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4.00 Credits
An examination of basic issues in philosophy of science through an analysis of creation science, faith healing, UFO abduction stories, and other pseudosciences. Some of the questions addressed: What distinguishes science from pseudoscience? How are theories tested? When is evidence reliable? Must we invoke the supernatural to explain certain aspects of reality?
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4.00 Credits
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4.00 Credits
Study of the ethical aspects of practices and organizational structures in the business world. Course begins with a review of some traditional theories of ethics. The bulk of the course is devoted to specific contemporary topics, for example: the moral status of corporations; the concept of work place rights; responsibility in advertising; environmental constraints on business; affirmative action in hiring; the social roles of profit and private property; role of work in the life of the individual.
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4.00 Credits
Critical study of issues raised by the attempt to formulate an adequate environmental ethic. Some of these issues deal with how our treatment of the environment affects other human beings, i.e., future generations. Others have to do with how non-human beings are to be treated. Do animals have rights? Do species have rights? Do our proper moral concerns extend to such things as trees, rivers, and possibly the planet itself? A number of current problems will be considered, such as population control, limits to growth, global warming, and endangered species.
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4.00 Credits
The focus will be on the nature and proper aims of punishment; moral considerations that bear on the justice and wisdom of punishment. Consideration will be given to the main theories of punishment: retributionism, utilitarianism, paternalism, and the view that punishment should be replaced by therapy.
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4.00 Credits
Cluster course consisting of philosophical aspects of moral problems dealing with life and death issues. Such issues may include abortion, euthanasia, the death penalty, starvation, and nuclear war.
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4.00 Credits
Examines the moral principles and judgments relevant for appraising key tools of computer ethics. Topics include: ethical aspects of new information technologies; are technologies value-laden; potential abuses and their social consequences; freedom, privacy, and control; security, reliability, and professional responsibilities--risks, control, and regulations; piracy and ownership; ethics of hacking; ethics of virtual environment, and international aspects of new technologies.
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4.00 Credits
The main philosophical theories of the nature and principles of a just society. Social and political order, freedom, justice, and happiness are declared to be the principal ends of any society. Philosophical theories describe, explore, explain, and frequently attempt to justify specific social or political arrangements in order to attain these goals.
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4.00 Credits
A course in basic formal logic. Major topics include the method of deduction for showing propositional arguments valid and the method of counter-example for showing such arguments invalid. Truth table methods, tests for consistency, and syllogistic arguments are optional topics.
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4.00 Credits
An examination of the central philosophical issues emerging from a reflection on sex and love such as: possible essence of heterosexuality, homosexuality, and asexuality; morality of different expressions of sex and love such as sadomasochism and polygamy; role of sexuality and romantic love in our self-conception; influence of conceptual sources on our experiences of sexuality and love.
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