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4.00 Credits
Most people love to laugh-but why? And what makes something funny? Is there a secret to someone or something being comical? And what's the purpose of humor and laughter, anyway? Finally-can anything be funny? Are some forms of humor actually immoral, and are we bad people for laughing at some jokes? Or is humor a fictional holiday from everyday life, where anything and everything is allowed? In this course we'll philosophically explore these questions and others about the nature, purpose, value, and possible limits of humor in everyday life. (WCore: WCFAH)
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4.00 Credits
Love and sexuality are two of the most crucial and complex aspects of our identities. Moreover, these concepts are often intertwined and sometimes pitted against one another. In this class, we will examine different approaches to this topic from a wide selection of philosophical traditions. Furthermore, we will supplement traditional philosophical readings with analyses of artifacts from popular culture, such as music, movies, and television. All of this will prepare us to ask and respond to various questions, such as "what is love, what is sex, and how are they related?" "In what ways does who and how we love make us who we are?" "How is sexuality a personally and politically important construct?" and "How can love change the world?" (WCore: WCFAH, WE)
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3.00 Credits
Poverty is examined in this course as an ethical issue of the most pressing sort. Reviewing various ethical theories and conducting a survey of some of the most commonly used definitions of poverty, we focus on this question: what justifies, ethically, politically and economically, if at all, allowing so many human being to remain mired in extreme conditions of deprivation (i.e. poverty that kills)? Arguably, we could act in such a way as to change such conditions to the benefit of the humans who are otherwise the victims of these unchanged, impoverished conditions. (WCore: WCFAH)
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2.00 Credits
When is it right for you to challenge injustice? How do you determine what is unjust and express your deepest beliefs about injustices that you see or experience? These are among questions that you will explore in the Clemente Humanities Camp, an intensive weekend of thinking and fun for eligible high school seniors on the Westminster College campus. During the camp, you will use philosophy, history, and art to focus on the theme "What is fair? What is right? How do I decide?" You will explore primary resources, engage in deep discussions, create art, perform role plays, and be an active member of an exciting learning community. From the point of view of philosophy, you will read Antigone, an ancient Greek play about a young woman, Oedipus's daughter, who defies the ruler of Thebes, her uncle, whose decree she will not obey. It is a story of two sisters who react very differently as they are torn between loyalty to family and religion and loyalty to the government. From a historical perspective, you will investigate primary documents related to the incarceration of Japanese Americans at Topaz, a Utah internment camp created during World War II. You will examine documents at the University of Utah Marriott Library related to Tsuyako Kitashima, who fought for reparations from the government on behalf of internees; Richard Aoki, a Topaz camp survivor who was later discovered to be an FBI informant; and Fred Korematsu, an internee who challenged the Federal Government in court over the legality of holding Japanese at internment camps during WWII. In your art study, you will discuss the role of art among oppressed people. You will inquire how art can be a means of expressing feelings, beliefs, and outrage at injustice and the role it may play in resisting power. You will engage in your own art making in a workshop related to the themes of the weekend that may include poster art, performance art, site-specific installations, and street art. The academic curriculum during the camp will build on the course of study of the Clemente Course offered at East High, but the Camp is open to any high school senior who wants to explore the theme from the perspectives of history, philosophy, and art. To be eligible for the Camp, you must be eligible for, although not necessarily enrolled in, AVID. Camp will begin Friday after lunch and end on Sunday afternoon. Faculty for the Summer Camp come from the Clemente Course faculty at East High: Patricia Rohrer will teach philosophy; Gary Marquardt will lead the history section, and Jorge Rojas will be the art instructor. Mary Jane Morris will serve as site director. Students who complete the camp will earn two transferrable college credits from Westminster College. Participation in the camp does not obligate the student or the College, however, regarding future enrollment at Westminster. Humanities Camp is More than Books! In addition to the opportunity for rigorous study, Clemente Humanities Camp will give you the chance to experience life on a college campus. You will live in a dormitory and eat in the college cafeteria. You will have time to explore the recreational opportunities on the campus such as the climbing wall and swimming pool. You'll socialize with each other as well as practice leadership and team building skills in problem-solving activities. Non-instructional time will include a campus tour, giving you the chance to meet key resource people to help with college admissions and financial assistance as well as to speak with current college students.
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4.00 Credits
The basic or human right to life enjoys widespread endorsement, though just what sort of life is considered a basic right may vary from one society to another. While exploring some of these varieties of the conception of "life" which all human beings putatively have a right to (and thus someone or other has a duty to support such a claim), we will focus in this course on the role which health and adequate health care play, anywhere, as necessities, for human beings who are trying to enjoy the substance of such a basic right to life. Other necessities for a substantive life as a matter of right will be discussed as well. (WCore: WCFAH)
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4.00 Credits
In the context of philosophy, ethics is the study of moral decisions and moral actions. To put it more simply, the aim of this course is to ask the question "What ought I do?" Throughout this term, we will ask this question again and again, sometimes in the context of concrete decisions and sometimes in the context of more abstract theories of right and wrong. In the process, we will read the work of authors who are trying to answer the same questions, investigate their works thoroughly, and analyze their ideas and our own though writing and class discussion. (WCore: WCFAH, DE)
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1.00 Credits
Significant philosophical topics or themes are explored in certain sub-disciplines of philosophy. Examples of such courses are: The Ethics of Violence, Philosophy of Language, Advanced Topics in Logic, Existentialism and Phenomenology, Aesthetics, Philosophy of Literature. Prerequisite: PHIL 102. May be taken more then once for credit.
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2.00 Credits
Whiteness is sometimes called an "invisible identity" meaning that while a people's race affects every part of their lives, white people are rarely forced to consider how their own race is a part of their identity. This course will examine the ways in which whiteness has evolved as a concept. We will examine how who counts as white has changed over time, how ethnicity and race intersect, how white race is related to structures of privilege and white supremacy, and most importantly, we will consider ways in which whiteness as a structure of power can be subverted.
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2.00 Credits
Philosophy begins in wonder, Plato tells us. There is a lot in story of the Harry Potter and friends and their adversaries to wonder about in a philosphical spirit. We will explore explanations of a metaphysical sort for the parallel existence of the magic/muggle worlds, for the difference, if any, between magic and technology and science. Most of our attention will given to undertanding how the whole sequence of events in the saga, from the placing of Harry on the doorstep of his aunt to the final confrontation of Harry and Valdemort, turns on the different moral perpsectives and motives of the charatcters as well as their complex relationships. In particular, we will come to appreciate how large a role is played by the moral character or qualities of the of the participants, (i.e. their virtues (or vices)) as the driving forces behind the action and the unfolding of events.
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2.00 Credits
This course explores ethical, economic and legal implications of the increasing commodification of everything, including human lives, which has occurred because of the ever increasing emphasis on consumption to drive economies. We explore the malign effects that this commodification of everything stimulating increasing levels of consumption may have on our individual capabilities to live humanly decent lives, which intuitively involves more than consuming and accumulating "stuff".
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