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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
(3) HHH A critical examination of controversial moral problems confronting contemporary society. Topics may include: abortion, capital punishment, environmental ethics, sexual morality, euthanasia, affluence and poverty, business ethics, censorship, gun control, discrimination, nuclear war, and genetic engineering. UC/IND/CSU area C2; IGETC area 3
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3.00 Credits
(3) HHHH Concerned with the justification for how/why we treat each other and the environment. The focus is on the question of the good life, the development of moral character, the relative merits of ethical principles, and the ethical assumptions of the student and of modern society. (CAN PHIL 4); UC/ IND/CSU area C2; IGETC area 3
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3.00 Credits
(3) HHHH Selected major philosophies from the four great historical periods and their developmental influences into the 21st century. Ancient Philosophy (Buddha, Confucius, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle); Medieval Philosophy (St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas); Modern Philosophy (Descartes, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, Kant); Contemporary Philosophy (James, Ayer, Wittgenstein, Sartre, 20th Century Science). UC/IND/CSU area C2; IGETC area 3
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3.00 Credits
(3) HHHH Several important topics in philosophic thought: Appearance vs. Reality, Knowledge vs. Skepticism, Freedom vs. Determinism, God vs. Naturalism, Mind-Body Relationship, Self-Identity, Justice and the State, Pluralism and the Common Good, Ethics and the Good Life. (CAN PHIL 2); UC/IND/CSU area C2; IGETC area 3
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3.00 Credits
(3 ) HHH H A foundation coursein formal and informal logic. Topics include the functions and forms of language, symbolizing ordinary language, deductive logic, inductive logic, informal fallacies, and the scientific method. Emphasis is on appreciating the value of sound/cogent reasoning and unambiguous communication. (CAN PHIL 6); UC/IND/CSU areas C2, A3
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3.00 Credits
(3) HHHH Business ethics addressing the moral quality of the American free enterprise system of capitalism. Topics include the moral climate of business, ethical theories, the function/purpose of work, fair profits and fair wages, corporate responsibility, hiring and firing, affirmative action, ecology, Marxist criticism of capitalism, Christianity and capitalism, power and justice. UC/IND/CSU area C2
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3.00 Credits
(3) HHHH A study of issues raised by religious faith: proofs for existence of God, the problem of evil, atheism, free will, existence/immortality of the soul, and why there are so many religions. UC/IND/ CSU area C2
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3.00 Credits
(3) HHHH The major ideologies and philosophies defining the meaning of human nature and their consequent values and philosophies of life: Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism and Christianity; the teachings of Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Descartes, Darwin, Huxley, Marx, Freud, Skinner and Sartre; scientific reductionism; cybernetics. UC/IND/CSU area C2; IGETC area 3
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3.00 Credits
(3) HHHH Member of the PTK Honors Program or consent of instructor. This course is an intensified, introductory examination of the major figures and major issues in the history of philosophy. The central theme of the course is "meaning and the human condition." Emphasis is placed upon articulation of primary source readings, research and critical thinking. Readings will include works that address the perennial philosophical questions from metaphysics (what is real?), epistemology (what can we know?), and ethics (character and what ought we to do?). UC/IND/ CSU area C2; IGETC area 3
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Selected Topics
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