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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
History of major philosophical positions from the Renaissance through the 20th century. Study of such significant philosophers as Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, Kant, and Hegel. Twentieth-century figures may include Wittgenstein, Heidegger, Sartre, Russell, and Quine.
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Analysis of ethical principles in their relationship to medicine, nursing, and scientific research. The problems of the rights of patients. The rights and duties of physicians and nurses. Specific problems such as euthanasia, artificial insemination, and dying.
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3.00 Credits
Analysis of the concept of religion and the idea of Theism. Exploration of fundamental questions raised in the Judeo-Christian tradition, such as God's existence, nature and character; justification of religious belief; the problem of evil; the relation between religion and morality; miracles; and the problem of immortality. Offered every year, Fall or Spring. Satisfies core requirement, but does not satisfy religious studies requirement.
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3.00 Credits
Examination of selected major ethical problems specific to the American business world. Considers theoretical issues relating business activities to various concepts of human good in the light of actual case studies.
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3.00 Credits
This course deals with issues of fairness and propriety in the various media. It examines the need for truthfulness and impartiality in reporting. It studies law articles and legal cases, writings of media critics, and writings of philosophers. See COMM 256. Offered every Spring.
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3.00 Credits
Critical examination of the problems and concepts of moral philosophy in classical and contemporary contexts. Detailed analysis of ethical theories such as utilitarianism, deontology, communitarianism, and virtue theory. Offered every year, Fall or Spring. Satisfies core requirement. (SHF)
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3.00 Credits
Exploration of various attempts to understand what it means to know. How is knowledge possible? What does it mean to say that a proposition is true? What criteria of evidence should we use in evaluating knowledge claims?
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3.00 Credits
Analysis of aesthetic work, experience, person, and act. Study of topics such as the analysis of beauty, aesthetic judgment, representation and expression, art and moral responsibility, art and religious expression, the creative activity, the relation between art and theory, and the task of aesthetic criticism. Offered every year, Fall or Spring.
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3.00 Credits
Investigation of various interpretations of reality. Discussions of topics such as scientific realism, evidential truth and scientific methodology, theoretical physics, cosmology, science and religion, and their metaphysical assumptions.
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3.00 Credits
Analysis of contemporary social issues such as world hunger, gender equality, pornography and censorship, and affirmative action. Emphasizes critical reading of diverse views on the central ethical questions raised by such issues. Offered every year, Fall or Spring.
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