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PHIL 105: Meaning,Happiness and The Good Life
3.00 Credits
Virginia Wesleyan University
Examines key texts from philosophy and literature, East and West, on the meaning of life. We attempt to grapple with questions such as "Can happiness be found in the fulfillment of our desires, or in their elimination?", "Or inthe worship and service of a universal being?", "Is ameaningful life a happy life?" and "What does the question"What is the meaning of life?" mean?" Offereintermittently.
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PHIL 109: Critical Reasoning
3.00 Credits
Virginia Wesleyan University
The structure of the philosophical essay is examined after a brief introduction to some basic principles of logic. Teaches students how to write clearly and precisely. Offered each fall.
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PHIL 212: Practical Ethics
3.00 Credits
Virginia Wesleyan University
Explores the potential of moral reasoning as a tool for conflict resolution and consensus building. Through a series of practical exercises, students learn to use moral argumentation as a means of fostering constructive dialogue and mutual understanding. Students develop the ability to listen carefully, distinguish real from apparent disagreements, discover common ground, and find creative solutions to moral problems. Prerequisite: PHIL 102. Offered intermittently.
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PHIL 221 /321: Ethics & Health Care
3.00 Credits
Virginia Wesleyan University
Foregoing life-sustaining treatment.procurement of organs and tissue for transplantation.artificial reproduction.allocation of scarce health resources.AIDS: public health vs. private rights. Such issues in health care confront all of us at some time both as matters of individual concern and as issues of public policy. Students study the ethical principles that should undergird decisions in health care. It focuses on the application of ethical principles to concrete cases. Offered each spring.
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PHIL 253 /353: Social & Political Philosophy
3.00 Credits
Virginia Wesleyan University
A survey of important themes in the history of social and political philosophy. Topics for discussion include: strategies for social change, the nature of political authority, the autonomy of the individual, anarchism, and democracy. Readings are drawn from classical and contemporary sources. Offered spring of even-numbered years.
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PHIL 272 /372: Beyond the Western Tradition
3.00 Credits
Virginia Wesleyan University
We live in a world characterized by multiplicity, plurality, and difference. Students are provided with the opportunity to enter into frames of reference of people with differing experiences of, and assumptions about, the world. We are educated in this world to the degree that we are aware of our own boundedness, and that we become skilled in critically understanding and integrating the perspectives of others. Examines the beliefs of Native Americans, West Africans, Chinese thinkers, and philosophers of India. Offered each spring.
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PHIL 292 /392: Alternative Futures
3.00 Credits
Virginia Wesleyan University
Is there hope for HUMAN beings? Can we forecast futures as other than more of the same? What choices might we exercise in shaping futures? After initial reflections on the human prospect, students working in groups are responsible for conjecturing sensibly and usefully about possible alternative futures. Topics include: future shock, coping, population, resources, war, environment, and genetic engineering. Offered intermittently.
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PHIL 304: Environmental Ethics
3.00 Credits
Virginia Wesleyan University
From ancient Sumer to the present, ecological realities have required human beings to reflect on their values and their responsibilities to nature. Students examine the relevance of philosophy to environmental questions and, in particular, explore the connection between the environment and ethics. Offered each fall. Identical to ENVS 304.
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PHIL 310: Theory of Knowledge
3.00 Credits
Virginia Wesleyan University
What is the basis of our knowledge about the world, other people, ourselves? Focusing on work done in the 20th century, students examine some recent theories about the nature of human knowledge, as well as the related concepts of truth, justification, and belief. Offered spring of odd-numbered years.
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PHIL 316: Needs of the Soul(
3.00 Credits
Virginia Wesleyan University
Discusses the meaning of history, the proper function of politics, religion, and culture, the nature of the human condition, and the true needs of human beings with constant reference to the writings of three writers of the middle 20th Century: Simone Weil, Simone de Beauvoir and Hannah Arendt. Prerequisite: at least three semester hours in philosophy or consent. Offered in selected Winter Sessions.
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