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352. Hegel, Kierkegaard, and Nietzsche. (3h) Examination of selected sources embodying the
basic concepts of Hegel, Kierkegaard, and Nietzsche, especially as they relate to each other in
terms of influence, development, and opposition. P—One 200-level course in philosophy or POI.
354. Wittgenstein. (3h) The work of Ludwig Wittgenstein on several central philosophical problems
studied and compared with that of Frege, James, and Russell. Topics include the picture
theory of meaning, truth, skepticism, private languages, thinking, feeling, the mystical, and the
ethical. P—One 200-level course in philosophy or POI.
Group VI—Topics in Philosophy
161. Medical Ethics. (3h) Study of moral problems in the practice of medicine, including informed
consent, experimentation on human subjects, truthtelling, confidentiality, abortion, and the allocation
of scarce medical resources.
162. Ethics and Public Policy. (3h) Critical examination of the ethical foundations of public policy
issues. Topics may include: euthanasia, censorship, racial and gender equality, drugs, sexual
conduct, and crime.
163. Environmental Ethics. (3h) Examination of ethical issues concerning the environment as
they arise in individual lives and public policy. Issues are discussed in the context of fundamental
questions regarding the adequacy of traditional philosophical frameworks for thinking
about the relationship between humans and the nonhuman world and the value and moral
status of the nonhuman world.
261. Ethics. (3h) Systematic examination of central ethical theories in the Western philosophical
tradition. Such theories include Kantian deontology, utilitarianism, Aristotelian virtue ethics,
and divine command theory. P—PHI 111.
262. Philosophy of Law. (3h) Inquiry into the nature of law and its relation to morality. Classroom
discussions of readings from the works of classical and modern authors focus on issues
of contemporary concern involving questions of legal principle, personal liberty, human rights,
responsibility, justice, and punishment. P—PHI 111.
263. Freedom, Action, and Responsibility. (3h) Study of the nature of human freedom and related
matters in the philosophy of action, metaphysics, and moral philosophy. P—PHI 111.
273. Philosophy, Mental Health, and Mental Disorder. (3h) Inquiry into the nature of mental
illness and mental health. Topics are discussed in the context of interdisciplinary readings in
philosophy and psychiatry. P—PHI 111.
274. Philosophy of Mind. (3h) Selection from the following topics: the mind-body problem;
personal identity; the unity of consciousness; minds and machines; the nature of experience;
action, intention, and the will. P—PHI 111.
361. Topics in Ethics. (1.5h, 3h) P—One 200-level course in philosophy or POI.
362. Social and Political Philosophy. (3h) Systematic examination of selected social and political
philosophers of different traditions, with concentration on Plato, Marx, Rawls, and Nozick.
Topics include rights, justice, equality, private property, the state, the common good, and the
relation of individuals to society. P—One 200-level course in philosophy or POI.
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