Summer Term Schedule
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Summer 2024
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PHIL 101-1
Sumin Oh
TWRF 1:00PM - 3:20PM
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This course is offered fully online. It will be synchronous for those logging in from a different time zone from Eastern Standard Time. The course introduces the student to some main topics and methods of philosophy. We will take up a few central philosophical issues and critically investigate several philosophical perspectives on each of them. The emphasis will be on gaining a clear understanding of the philosophy and how it is evaluated.
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PHIL 103-1
Kevin Gausselin
MTWR 12:00PM - 2:30PM
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An introduction to moral philosophy as applied to current topics. These topics can include: What are the rational implications of moral disagreements? What is the relation, if any, between morality and religion? Are there objective facts about right or wrong, or is morality ultimately relative to cultures or times? What sorts of socioeconomic principles are morally justifiable? Can we be morally assessed even for some things that are largely a matter of luck? Do animals have moral rights? Can abortion sometimes be justified, and if so, how? Is capital punishment justifiable in principle? In practice? Is torture morally permissible in the fight against terrorism? How far does our moral duty to aid distant strangers extend? This course will be in-person and online. It will be synchronous for those logging in from a different time zone from Eastern Standard Time.
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Summer 2024
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| Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday | |
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PHIL 103-1
Kevin Gausselin
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An introduction to moral philosophy as applied to current topics. These topics can include: What are the rational implications of moral disagreements? What is the relation, if any, between morality and religion? Are there objective facts about right or wrong, or is morality ultimately relative to cultures or times? What sorts of socioeconomic principles are morally justifiable? Can we be morally assessed even for some things that are largely a matter of luck? Do animals have moral rights? Can abortion sometimes be justified, and if so, how? Is capital punishment justifiable in principle? In practice? Is torture morally permissible in the fight against terrorism? How far does our moral duty to aid distant strangers extend? This course will be in-person and online. It will be synchronous for those logging in from a different time zone from Eastern Standard Time. |
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| Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday | |
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PHIL 101-1
Sumin Oh
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This course is offered fully online. It will be synchronous for those logging in from a different time zone from Eastern Standard Time. The course introduces the student to some main topics and methods of philosophy. We will take up a few central philosophical issues and critically investigate several philosophical perspectives on each of them. The emphasis will be on gaining a clear understanding of the philosophy and how it is evaluated. |
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