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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Fall and Spring. Conceptual, metaphysical and epistemological issues related to nature of death; existential issues related to human significance of death for individual and community; normative issues related to care of dying. Applicable to the BG Perspective (general education) humanities and arts requirement. Approved for Distance Ed.
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Fall or Spring. Value conflicts that arise in business situations and philosophical ways of resolving them including issues involving the social responsibility of business people.
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3.00 Credits
Fall or Spring. Theory behind modern capitalism, socialism and democracy. Topics include individualism, community, freedom, justice and democratic representation. Applicable to the BG Perspective (general education) humanities and arts requirement.
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3.00 Credits
Fall and Spring. Basic theories of punishment and whether punishment is justified. Issues include punishment versus rehabilitation, capital punishment, the insanity defense and related issues. Applicable to the BG Perspective (general education) humanities and arts requirement.
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Fall or Spring. Study of the scientific method which develops skills for interpreting scientific findings and evaluating theories, tests and causal and statistical claims. One component deals with decision-making procedures based on these evaluations. No prerequisites. Applicable to the BG Perspective (general education) humanities and arts requirement.
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Alternate years. Aesthetic theories concerning definition of film as distinctive art form; criteria for evaluation of films. Popular, documentary, art and experimental films shown in class.
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3.00 Credits
Fall, Spring. Subject matter designated in class schedule. Primarily for students with little or no background in philosophy. May be repeated.
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3.00 Credits
Fall and Spring. Selected topics such as genetic engineering, euthanasia, honesty with the dying and human experimentation viewed from perspective of representative ethical theories. Applicable to the BG Perspective (general education) humanities and arts requirement. Approved for Distance Ed.
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3.00 Credits
Fall or Spring. Philosophical presuppositions and specific proposals of feminists; views on sex roles, human welfare, justice and equality, rights, self-actualization, self-respect, autonomy, exploitation, oppression, freedom and liberation, reform and revolution. Applicable to the BG Perspective (general education) humanities and arts requirement.
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3.00 Credits
Fall or Spring. Examination of normative philosophical concepts such as justice, responsibility, freedom, utility, rights, etc.; their justification; and the use of these concepts in argument about such issues as the value of life and the nature of death, the appropriateness of capital punishment, the relationship between the law and morality, etc. Open only to juniors and seniors with no previous courses in philosophy, or admitted by consent of instructor. Applicable to the BG Perspective (general education) humanities and arts requirement.
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