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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
6400. Philosophy of Technology. 3 hours. Examination of the nature of technology and the effects of technologies upon human knowledge, activities, societies, and environments. Topics might include technological determinism, autonomous technology, social constructivism, STS, techno-science, converging technologies, ethics and politics of technology, technology and the environment.
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6450. Bioethics. 3 hours. Examines the historical development and contested nature of bioethical inquiry in relation to the history of philosophic ethics more generally. Topics include clinical ethics, ethics of research and emerging technologies, the relationship with policy and politics, and the relationship with environmental ethics.
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6500. Cultural Criticism. 3 hours. Transdisciplinary analysis of culture, popular culture, politics, subjectivity, and everyday life. Topics may include Marxism and critical theory, power and knowledge, deconstruction and literary theory, semiotics and psychoanalytic theory, post-colonial discourse and globalization theory.
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6550. Religion and Science. 3 hours. Examination of the historical and contemporary relationship between sciences and religions. Issues include the rise of Modern Science in Europe, evolution and intelligent design, religion and ecology, science and non-Western religious tradition.
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6560. Judaic Religion and Philosophy. 3 hours. Philosophical examination of a wide range of Judaic texts - biblical, medieval and modern - which address Jewish law, history and thought from diverse points of view. Topics may include contemporary controversies over Judaism's teachings concerning environmental ethics.
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6600. Philosophy and Theory of Religion. 3 hours. Intensive inquiry into versions of theism, panentheism, and naturalism. Exploring relevant epistemological and postmodern issues.
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6650. Philosophy of Water Issues. 3 hours. Philosophical examination of water and water issues at the interface of science, policy, art, and culture. Topics include aesthetics and ontology of water, water conflicts, local and global governance theories.
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6710. Ecofeminism : Women's Studies and Environmental Ethics. 3 hours. Examines the merger of feminism with environmental ethics and its subsequent evolution. Subject matter includes the analysis of patriarchy, gender issues and multicultural perspectives within the larger framework of ethical and philosophical responses to ecocrisis.
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6720. Comparative Environmental Ethics. 3 hours. An exploration of resources for environmental philosophy in non-Western traditions, focusing on South and East Asian traditions.
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6730. Western Religion and the Environment. 3 hours. A historic and contemporary overview of Euro-American religious thought concerning the environment, including investigation of the ancient Western religions, Judaism, Christianity and Native American religions.
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