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Introduces students to ethical theory in environmental problem cases, and to philosophical issues in environmental philosophy. Ethical theories include natural law, utilitarianism, deontological and rights-based theories, relativism. Topics may include: conservation/preservation, resource management, pollution, overpopulation, factory farming, Leopold's land ethic, deep ecology, holism, eco-feminism. Cross listed with ENR 2330.
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Introduces students to ethics in context of natural resource extraction, use, conservation, preservation, and distribution. Ethical frameworks include teleological and deontological theories primarily applied to human needs and wants. Concepts and applications of environmental justice are addressed, including private property, sustainability, and obligations to future generations. Cross listed with RNEW & ENR 2345. Prerequisites: none.
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Shows that argument is a skill of fundamental importance to any field of endeavor. Explains methods used in evaluating an argument. Introduces such topics as: patterns of reasoning; counterexamples, fallacies; inductive and deductive logic. Prerequisites: none.
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Provides undergraduates with the opportunity for in-depth discussion of seminal works in the history of philosophy or a problem in contemporary philosophy not offered in regular courses or independent study. Open to interested undergraduates from all majors. Prerequisites: 3 hours of Philosophy.
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The second great age of philosophy absorbed the influence of the new science during the 17th and 18th centuries. People to be studied include: Descartes, Spinoza and Leibniz. Prerequisite: 3 hours of philosophy.
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People to be studied include: Locke, Berkeley, Hume and Kant. These philosophers are included in the second great age of philosophy. Prerequisite: 3 hours of philosophy, or consent of instructor.
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Surveying some of ancient Greek philosophy. Begins with the works of the earliest extant philosophical thinkers, the presocratics. Remainder of focus on Plato and Aristotle. Prerequisite: 3 hours of philosophy, or consent of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Systematically examines philosophical problems about the nature of science, its methods of explanation, and the status of its laws and theories. Prerequisite: 6 hours of physical, biological or social science, or consent of instructor.
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Systematically considers the nature, scope and methodology of social sciences. Topics may include the relation between social and natural sciences; the nature of observation and explanation in social sciences; and the role of value in social sciences. Prerequisite: 3 hours of philosophy.
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3.00 Credits
This course will reexamine Socrates' trial in 399 BCE, widely regarded as a miscarriage of justice, in its total historic context, seeking to understand the reasons for Socrates' conviction. In the process, it will impart a broad understanding of the cultural, philosophical, political, and legal life of classical Athens. Prerequisite: WB or COM2.
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