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3.00 Credits
This course examines philosophical and religious aspects of death and dying. The course begins with a discussion of the meaning of death and the significance ofdeath as the final terminus of life. Further topics include: the stages of dying and bereavement; legal issues in death and dying; how the major world religions treat death and dying, and the significance and possible meaning of recent scientific inquiry into the near-death experience. As needed.
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3.00 Credits
Sports and Ethics examines the ethical implications and impact of contemporary moral issues in the world of sports. The course focuses on defining, understanding, and working on solutions to crucial ethical questions facing the human community by examining the moral dimensions of sports and athletics.
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2.00 - 15.00 Credits
For students of philosophy, an internship is an opportunity to experience the practical application of those great ideas discussed and mastered in the classroom. It is a chance to examine how theories of reality, knowledge, ethics, and politics are put into action, as well as to envision and propose alternate courses of action, based upon alternative philosophical argumentation. Students are individually assigned to a cooperating government agency, political party, interest group, or attorney's office (for pre-law students) for a semester or a summer, full-time or part-time, with or without pay. No more than six credits are applicable to the minimum requirement for major; no more than three to minimum requirement for minor; additional credits counted as free electives. Counts toward Ethics minor. Prerequisite: Twelve credits in philosophy courses, and consent of the chair of the department and the Vice President for Academic Affairs. Fall, Spring, Summer.
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3.00 Credits
A historical and critical investigation of various political ideologies and their ethical foundations including various thinkers from Plato to John Dewey. Evaluation of movements in the twentieth century such as Democracy, Communism, Socialism, Fascism, and non-violent resistance. Prerequisite: Philosophy 205. As needed.
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3.00 Credits
The existential approach to the development of human consciousness: perception, emotion, and commitment in the works of Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Sartre (and others). Theories of phenomenological research and counseling in psychology. Prerequisite: Philosophy 205. As needed.
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3.00 Credits
Study of the American pragmatist movement which focuses on the value and importance of philosophy for ordinary life; theories and ideas must be practical and be embodied in concrete human experience. Investigation of some basic writings of Charles Peirce, William James, and John Dewey. Prerequisite: Philosophy 205. As needed.
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3.00 Credits
This course studies the concepts of being, truth, personal identity, casuality, space and time, nature and God.
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3.00 Credits
A philosophical investigation of the nature, purpose and aim of the Law. Special emphasis on legal reasoning, judicial decision-making, natural law theory, legal positivism, individual rights and responsibility, privacy, theories of punishment and civil disobedience. Prerequisite: Philosophy 205. As needed.
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3.00 Credits
Special topics. Counts toward Ethics minor. Prerequisite: Philosophy 205. As needed.
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1.00 - 8.00 Credits
Counts toward Ethics minor. Prerequisite: Philosophy 205. As needed.
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