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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
A study of one or several later modern great philosophers beginning with Kant, such as Fichte, Schelling, Hegel, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, and Marx. Focus will be on the philosopher's writings, but attention will also be given to context and tradition. May be repeated if content differs.
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3.00 Credits
A study of one or several recent great philosophers, such as James, Wittgenstein, Heidegger, Dewey, Arendt, Merleau-Ponty, Peirce, Whitehead. Focus will be on the philosophers' writings, but attention also will be given to context and tradition. May be repeated for credit if context varies.
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3.00 Credits
Analyzes the intellectual appropriation of the concept of freedom over time. Emphasis will be given to the dynamic interaction between freedom and social control in classics of Western philosophy from ancient times to modernity. Authors include Plato, Epicurus, Aristotle, Aurelius, Augustine, Hobbes, Rousseau, and Marx. Part of Human Rights Issue. Offered fall and winter semesters. Prerequisite: Junior standing.
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Prerequisite: Junior standing.
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3.00 Credits
Examination of ethical principles and practice in business, medicine, education, law, and government. This course aims at providing students with the intellectual framework for an ethical analysis of situations which arise within various professions. Also seeks to foster mutual understanding across professional lines. Part of the Human Rights Issue. Offered fall and winter semesters. Prerequisite: Junior standing.
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Prerequisite: Junior standing.
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3.00 Credits
Laws create and preserve rights. We will explore the nature, formation, and interpretation of laws. What are they? Where do they come from? And how do we tell what they mean? We will also consider specific issues such as equality and affirmative action, and punishment and the death penalty. Part of the Human Rights Issue. Offered fall semester, even-numbered years. Prerequisite: Junior standing.
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Prerequisite: Junior standing.
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3.00 Credits
A philosophical exploration of ethical, religious, and metaphysical questions about death and dying, such as care for the dying, euthanasia, suicide, life after death. What is a human being? The meaning of life? Our place in the universe? Classical and contemporary writings, East and West, will be examined. Fulfills one of the Themes requirements. Offered fall semester.
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3.00 Credits
Does God exist? Is there a life after death? How did evil enter the world? Is there any place for reason in religion, or is religious faith only a matter of subjective experience? Questions like these will be considered, as well as the answers that have been given to them by some important religious philosophers. Part of the Identity Issue. Prerequisite: Junior standing.
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Prerequisite: Junior standing.
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3.00 Credits
Sex and gender are central to our identity. The course explores these concepts within the intersection of race, class, sexualities, and ethnicities. Philosophical analyses will be used to investigate how gendered biases infuse the structures of thought and action such that sex is a central component of our lives. Part of the Identity Issue. Offered fall semester. Prerequisites: Junior standing.
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Prerequisites: Junior standing.
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1.00 - 9.00 Credits
A variable topics course on a problem, theme, or figure of importance to the practice of philosophy in the present. Offered as needed. Prerequisites: Prior work in philosophy or permission of instructor.
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Prerequisites: Prior work in philosophy or permission of instructor.
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
Reading on a topic or a philosopher, arranged both as to credit and content with a member of the department. Offered fall and winter semesters. Prerequisites: Prior work in philosophy or permission of instructor.
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Prerequisites: Prior work in philosophy or permission of instructor.
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