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3.00 Credits
This course serves as an introduction to bioethics. Basic ethical theories and concepts and their application to issues biomedicine and health care will be discussed. Topics to be covered may include: euthanasia, assisted suicide, experimentation with human and animal subjects, health care resource allocation and neuroethics.
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3.00 Credits
This course serves as an introduction to business ethics. Basic ethical theories and concepts and their application to issues in business will be discussed. Topics to be covered may include: corporate social responsibility, fairness and economic justice, the moral justification of capitalism, environmental values and justice, consumerism and the ethics of advertising, moral hazard and conflicts of interest, and moral psychology as it relates to organizational contexts.
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3.00 Credits
The study of a topic of special interest not extensively treated in other courses. Topics chosen according to interest of the instructor. Because of its variable content, this course may be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite:
Completion of any Philosophy course numbered 120 or lower, or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the nature of logical systems and deductive reasoning. The study of the syntax and semantics of formal languages; testing arguments for validity; and an examination of other important logical notions, such as proof and consistency.
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3.00 Credits
An examination of the concepts and practices of violence and nonviolence. Historical and modern theories and applications will be explored including questions such as why and how nonviolence has been advocated, how civil defense might be structured without violence, whether nuclear weapon use can be justified, and whether torture is ever morally permissible. Students will be expected to consider the importance and relevance of the ideas for their own lives.
Prerequisite:
Any 100-level PHL course or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
An exploration of the philosophical questions that arise from considering the ways in which nonhuman animals are similar to and different from humans. Questions from ethics, epistemology, philosophy of mind, feminist philosophy, and political philosophy will be taken up. Scientific evidence and the history of our attitudes toward nonhuman animals will be investigated in the process.
Prerequisite:
Any 100-level PHL course or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
An examination of the central problems of environmental ethics as viewed from the perspectives of science and of philosophy. The value of nature and 'natural objects,' differing attitudes toward wildlife and the land itself, implications of anthropocentrism, individualism, ecocentrism, and ecofeminism, bases for land and water conservation, and other topics will be examined within a framework of moral and scientific argument. (Cross-listed with [[EES-218]].)
Prerequisite:
Any 100-level PHL course, [EES-240]], or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
The study of the political ideas, ideals, and ideologies that contributed to and developed from the American experience. An analysis of the ideas that underlie America's political institutions and practices.Cross listed with [[PS-262]].
Prerequisite:
Any 100-level PHL course or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
A selection of culturally diverse classic and contemporary answers to the question of the meaning of life will be examined and the implications of our lives will be explored. Perspectives to be addressed include those of Epicurus, Epictetus, Aristotle, Lao-Tzu, the Buddha, Viktor Frankl, Albert Camus, A.J. Ayer, Peter Singer, and more.
Prerequisite:
Any 100-level PHL course or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
An exploration and examination of basic ideas in Buddhist philosophy, considering all three main 'vehicles' of Buddhist thought-Theravada, Mahayana, and Vajrayana schools. Comparisons to Western philosophical thought will be made and some Buddhist practices explored.
Prerequisite:
Any 100-level PHL course or permission of the instructor.
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