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3.00 Credits
An examination of the central themes of classical Western political philosophy through the reading and discussing of the primary works of such thinkers as Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau. Cross-listed as PSC 312. Credit cannot be received for both PHL 312 and PSC 312. Prerequisites: PSC 130 or equivalent or permission of instructor.
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An examination of the central themes of classical Western political philosophy through the reading and discussing of the primary works of such thinkers as Hegel, Mill, Marx, and Nietzsche. Cross-listed as PSC 313. Credit cannot be received for both PHL 313 and PSC 313. Prerequisite: PSC 130 or equivalent or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
A study of sentential and predicate logics and related topics.
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3.00 Credits
Studies such topics as method and explanation in the sciences; realist and anti-realist views about scientific theories; scientific change; and society, science, and values. Attention will be given to the similarities and differences between the social and natural sciences.
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Alienation, a fundamental element in human existence, is analyzed in the philosophy of Marx, Hegel, Dostoevsky, Nietzsche and Sartre, and then used to interpret characters and situations in selected novels and films.
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Ethical analyses of problems and issues in the biomedical and health-related fields. Topics may include genetic research and technology, abortion, health care, experimentation, and death and dying.
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Examines the most common impacts that technology is envisioned to have on both the spirit of the human person and the environment in which that person lives. Both the technologist and anti-technologist arguments will be explored.
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Explores theoretical issues and problems in the area of law, including theories about the nature of law, legal validity, the relation between morality and law, and our obligation to obey the law. Specific problems, such as legal moralism, are also examined. Cross-listed as CJ 336. Prerequisites: CJ 205 or equivalent or permission of instructor. Credit cannot be received for both PHL 336 and CJ 336.
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3.00 Credits
Explores theoretical issues and problems in the areas of law (especially criminal law) concerning liability and punishment. Topics to be examined include diminished capacity, theories of punishment, and capital punishment. Cross-listed as CJ 337. Credit cannot be received for both PHL 337 and CJ 337.
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3.00 Credits
Acquaints students with Cassirer's philosophy of culture, with emphasis on the unity of human experience as ramified into myth, language, religion, art, history, science, and politico-social life.
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