7 courses with the subject PHIL, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
PHIL 1101Introduction to Philosophy3
Catalog Description This course is an introduction to the nature and aims of philosophy, to some of its central problems, and to the methods employed in philosophical discussion. Typical problems examined include the nature of reality, knowledge, values, and the self. Attention will be given to Western, non-Western, modern and feminist philosophy.
PHIL 1105Introduction to Logic and Critical Reasoning3
Catalog Description This course introduces students to the philosophical study of reasoning. Studies include the function and uses of language, the distinction between deductive and inductive arguments, methods for symbolizing and evaluating the validity of deductive arguments, and the detection of informal fallacies. Students will gain practical skills used in the evaluation of inductive and deductive arguments.
Catalog Description This class examines the leading attempts to answer the basic philosophical questions about the moral life. It will include an inquiry into views of the good life, personal character, and moral choices in the private and public domain. Further inquiry will explore the grounds for arguing that some moral judgments are correct and others incorrect.
Catalog Description This course is an introduction to the central beliefs, history, sacred texts, and practices of living religions in the world today. The similarities and differences between religions, and within the religions, will be explored. The principal religions studied will be Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
Catalog Description This course will explore moral obligations between humankind and our natural world. An introduction to ethical theory is included in the course. Topics will include such issues as the nature of our duties toward animal rights, preservation and conservation, climate change, and intergenerational justice.
PHIL 1180Introduction to Social and Political Philosophy3
Catalog Description This class provides an introduction to social and political philosophy. The basic question that social and political philosophy is concerned with is: How should we, as members of a diverse and pluralistic peoples, live together and what types of social and political institutions are best suited to create an environment where human beings can flourish? As such, the course looks at these issues from a variety of cultural perspectives: social justice, the grounds and limits of governmental authority, rights, liberty, freedom, community, equality, and the like.
Catalog Description This class will provide an introduction to classic and contemporary ethical theory and it will apply ethical analysis in the field of health care and other related fields. Studies will include considerations around patients’ rights (to privacy, information, and autonomy), paternalism, personhood, the distribution of scarce resources, the right to treatment, and culturally relevant perspectives related to medical treatment. Applied topics may include euthanasia and physician-assisted death, abortion, systemic injustice in healthcare, distribution of scarce resources, and reproductive technologies. Students will evaluate contemporary case studies using ethical theory developed in philosophy as well as the codes of ethics put forth by medical professional organizations.
