Course Description:  An introduction to philosophy through examination of the thought of selected great philosophers or traditional positions on classical philosophical problems.

Gen Ed Attributes: Literary & Artistic Studies

Credits: 3

Course Time: Monday/Wednesday 1:00pm - 2:20pm

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Course Description: An examination of justice and the role it plays in constitutional democratic societies. Three basic approaches to political philosophy will be considered: libertarianism, liberal egalitarianism, and communitarianism.

Gen Ed Attributes: Ethical & Human Values, Democracy and Citizenship

Credits: 3

Course Time: Monday/Wednesday/Friday 10:00am - 10:50am

Instructor: 

CRN: 74413

Course Description: Understanding general principles of reasoning and the habits of clear and correct thinking. Emphasis on the analysis of the logical structure of claims in natural language and the skills of elementary deductive inference.

Credits: 3

Section 01 Course Time: Monday/Wednesday/Friday 11:00am - 11:50am

Instructor: Armond Duwell

CRN: 71779

Course Description: Introduction to the central works of Plato and Aristotle, with an overview of Presocratic philosophy.

Gen Ed Attributes: Democracy and Citizenship

Credits: 3

Course Time: Tuesday/Thursday 11:00am - 12:20pm

Instructor: Matthew Strohl

Section 01 CRN: 70874

Course Description: An examination of the philosophical analyses of discrimination and how these analyses apply to discriminatory practices in the US legal system, including an investigation of which of these discriminatory practices are morally and legally wrong and why. The course may focus on one or more of the following: racism, sexism, ableism, and speciesism.

Gen Ed Attributes:

Credits: 3

Course Time: Monday / Wednesday / Friday. 1:00pm - 1:50pm

Instructor: Soazig Le Bihan

Section 01 CRN: 74386

Section 80 (Honors) CRN: 74387

Course Description: This course examines some of the fundamental issues raised by global climate change and considers how environmental ethics might help to address these issues. Students will become acquainted with the essential elements of climate change science and be provided with an introduction to contemporary approaches to environmental ethics that have developed out of the primary ethical traditions of western thought: deontological (Kantian) ethics, utilitarian ethics, and virtue ethics. In addition, the course examines alternative understandings of the appropriate relationship between humans and the natural world including: “Deep Ecology” and Native American perspectives.

Credits: 3

Section 01 Course Time: Monday/Wednesday/Friday 2:00pm - 2:50pm

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CRN: 74388

Course Description: Prereq., upper-division standing and PHL 233, or consent of instructor. Reading and interpretation of selected works of Wittgenstein. 

Level: Undergraduate-Graduate

Credits: 3

Course Time: Monday / Wednesday 1:00pm - 2:20pm

Instructor: Paul Muench

Section 01 CRN: 74392

Course Description: This course concerns the overlap between aesthetics, ethics, and environmental activism. We begin with a series of core texts in aesthetics that provide the foundation for a survey of recent literature in environmental aesthetics. We consider the prospects for grounding ethical protectionism in aesthetic considerations, as well as the pragmatic importance of such considerations for activism.

PHL 424: Prereq., consent of instructor. Level: Undergraduate.

PHL 524: Graduate students taking PHL 524 will complete additional requirements and their work will be of a more advanced nature. Level: Graduate

Credits: 3

Course Time: Tuesday / Thursday  9:30am - 10:50am

Instructor: Matthew Strohl

PHL 424 CRN: 74393

PHL 524 CRN: 74396

Course Description: In this course, we investigate the moral justification(s) of differential treatment between human and non-human animals (or the lack thereof). We first survey various animal ethics theories and theories of animal cognition. We then investigate the ethical implications of such theories regarding our treatment of nonhuman animals in various current practices and policies, including some of the following: eating habits, scientific experimentation, animal captivity (zoos and aquariums), as well as hunting/fishing and other human practices regarding wildlife. Finally, we investigate issues of intersectionality between race, gender, and nonhuman animals. 

PHL 448: Prereq., consent of instructor. Level: Undergraduate

PHL 548: Graduate students will complete additional requirements and their work will be of a more advanced nature.Level: Graduate

Credits: 3

Course Time: Tuesday / Thursday  12:30pm - 1:50pm

Instructor: Soazig Le Bihan

PHL 448 CRN: 74394

PHL 548 CRN: 74397

Course Description: Offered intermittently. Prereq., upper-division standing and PHL 210E, or consent of instr. Reading and interpretation of selected works.

Level: Undergraduate-Graduate

Credits: 3

Course Time: Tuesday/Thursday  2:00pm - 3:20pm

Instructor: Bridget Clarke

CRN: 74416

Course Description: (R-2) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., graduate standing. Discussion of issues related to environmental philosophy and the profession. Graded credit/no credit.

Level: Graduate

Credits: 1

Course Time: Wednesday 5:00pm - 5:50pm

Instructor: Soazig Le Bihan

CRN: 73712

Course Description: Freshman seminar for students interested in a career in the law. Introduction to the nature and possible meanings of higher education, the functions and resources of the University, and the elements of a good preparation for law school, both at the academic and non-academic levels. Weekly interactions with legal professionals.

Credits: 2

Course Time: Monday/Wednesday  12:00pm - 12:50pm

Instructors: Soazig Le Bihan & Jeff Stephenson

Section: 80

CRN: 74161

Course Description: Seminar for students interested in a career in the law. Introduction to the nature and possible meanings of higher education, the functions and resources of the University, and the elements of a good preparation for law school, both at the academic and non-academic levels. Weekly interactions with legal professionals.

Credits: 2

Course Time: Wednesday/Friday  12:00pm - 12:50pm

Instructors: Soazig Le Bihan & Jeff Stephenson

Section: 80

CRN: 74447