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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. An examination of philosophical and literary works which deal with the significance of some fundamental human experiences: identity crises, choice and commitment, anxiety and death, the experience of meaninglessness, and alienation. Credit is awarded for only one of PHIL 151 or PHIL 251.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): one course in philosophy or consent of instructor. Examines the character and consequences of several recent movements in continental philosophy, including hermeneutics, structuralism, deconstruction, and critical theory. Authors discussed include Heidegger, Gadamer, Habermas, Derrida, and Foucault. Credit is awarded for only one of PHIL 152 or PHIL 252.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. An examination of the ideas central to the tradition of Western Marxism: ideology, critique, reification, instrumental reason, the domination of nature, and communicative action. Theorists discussed typically include Hegel, Marx, Lukacs, Adorno, Horkheimer, Benjamin, and Habermas. Credit is awarded for only one of PHIL 153 or PHIL 253.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. A historical, critical examination of the concepts and arguments involved in the Judeo-Christian God-hypothesis, and the influence of this world view upon the ideals and values of the Western world. Credit is awarded for only one of PHIL 159 or PHIL 259.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): one course in philosophy or consent of instructor. A study of the major classical moral philosophers in the Western tradition and of some selected problems of metaethics. Credit is awarded for only one of PHIL 161 or PHIL 261.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. An inquiry into some of the main philosophic issues arising from political life, such as the nature and justification of authority, democracy, natural rights, justice, equality, and civil disobedience. Credit is awarded for only one of PHIL 163 or PHIL 263.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. A philosophical analysis of the concept of justice. Credit is awarded for only one of PHIL 164 or PHIL 264.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. An inquiry into the nature of criminal law, the relation between law and morality, the nature of legal responsibility, and the obligation to obey the law. Credit is awarded for only one of PHIL 165 or PHIL 265.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upperdivision standing or consent of instructor. An analysis of current concepts and debates in feminist philosophy including gender equality, gender difference, and the relation of sex and gender. Situates various approaches to these topics in the history of philosophy. Credit is awarded for only one of PHIL 166 or PHIL 266.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. A philosophical discussion of newly emerging issues, both ethical and social, in biology and medicine, such as genetic engineering, euthanasia, experimentation with human subjects, abortion, behavior control, and patient's right to know.
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