Philosophy
The courses on this page reflect 2008 offerings.
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CAS PH 100 Introduction to Philosophy
Introduction to philosophy centering on such perennial issues as
the rationality of belief in God; the relationship of mind and body;
free will and determinism; the foundations and limits of human knowledge;
the nature and structure of morality. 4 cr.
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CAS PH 150 Introduction to Ethics
How do we decide what is right or wrong? How do we know what we
ought to do? What is the place of reason, feeling, virtue, character,
in our choice of what we ought to do? Such questions are addressed
with attention to contemporary issues. 4 cr.
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CAS PH 155 Politics and Philosophy
An introduction to political philosophy through a reading of several
classic and contemporary works. Selections from Hobbes' Leviathan,
Locke's Second Treatise on Government, Rousseau's Discourse on Inequality
and The Social Contract, and Rawl's Theory of Justice. 4 cr.
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CAS PH 250 Environmental Ethics
Prereq: one philosophy course or sophomore standing. An examination
of the duties of individuals and societies to environments and posterity.
Value and safeguards of the survival of the species, as well as
ecological corollaries of classical moral and social philosophies,
are considered. 4 cr.
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