary social issues. Following topics are studied: the morality of abortion, the justification of reverse discrimination, the permissibility of homosexuality and prostitution. Offered: Each semester Panichas
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3.00 Credits
An introductory survey of some of the major topics in moral philosophy, including the possibility and nature of an objective morality, moral knowledge, the relationship between morality and self-interest, morality and God, and various theories of the nature of right and wrong action. The focus is on theoretical rather than applied moral questions. Readings from classical and contemporary sources. McLeod
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the genesis and growth of Western philosophy, the trial and death of Socrates, the philosophical systems of Plato and Aristotle, and the post-Aristotelian schools of Epicureanism and Stoicism. Prerequisite: No prerequisites Offered: Fall semester McLeod
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3.00 Credits
A critical survey of European philosophy from 1600 to 1800, a period during which enormously influential contributions were made to the philosophical study of knowledge, reality, and the nature and limits of philosophy itself. Philosophers to be studied include Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, and Kant. Prerequisite: No prerequisites Offered: Spring semester McLeod
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3.00 Credits
The philosophies of Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, and others. Prerequisite: No prerequisites Staff
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the application of ethical reasoning in business, this course includes a critical review of classical ethical theories and their application to truth in advertising, product liability, affirmative action, employer and employee rights and duties, whistle blowing, corporate responsibility, and others. Prerequisite: No prerequisites McLeod
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3.00 Credits
A historical and critical examination concerning the nature of works of art (e.g., paintings, music, and poetry), the creation of art, and the evaluation of art. Prerequisite: No prerequisites Panichas
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3.00 Credits
An investigation of the properties of logical systems, including completeness, compactness, computability, and decidability. Offered: Fall semester Shieber
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3.00 Credits
A detailed examination of substance, universals, mind-body, personal identity, freedom of the will, causality, space, and time. Contemporary and traditional solutions are presented. Prerequisite: Philosophy 101 or permission of instructor Staff
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3.00 Credits
A detailed examination of the concept of knowledge, nature of beliefs, justification of beliefs, relationship between knowledge and beliefs, truth, perception. Prerequisite: Philosophy 101 or permission of instructor Staff
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