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  • PHIL 240: Ethics

    3.00 Credits
    Ursinus College

    Dr. Florka, Dr. Goetz, Prof. Rice, Dr. Sorensen A study of the theories of ethical relativism, psychological and ethical egoism, altruism, utilitarianism, Kantian deontology, and virtue theory, and of various views on the human good, virtue, the role of motive and consequences in determining right and wrong conduct, and the like. (Formerly PHIL-204.) Three hours per week. Four semester hours. (H, G.) Note: Students who have received credit for the former PHIL-204 may not enroll in PHIL-240.
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  • PHIL 246: Biomedical Ethics

    3.00 Credits
    Ursinus College

    Dr. Sorensen An introduction to and examination of some major issues in bioethics, including abortion, euthanasia, surrogate motherhood, informed consent, doctor/patient confidentiality, medical futility, the distribution of health care resources, genetic engineering, prenatal testing, stem cell research, and medical experimentation. Three hours per week. Four semester hours. (H, D.)
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  • PHIL 247: Business Ethics

    3.00 Credits
    Ursinus College

    Faculty An examination of some major issues in business ethics, including duties to consumers and investors, duties between employers and employees, the ethics of advertising and marketing, accounting and finance ethics, hiring and firing, justice and the market system, the problem of public goods, social responsibility and stakeholders, whistleblowing, conflicts of interest, and the environment. Three hours per week. Four semester hours. (H)
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  • PHIL 254: Early Modern Philosophy

    3.00 Credits
    Ursinus College

    Dr. Florka An examination of the major works of four or more of the major European philosophers of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Among the candidates for study are Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Malebranche, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, Reid, and Kant. Three hours per week. Four semester hours. (H.)
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  • PHIL 274: Philosophy of Mind

    3.00 Credits
    Ursinus College

    Dr. Florka, Dr. Goetz An examination of various arguments for and against different views of what a person or self is. Attention is given both to the claim that a person is a soul or mind which is distinct from its physical body and to the conflicting assertion that a self is identical with its body or brain. (Formerly PHIL-303.) Three hours per week. Four semester hours. (H.) Note: Students who have received credit for the former PHIL-303 may not enroll in PHIL-274.
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  • PHIL 276: Freedom and Determinism

    3.00 Credits
    Ursinus College

    Dr. Florka, Dr. Goetz An examination of what human action is, how it is explained, and whether it is free or determined. The examination raises such issues as how explanations in science are related to explanations of human behavior in terms of reasons, whether there is a science of human behavior, and for what, if any, behavior human beings are responsible. (Formerly PHIL-305, Philosophy of Action.) Three hours per week. Four semester hours. (H.) Note: Students who have received credit for the former PHIL-305 may not enroll in PHIL-276.
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  • PHIL 278: Theory of Knowledge

    3.00 Credits
    Ursinus College

    Dr. Florka, Dr. Stern An examination of competing theories of knowledge and epistemic justification (foundationalism, coherentism, and externalism) with special attention to the problems of skepticism and the riddle of induction. Three hours per week. Four semester hours. (H.)
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  • PHIL 279: Theory of Perception

    3.00 Credits
    Ursinus College

    Dr. Florka A philosophical examination of perception, including the analysis of the senses and the content of perceptual experience, the role of consciousness and of beliefs and concepts in perception, the arguments for and against sense-data and sensations, and the relation of perception and action. Three hours per week. Four semester hours. (H.)
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  • PHIL 301: Reading in Philosophy

    1.00 Credits
    Ursinus College

    Individual study of one or more selected topics in the philosophical literature. May include preparation of a bibliography for a proposal for subsequent research. Requires consent of a member of the department who will serve as adviser. This course is graded S/U. One semester hour.
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  • PHIL 302: Reading in Philosophy

    2.00 Credits
    Ursinus College

    Faculty Individual study of one or more selected topics in the philosophical literature. May include preparation of a bibliography for a proposal for subsequent research. Requires consent of a member of the department who will serve as adviser. This course is graded S/U. Two semester hours.
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