8 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 101Introduction to Philosophy
(2D 1) 3 class hours 3 credits Prerequisite/Corequisite: Students must complete any devel- opmental requirements in English (see Proficiency in Math and English) prior to taking this course or enroll in ENGL-101 and BE-102 at the same time as this course. Fundamental philosophic problems presented through the study of several major philosophical writings, such as those of Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Kant, Hume, Mill, and Whitehead.
3 class hours 3 credits Offered as needed Prerequisite/Corequisite: Students must complete any devel- opmental requirements in English (see Proficiency in Math and English) prior to taking this course or enroll in ENGL-101 and BE-102 at the same time as this course. Central concepts in religious thought, such as God, faith, and immortality; problems of religious knowledge and revelation. Problems connected with the relation of theology and philosophy discussed with reference to selected medieval, modern, and contemporary texts.
Good Life (2D 1) 3 class hours 3 credits Offered as needed Prerequisite/Corequisite: Students must complete any devel- opmental requirements in English (see Proficiency in Math and English) prior to taking this course or enroll in ENGL-101 and BE-102 at the same time as this course. Basic concepts and problems of ethics. Nature of values, virtue, moral judgment, and obligation considered and illustrated through writings of the major philosophers of the Western tradition, including Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Spinoza, Kant, Moore, and Stevenson.
3 class hours 3 credits Offered as needed Prerequisite/Corequisite: Students must complete any devel- opmental requirements in English (see Proficiency in Math and English) prior to taking this course or enroll in ENGL-101 and BE-102 at the same time as this course. A consideration of the impact that computers have on society, emphasizing the effects on values produced by computerization and the responsibility that computer professionals have. Topics include: the process of ethical decision-making, privacy and confidentiality, computer crime, harassment, personal identification, checking honesty, mechani- zation, data secrecy, “computer” errors, computer decisions, proprietary rights, computer modeling, technological dependence, and professional codes.
3 class hours 3 credits Prerequisite/Corequisite: Students must complete any devel- opmental requirements in English (see Proficiency in Math and English) prior to taking this course or enroll in ENGL-101 and BE-102 at the same time as this course. A consideration of the ethical implications of modern health research and practice. Topics include professional versus universal ethics, the rights of current and future generations, Public Health measures, truth and information in science, and public health policy.
3 class hours 3 credits Offered as needed Prerequisite/Corequisite: Students must complete any devel- opmental requirements in English (see Proficiency in Math and English) prior to taking this course or enroll in ENGL-101 and BE-102 at the same time as this course. A survey of major American thinkers from colonial times to the present. Figures such as Emerson, Thoreau, Peirce, James, Royce, C. I. Lewis and Dewey will be considered. Society. 215
