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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Classical and contemporary political philosophy. Modern political ideologies and issues of political thought, including freedom, justice, democracy, revolution, rights, law, punishment, civil disobedience, preferential treatment, war and peace, international relations, property, utopias and dystopias. May be taken for philosophy or political science credit.
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A study of the philosophical issues implicit in approaches to education: human nature and development, knowledge and learning, the institutionalization of reality, objectivity and values. Prerequisite: none.
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A study of philosophical questions raised by the arts, including: Why are the arts important? Are there any general criteria for artistic excellence? What do the arts have in common? Prerequisite: none.
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Deciding among competing approaches to psychology; artificial intelligence and functionalism; theories of the mind; involuntary treatment; controversial research and treatment methods; the insanity defense, confidentiality; diagnosis and classification. Prerequisite: none.
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A survey of philosophical issues that arise in connection with health care. Topics include concepts of health, disease, patterns of diagnostic reasoning, AIDS issues, informed consent, paternalism, codes of ethics, confidentiality, abortion, allocation, research, transplantation and special categories of patients. Prerequisite: none.
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A study of the philosophical dimensions of environmental issues including the sources of our conceptions of nature and a survey of issues in environmental ethics.
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A study of philosophers instrumental in the creation of our modern world view, including: Descartes, Hobbes, Locke, Hume, Kant, Hegel and Marx. Prerequisite: none.
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A study of the focal issues of contemporary philosophy of language, epistemology and metaphysics. Prerequisite: PHIL 150 and 310 or instructor's permission.
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A rigorous study of one or more philosophers who continue to have an impact on contemporary thought. Prerequisite: PHIL 170 and 310 or instructor's permission.
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The nature of ethics; normative theories. Views about right and wrong, intrinsic value, justice, virtue and rights. Prerequisite: none.
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