200
The nature of virtue and the good life is studied in conjunction with such issues as ethical absolutism versus ethical relativism, the relation between morality and legality and the relation between ethics and religion. This course fulfills the General Education Action and Values requirement.
IAI: H4 904
3
Students study the origin and development of the concepts of race and gender in a cultural context. One of the key questions concerns the extent to which these concepts are socially constructed. Other themes include sexuality, power, liberty and oppression.
3
This course examines the historical, psychological, anthropological, sociological, philosophical, literary, political, religious, and legal aspects of LGBTQ issues. It addresses the myths and fallacies at the heart of the debate and explores contemporary and global trends and implications.
3
This course explores the ways film can illustrate and challenge existing philosophical theories as well as present original philosophical ideas. There will be some discussion of the nature of film as an art form and the genres of philosophical discourse.
3
This course offers an examination into the meaning and relationship among love, hatred and resentment from historical and contemporary perspectives. The issues are presented on an individual and a social level. Philosophers to be studied include Plato, Aristotle, Nietzsche, Scheler and Arendt.
3
Prerequisites
PHIL 11000 or consent of the instructor
A philosophical inquiry into classical and contemporary aesthetic theories from a multicultural perspective, this course examines such theories as romanticism, realism and naturalism. Topics to be explored include the nature of beauty, the relation of art to truth, politics and society. Among the philosophers covered are Plato, Aristotle, Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche and Danto.
3
Analysis and evaluation of various concepts of God and arguments for and against God's existence are explored. Related topics studied include suffering, the relation between God and the universe, the possibility of miracles, agnosticism and atheism and the varieties of religious experience, especially mysticism.
3
This course explores the historical background and basic concepts of existential philosophy, including radical freedom, authenticity, commitment and transcendence. At least one literary work by an existential philosopher is studied, as well as selections from Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Sartre and Marcel.
3
This course focuses on the main aspects of formal logic. It begins with a study of the basic functions of reasoning, language, and informal fallacies, followed by an investigation of symbolic logic, syllogisms, and induction.
3