| PHIL 102-01 |
Introduction to Ethics
Instructor: Jim Sias
Course Description:
An introduction to the philosophical study of morality, focusing on concepts of right and wrong, virtue and vice, and wellbeing. This course provides students the opportunity to hone their ethical reasoning skills by critically examining how some of historys most influential philosophers thought about issues in morality. Students will also develop more general skills, such as evaluating philosophical arguments, and expressing and defending their own ideas in writing.
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10:30 AM-11:20 AM, MWF
EASTC 411 |
| PHIL 103-01 |
Logic
Instructor: Chauncey Maher
Course Description:
The study and practice of forms and methods of argumentation in ordinary and symbolic languages, focusing on elements of symbolic logic and critical reasoning, including analysis and assessment of arguments in English, symbolizing sentences and arguments, constructing formal proofs of validity in sentential and quantificational logic.Offered every semester, or every three out of four semesters.
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10:30 AM-11:45 AM, TR
DENNY 304 |
| PHIL 104-01 |
Practical Ethics
Instructor: Amy McKiernan
Course Description:
This course introduces students to contemporary debates in practical ethics. Course materials investigate how theoretical approaches to ethics apply to practical issues, including discussions of animal ethics, environmental ethics, reproductive ethics, civil disobedience, and the ethics of mass incarceration and the death penalty. This course is best suited for students interested in thinking about the relationship between ethical theory and practice, with an emphasis on how power, privilege, and responsibility intersect in our everyday lives.
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11:30 AM-12:20 PM, MWF
ALTHSE 08 |
| PHIL 180-01 |
Political Philosophy
Instructor: John Harles
Course Description:
Cross-listed with POSC 180-01. An introduction to the history of political thought, focused on such problems as the nature of justice, the meaning of freedom, the requirements of equality, the prevalence of moral dilemmas in political life, the question of whether we ought to obey the law, and the importance of power in politics. We will also discuss how these issues continue to resonate today.This course is cross-listed as POSC 180.
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09:00 AM-10:15 AM, TR
DENNY 304 |
| PHIL 202-01 |
17th and 18th Century Philosophy
Instructor: Emily Kelahan
Course Description:
This course treats the Rationalists, Empiricists and Kant, with particular emphasis on issues in epistemology and metaphysics, such as the possibility and limits of human knowledge, the role of sense perception and reason in knowledge, the nature of substance, God and reality.
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12:30 PM-01:20 PM, MWF
EASTC 301 |
| PHIL 220-01 |
Biomedical Ethics
Instructor: Amy McKiernan
Course Description:
A study of ethical issues arising in the context of medical practice, biomedical research, and health related policy making, with focus on the ethical concepts, theories and reasoning methods developed to clarify and resolve these issues.
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03:00 PM-04:15 PM, MR
ALTHSE 08 |
| PHIL 258-01 |
Philosophy of Data
Instructor: Emily Kelahan
Course Description:
Cross-listed with DATA 198-01. This an introduction to philosophical issues arising in data science. Students will discuss, read and write about some important ethical issues that arise in the practice of data sciences, such as discrimination, privacy, consent, trust, and justice. To help clarify those issues, students will also learn about some connected issues in the epistemology and metaphysics of data science, such as the nature of statistical inference and of algorithms. Prerequisites: MATH 121 or DATA/COMP/MATH 180 or ECON 298. This course is cross-listed as DATA 198. Offered every semester.
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09:30 AM-10:20 AM, MWF
EASTC 301 |
| PHIL 261-01 |
Evil
Instructor: Jim Sias
Course Description:
Can people be evil? Can our actions be evil? If no, why not? And if yes, how so? These are the main questions we'll attempt to answer in this course. For
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01:30 PM-02:45 PM, TF
TOME 115 |
| PHIL 261-02 |
Philosophy of Work
Instructor: Emily Kelahan
Course Description:
Philosophy of Work Yard work. Housework. Working out. Working it. Work seems to be much more than performing a job for compensation. Work is central to our modern lives, but what exactly is it? What's its value? Under what conditions is it performed, by whom, and are those conditions acceptable? What are the various working relationships in which we find ourselves and what do we owe to whom? How is it different from play and leisure? Is there too much work? Is there enough? Who gets to work? Who has to work? What is the proper place of work in a human life? Philosophy of Work will guide students through a variety of answers to these questions and will hone their ability to develop their own positions through consideration of normative case studies (e.g., mouse jigglers and mouse jiggler surveillance, intellectual property litigation, FTC banning noncompetes, paying student athletes, etc.)
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09:00 AM-10:15 AM, TR
EASTC 301 |
| PHIL 261-03 |
Philosophy of War and Peace
Instructor: Susan Feldman
Course Description:
Philosophy of War and Peace A philosophical exploration of the concepts and practices of war and of peace, including a focus on the moral issues surrounding them. Questions considered include: what kinds of conflicts count as war? What counts as peace? Is war-making rooted in human nature? In political structures? Does it make sense to apply moral reasoning to wars and how they are waged? If so, Is war ever justified, and if so, under what conditions? What conditions apply to conduct during war? Is peace always preferable to war? Is pacifism a plausible position? We will engage issues philosophically, informing the views with real world examples.
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01:30 PM-04:30 PM, W
EASTC 301 |
| PHIL 301-01 |
Metaphysics
Instructor: Chauncey Maher
Course Description:
This seminar will treat key issues in metaphysics, such as the self and personal identity, free will, universals and particulars, causation, reductionism, naturalism, realism and anti-realism, and the very possibility of metaphysics. Prerequisites: three prior courses in philosophy, at least two at the 200 level, or permission of the instructor.
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01:30 PM-02:45 PM, MR
ALTHSE 07 |
| PHIL 302-01 |
Ethical Theory
Instructor: Jim Sias
Course Description:
This seminar will explore major issues or texts in classical or contemporary moral philosophy. Prerequisites: three prior courses in philosophy, at least two at the 200 level, or permission of the instructor. Offered at least once every two years.
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01:30 PM-02:45 PM, MR
EASTC 303 |
| PHIL 500-01 |
Close Reading: Simone de Beauvoir
Instructor: Emily Kelahan
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| PHIL 500-02 |
Philosophy of Suicide
Instructor: Emily Kelahan
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| PHIL 500-03 |
Community Engaged Ethics
Instructor: Amy McKiernan
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| PHIL 500-04 |
Ethics of Fanfiction
Instructor: Amy McKiernan
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| PHIL 500-05 |
Ethics and Ecopsychology
Instructor: Amy McKiernan
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| PHIL 550-01 |
The Ethics of Confinement
Instructor: Amy McKiernan
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