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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
3 credits. A survey of the incredible range of beliefs and practices developed by the great religions and philosophical teachers of India. F/3
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3.00 Credits
3 credits. This course investigates the religious phenomenon of prophecy in both traditional contexts (ancient Israelite religion and the ancient near east, early Christianity and the Greco-roman world), as well as in its present day manifestations within a variety of indigenous cultures and contemporary religions. S/3
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3.00 Credits
3 credits. This course examines the theoretical foundation of a variety of ethical systems. It expands the core traditional ethical theories by considering contemporary elaborations on Virtue Ethics, Deontological Ethics (Kantianism), and dominant theories. Students are strongly advised to have taken PHIL 209 before enrolling in this course. S/2
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3.00 Credits
3 credits. An examination of the nature of language concerning issues of meaning, reference, language use, linguistic structure, and difference from other symbol systems. S/3
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3.00 Credits
3 credits. Problems concerning the presuppositions of religious ethics and their application to personal moral issues and to such areas of community life as business, race relations, war and peace. On demand.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits. An examination of various perspectives on death and dying in our own and other cultures with a view to coping with the problems of mortality and immortality. Medical, psychological, philosophical, and religious aspects contributing to an understanding of the meaning of death will be offered by resource people whose experience will lend assistance to the student's confronting the reality of death and dying. Lecture and discussion. F
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3.00 Credits
3 credits. The modern deductive logic of propositions and functions (including relations); logistic systems. Students majoring in mathematics or computer science will be especially welcome in this course. S/2
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3.00 Credits
3 credits. This course examines core issues in society and governance: the nature of justice, the limits of freedom, the role of religion, family and pluralism in the modern community, are a few examples of possible topics. Students in the course may examine both classical and contemporary theories of political society. F/3
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3.00 Credits
3 credits. This course will investigate the philosophical foundations of art (understood in its widest sense, including, for example, music and writing). It will ask whether definitions of art or beauty are possible, what the relationship between form and substance is in art, whether or not art should be valued as a product or process, as well as other such questions. The course will rely upon classical and modern texts, as well as a variety of examples from the history of the arts. S/3
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3.00 Credits
3 credits. Prerequisite: Junior/senior standing. This course centers on the ethical issues of particular concern to both citizens and professionals involved in engineering and related technical/scientific fields. We review ethical history and ethical theory in all class discussions. The major focus of the course, however, is on ethical dilemmas, case studies, and codes relevant to contemporary engineering and scientific practice. Issues surveyed include: ethical responsibility of theorists and of applied scientists, risk and negligence in technological enterprises, the limits of knowledge/safety/quality, an update of the two cultures debate. F, S
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