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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
(Same as REL 308.) An interdisciplinary course focusing on the relation between Ultimate Reality and the Good. Questions in cross Ccultural metaphysics, sthetics, and ethics (especially sexual ethics) are addressed. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits.
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(Same as REL 309.) In this course, students will examine important contemporary theories of knowledge that support the rationality, justification, and warrant of religious beliefs. Students will also assess the merits of those religious epistemologies in the face of arguments based on evil and suffering. (Offered alternate years.) 3 credits.
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(Same as REL 310.) An interdisciplinary study of philosophical and religious thinkers from the earliest Greek philosophers through the Middle Ages. We see how the ideas of the Pre CSocratics, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Anselm, Maimonides, and Aquinas change through time, and inform our contemporary search for moral and religious values. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits.
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(Same as REL 311.) An interdisciplinary study of the great philosophical and religious thinkers from the Reformation to the 20th century whose ideas form the basis for modern thought. Prominent works of Martin Luther, John Calvin, René Descartes, David Hume, Immanuel Kant, Friedrich Schleiermacher, and S ren Kierkegaard are critically examined. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits.
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A systematic examination of ethical principles applied to moral dilemmas in health care. Topics include: euthanasia, abortion, informed consent, the professional Cpatient relationship, human and animal experimentation, and allocating scarce medical resources. (Offered every year.) 3 credits.
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An exploration of volunteering and philanthropy (voluntary giving for public purposes). This interdisciplinary course serves as an introduction to ethics at the upper Cdivision level. Topics include the moral aspects of caring and helping, and of responsibilities concerning world hunger, and case studies of people like Albert Schweitzer. (Offered alternate years.) 3 credits.
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A study of pressing moral issues generated today in business and the professions. Topics include the special responsibilities of professionals, the obligations of corporations concerning the environment and product safety, the rights of employees, and honesty in advertising. Relevant to all students with career interests. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits.
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An examination of significant moral issues in politics, society and law, illuminated by contemporary and historical writers. Topics include punishment; defending a guilty client; moral rights, theories about the just society, liberty, war and terrorism. (Offered alternate years.) 3 credits.
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A study of philosophical issues concerning sex roles and gender, focusing on women of color - especially Africa n -American, Mexic a n-American, and As i an-American women. Topics include stereotypes; beauty; women as 'Other,' gender and the law, and such moral values as autonomy, empowerment, equality, and justice. (Offered alternate years.) 3 credit
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An examination of fundamental issues about the origin, nature, and validity of knowledge. Topics include the nature of truth, the problems which arise concerning the reliability and objects of perception, how our beliefs can be justified, whether skepticism can be avoided, and whether there can be certain knowledge. (Offered alternate years.) 3 credits.
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