PHILOSOPHY (PHIL)

Summer Session II: July 5 – August 9, 2024

lpscps_user Thu, 02/22/2024 - 13:18

Session

Format

Online

Subject Area

Course Number

PHIL 1433 920

Course Code

PHIL1433920

Course Key

83516

Schedule

Day(s)

Tuesday

Thursday

Time

5:15pm-9:05pm

Instructor

GRECO, AFTON

Primary Program

Secondary Program

Fulfills

Course Description

This is a critical survey of the history of western modern political philosophy, beginning from the Early Modern period and concluding with the 19th or 20th Century. Our study typically begins with Hobbes and ends with Mill or Rawls. The organizing theme of our investigation will be the idea of the Social Contract. We will examine different contract theories as well as criticisms and proposed alternatives to the contract idea, such as utilitarianism. Besides the above, examples of authors we will read are Locke, Rousseau, Hume, Mill and Marx.

Subject Area Vocab

Bioethics

lpscps_user — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 18:18:55 +0000

Bioethics

Term

Summer Session II: July 5 – August 9, 2024

lpscps_user Thu, 02/22/2024 - 13:18

Session

Format

Online

Subject Area

Course Number

PHIL 1342 920

Course Code

PHIL1342920

Course Key

83515

Schedule

Monday 12:00pm-2:30pm

Wednesday 12:00pm-2:30pm

Friday 12:00pm-2:30pm

Day(s)

Monday

Wednesday

Friday

Time

12:00pm-2:30pm

Instructor

FRITZ, SAMANTHA

Primary Program

Secondary Program

Fulfills

Course Description

This course is an introduction to bioethics, focusing on ethical questions arising at the beginning and end of life. Topics will include procreative responsibilities, the question of wrongful life, and prenatal moral status as well as questions of justice related to markets for sperm, eggs and gestation. We will also attend to dilemmas at the end of life, including the authority of advance directives, euthanasia and the allocation of life-saving therapies.

Subject Area Vocab

Ethics

lpscps_user — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 18:18:55 +0000

Ethics

Term

Summer Session II: July 5 – August 9, 2024

lpscps_user Thu, 02/22/2024 - 13:18

Session

Format

On Campus

Subject Area

Course Number

PHIL 1330 920

Course Code

PHIL1330920

Course Key

83514

Schedule

Monday 12:00pm-3:50pm

Wednesday 12:00pm-3:50pm

Day(s)

Monday

Wednesday

Time

12:00pm-3:50pm

Instructor

MARTINEZ, LISA

Primary Program

Secondary Program

Fulfills

Course Description

Ethics is the study of right and wrong. This introductory course will introduce students to major ethical theories, the possible sources of normativity, and specific ethical problems and questions. Topics may include euthanasia, abortion, animal rights, the family, sexuality, bioethics, crime and punishment, and war.

Subject Area Vocab

History of Modern Philosophy

lpscps_user — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 18:18:55 +0000

History of Modern Philosophy

Term

Summer Session I: May 28 – July 3, 2024

lpscps_user Thu, 02/22/2024 - 13:18

Session

Format

Online

Subject Area

Course Number

PHIL 1170 910

Course Code

PHIL1170910

Course Key

84298

Schedule

Tuesday 5:15pm-7:35pm

Thursday 5:15pm-7:35pm

Day(s)

Tuesday

Thursday

Time

5:15pm-7:35pm

Instructor

AGOFF, ZACHARY

Primary Program

Secondary Program

COL-SECTOR-History & Tradition

Fulfills

Course Description

This course is an introduction to a few central themes in philosophy in the 17th and 18th centuries, and to some of the crucial thinkers who addressed those themes. Topics to be covered may include, among others, the nature of the human being (including the human mind), the relationship between God and the created world, the nature of freedom, and the relations among natural sciences, philosophy and theology in this rich period of human history.

Subject Area Vocab

The Social Contract

lpscps_user — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 16:04:05 +0000

The Social Contract

Term

Summer Session II: June 29 – August 4, 2023

lpscps_user Mon, 01/09/2023 - 11:04

Session

Format

Online

Subject Area

Course Number

PHIL 1433 920

Course Code

PHIL1433920

Course Key

81081

Schedule

Day(s)

Thursday

Tuesday

Time

5:15pm-9:05pm

Instructor

MUSSO, PAUL A

Primary Program

Secondary Program

Fulfills

PHIL-1433-920-Syllabus.pdf

Course Description

Syllabus

Subject Area Vocab

Bioethics

lpscps_user — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 16:04:05 +0000

Bioethics

Term

Summer Session II: June 29 – August 4, 2023

lpscps_user Mon, 01/09/2023 - 11:04

Session

Format

Online

Subject Area

Course Number

PHIL 1342 920

Course Code

PHIL1342920

Course Key

81080

Schedule

Monday 12:00pm-2:30pm

Wednesday 12:00pm-2:30pm

Friday 12:00pm-2:30pm

Day(s)

Monday

Wednesday

Friday

Time

12:00pm-2:30pm

Instructor

SIDZINSKA, MAJA

Primary Program

Secondary Program

Fulfills

PHIL-1342-920-syllabus.pdf

Course Description

Bioethics is short for biomedical ethics, which refers to the study of moral decision-making in the context of medical practice and science. Examples of bioethical questionsinclude: What is disease? What rules should guide medical practices in the doctors office,in the public sphere, or on a global arena? Are euthanasia, surrogacy, abortion, or humangenetic enhancement morally permissible? In this survey course, we will be concernedwith how moral principles inform decisions about our lives, our healthcare, and our deaths,and we will consider how these biological aspects of our lives inform moral principles inturn.

Syllabus

Subject Area Vocab

Ethics

lpscps_user — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 16:04:05 +0000

Ethics

Term

Summer Session II: June 29 – August 4, 2023

lpscps_user Mon, 01/09/2023 - 11:04

Session

Subject Area

Course Number

PHIL 1330 920

Course Code

PHIL1330920

Course Key

81079

Schedule

Monday 12:00pm-3:50pm

Wednesday 12:00pm-3:50pm

Day(s)

Monday

Wednesday

Time

12:00pm-3:50pm

Instructor

MUSSO, PAUL A

Primary Program

Secondary Program

Fulfills

Course Description

Subject Area Vocab

Introduction to Philosophy

lpscps_user — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 16:04:05 +0000

Introduction to Philosophy

Term

Summer Session I: May 22 – June 28, 2023

lpscps_user Mon, 01/09/2023 - 11:04

Session

Format

Online

Subject Area

Course Number

PHIL 1000 910

Course Code

PHIL1000910

Course Key

81078

Schedule

Day(s)

Tuesday

Thursday

Time

5:15pm-9:05pm

Instructor

RE, TYLER

Primary Program

COL-SECTOR-Humanities&Soc Sci

Fulfills

Course Description

Philosophers ask difficult questions about the most basic issues in human life. Does God exist? What can we know about the world? What does it mean to have a mind? How should I treat non-human animals? Do I have free will? This course is an introduction to some of these questions and to the methods philosophers have developed for thinking clearly about them.

Subject Area Vocab

Summer Session II: June 29 – August 4, 2022

The Social Contract

lpscps_user — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 05:32:00 +0000

The Social Contract

Term

Summer 2022

lpscps_user Thu, 01/13/2022 - 00:32

Session

Subject Area

Course Number

PHIL 1433 920

Course Code

PHIL1433920

Course Key

76417

Schedule

Day(s)

Tuesday

Thursday

Time

5:15pm-9:05pm

Instructor

BUSCH, CLARISSA

Primary Program

Secondary Program

Society Sector (All Classes)

Fulfills

Course Description

Syllabus

PHIL-1433-920-syllabus

Subject Area Vocab

Summer Session II: June 29 – August 4, 2022

Bioethics

lpscps_user — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 05:32:00 +0000

Bioethics

Term

Summer 2022

lpscps_user Thu, 01/13/2022 - 00:32

Session

Format

Online

Subject Area

Course Number

PHIL 1342 920

Course Code

PHIL1342920

Course Key

76418

Schedule

Monday 12:00pm-2:30pm

Wednesday 12:00pm-2:30pm

Friday 12:00pm-2:30pm

Day(s)

Monday

Wednesday

Friday

Time

12:00pm-2:30pm

Instructor

YOON, YOUNGBIN

Primary Program

Secondary Program

Society Sector (All Classes)

Fulfills

Course Description

Here are two claims: (i) we are mortal, imperfectly biological creatures, and (ii) we are generally capable of leading our lives in accordance with our morals. If both claims seem plausible, then a question arises: how should we navigate the morally complicated challenges raised by biological phenomena like illness, disability, conception, birth, and death? This course aims to investigate some of these challenges, both theoretically and practically, using the tools of philosophy.It is not assumed that students who enroll in this course have any formal philosophical education. For this reason, the first few classes are devoted to introducing students to basic ethical theories (consequentialism, deontology, virtue ethics) and developing their foundational philosophical skills (formal logical reasoning, argument analysis, argument construction). The remaining days are spent examining major issues in bioethics organized by topic which include consent, privacy, abortion, disability, animal experimentation, mental health, biological ties, eugenics, euthanasia, and death. As we explore these issues, we will consider both the abstract questions they raise for our moral thinking and the practical challenges they present to our everyday living.

Syllabus

PHIL-1342-920-syllabus

Subject Area Vocab