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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Treatment of selected topics or philosophers.
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4.00 Credits
Topical and historical in-depth study of classical and contemporary ethical theories. Addresses such questions as the following: What are the fundamental principles of moral action? Can such principles be justified? What moral theories are most adequate and why? What constitutes the well-lived life? Are persons moral agents? What is the relationship between morality and happiness? What is the relationship between freedom and morality? Why be moral? Prerequisite: PHL 131.
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4.00 Credits
Introduction to contemporary European philosophy that emphasizes its reliance on the historical development of philosophic concepts. Examines the ways in which contemporary philosophers reconstruct concepts such as rationality, language, value, time, and subjectivity. Special attention given to the processes by which concepts are invested with meaning, analyzed, and/or transformed. Offered infrequently.
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4.00 Credits
Inquiry into values and principles of government, justice and law, rights and responsibilities, freedom and power, violence and revolution. Prerequisite: PHL 103 or 131.
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4.00 Credits
Philosophical study of some problems arising in law. Problems discussed include: concept of law and its relation to morality; logic of legal reasoning; legal rights, duties, responsibility, punishment, fault, voluntariness, etc.
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3.00 Credits
Course of study on selected topic examined from perspective of two or more disciplines. Offered infrequently.
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4.00 Credits
Study of major ideas in existential philosophers such as Camus, Heidegger, Jaspers, Kafka, Kierkegaard, Marcel, Merleau- Ponty, Nietzsche, Sartre. Repeatable with different content once. Cross-listed with REL 390.
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4.00 Credits
Study of major philosophical problems relating to religion. Topics are drawn variously from Western and Eastern intellectual traditions or from both. Problems such as the meaning of religious utterances, existence of a divine being, life after death, relationship of faith and reason are treated. Cross-listed with REL 392. Offered alternate years.
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4.00 Credits
Detailed study of advances in philosophy attempted by major philosophers of the 19th century. Emphasis on solutions they offered to problems of early modern thought and to foundations laid for important developments in 20th century thinking. Course may follow philosophical systems of leading philosophers (e.g., Hegel, Feuerbach, Marx) or it may proceed topically (e.g., dialectics, alienation in Hegel, Marx, Kierkegaard). Offered alternate years. Prerequisite: PHL 302.
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
Seminar treatment of selected topics or philosophers. New topics at student initiative. Offered infrequently.
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