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3.00 Credits
A study of the philosophical questions found in the writings of Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Jaspers, Heidegger, Sartre, and contemporary thinkers. GE: Philosophy/Euro-American
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Provides students with an appreciation and awareness of healthcare issues in all their complexity. Subjects include the right to health care, treatment of defective newborns, prenatal screening, blowing the whistle on incompetent colleagues, confidentiality, refusal of life-saving treatments, euthanasia, and rationing health care. GE: Philosophy/Euro-American
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3.00 Credits
(Cross listed with PS 0202) 3 cr. Suggests how great thinkers such as Plato, Aristotle, Saint Augustine, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Marx, and Freud understood human nature, viewed the conditions or requirements for happiness, and defined the social and political forms that contribute to or detract from human fulfillment. In short, the course seeks to define the basic alternatives that guide our lives. GE: Philosophy/Euro-American
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3.00 Credits
The study of a special topic in philosophy.
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3.00 Credits
A study of secular pseudoreligions and substitutes (e.g., ideologies, science and technology, sports, consumerism, sex and drugs) for traditional religions that have become abundant in modern times and whether their arrival represents progress or degeneration and how their nature reflects the modern turn of mind. GE: Culture/Euro-American
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3.00 Credits
An introductory study of modern philosophy from the 17th to the 19th century. Major figures studied are Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, and Kant. Prerequisite: PHIL 0101 or 0102
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3.00 Credits
This course covers the theory and practice of Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, and Zen Buddhism, and compares them with Western philosophies and religions. Prerequisite: PHIL 0101 or 0102 or 0103 GE: Philosophy/Non-Western
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3.00 Credits
An examination of the works of a major philosopher such as Nietzsche, in light of the ongoing philosophical tradition. Major influences will be discussed, as will the meaning of the philosopher’s thought for the present age. Prerequisite: junior standing or permission of instructor GE: Upper-Level Writing
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3.00 Credits
Basic concepts in environmental ethics such as environmental aesthetics, anthropocentricism, holism, and the role of economic systems will be considered and then applied to contemporary issues such as pollution, wilderness preservation, environmental justice, human predation and domestication of animals, and biomedical research. Questions concerning both theory and practice will be addressed, while at the same time recognizing the importance of understanding the historical and cultural contexts of each. Fundamental ethical theory will be covered - no knowledge of ethics or philosophy is presupposed. While the course does not seek to advocate any particular environmental policy, its intention is to develop in students the ability to reach informed and reasoned conclusions concerning environmental policy and to effectively defend such positions. Prerequisite: Any PHIL, ES or ENVSTD course.
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3.00 Credits
An advanced study of a special topic in philosophy, such as metaphysics. Prerequisite: PHIL 0101 or 0102 or 0103
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