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4.00 Credits
4 hours; 4 credits Analysis of the consequences of human finitude (mortality, fallibility, ignorance) in an attempt to illustrate the meaning of tragedy as a lived experience. Discussion of the ways in which humans attempt to avoid the recognition of tragedy or attempt to make it bearable. Orientation will be accomplished through a study of the literature of tragedy. (social science) Prerequisites: A 100-level course in philosophy or sophomore standing; ENG 111, COR 100
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(Also BUS 238) 4 hours; 4 credits Critical examination of the economic and social responsibility of business in the U.S. and around the world; exploration of the appropriate scope of ethical involvement from points of view of management and society; the limitations of responsibility and the establishment of ethical criteria for the evaluation of business performance; the role of public policy in shaping corporate responsibility; consideration of ethical issues arising from the changing nature and implementation of computer and information technology. Prerequisites: ENG 111; PHL 101 or PHL 130 or MGT 110 or sophomore standing
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4 hours; 4 credits A study of some of the classical problems in the philosophy of religion, including arguments for the existence of God, religious language, the unique features of religious experience, and the relation between reason and faith. (social science) Prerequisites: A 100-level course in philosophy or sophomore standing; ENG 111, COR 100
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4 hours; 4 credits An introduction to the fundamentals of Biblical research and a close examination of selected themes in the Old and New Testaments: creation, covenant, prophetic protest, messiah, community, and the meaning and fulfillment of history. The purpose will be to gain an overall view of the Bible and to develop skills requisite to its fuller understanding. Prerequisites: ENG 111 and a 100-level course in philosophy or sophomore standing
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4 hours; 4 credits A study of the great religious systems (e.g., Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam). Challenges to the life of contemporary religions, demographic patterns, ethical stands, the role of women, ecological concern, and interfaith conflict and cooperation will be explored (cont. wld.) (P&D) Prerequisite: A 100-level course in philosophy or sophomore standing; ENG 151, COR 100
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(Also GEG 266) 4 hours; 4 credits This course provides a critical forum to examine the roots and results of our attitudes toward the environment. How should we view the apparent connections between pollution, economic development, and poverty; what (if anything) do we owe future generations; how should we consider non-human animals in the environment; is there justice or injustice in environmental civil disobedience? The course will draw on issues related to philosophy, geography, biology, economics, geology, and political science, and will challenge the exercise of global consciousness in “real-world” terms.Prerequisites: A 100-level course in philosophy or sophomore standing; ENG 111, COR 100
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(Also POL 303) 4 hours; 4 credits An examination of leading works in political theory of the late 19th and 20th centuries. The central theme will be the attacks on and the reaffirmations of liberal democratic thought. Discussion of problems of order and violence, social and political revolutions, and democratic processes. Readings will be drawn from original works in political theory by writers such as Arendt, Dewey, Freud, Hayek, Lenin, Marx, and Sorel. Prerequisites: Sophomore standing and any 100-level political science or philosophy course
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(Also POL 307) 4 hours; 4 credits An analysis of the writings of major legal philosophers from classical times to the present. Writers to be studied include Aristotle, Cicero, Aquinas, Austin, Savigny, Cardozo, and Holmes. Prerequisites: Sophomore standing and any political science or philosophy course
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4 hours; 4 credits The beginning of modern philosophy–epistemology, ethics, and political thought–will be studied through readings from some of the major figures of the 17th and 18th centuries. Readings will be drawn from the works of Descartes, Leibniz, Spinoza, Locke, Hume, Rousseau, and Kant. Special attention will be given to the opposition of empiricism and rationalism and to its resolution in Kant’s work. Prerequisite: At least one 200-level course in philosophy or permission of the department
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4.00 Credits
4 hours; 4 credits This course attempts to form a coherent view of 19th-century philosophy by studying the major philosophical developments in Hegel, Marx, Kierkegaard, and Nietzsche. Discussion topics will include the nature of humans as historical beings, the problem of a foundation of values, and the problem of alienation. Prerequisite: At least one 200-level course in philosophy or permission of the department
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