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• PHIL 326: Business Ethics

  3.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  A study of applied ethics about the conceptual and ethical dilemmas in the business professions. An examination of cultural challenges of social and moral responsibility in a technically sophisticated economic climate.
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• PHIL 331: Social and Political Philosophy

  3.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  An in-depth study of central concepts and issues in social and political thought from multiple, diverse perspectives. Issues may include just and fair societies, theories of political obligation, and theories of citizenship and civic engagement with regard to diverse, heterogeneous communities.
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• PHIL 335: Philosophy of Law and Justice

  3.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  A study of multiple theories of law and the nature of law's relation to justice with special emphasis on a notion of justice for institutions.
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• PHIL 336: Philosophy of Gender and Sex

  3.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course will examine concepts, values and assumptions relevant to gender and sex in our diverse society. topics to be explored may include the ontological status of gender and sex; the cultural representations of masculinity, femininity and sexuality; or the relationship between gender, society and power, and its epistemological and ethical consequences.
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• PHIL 338: Ethics, Technology, and the Future

  3.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course considers ethical, sociopolitical, epistemological, and metaphysical issues arising from the design and use of emerging technologies, including information technologies, robots and autonomous machines, neurological and implantable technologies, genetic engineering, and artificial intelligence, as well as the more speculative technologies of science fiction.
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• PHIL 341: Philosophy of Religion

  3.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  A critical inquiry into the nature and validity of religious belief and experience, its relation to other human interests, its diversity, and its contemporary significance.
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• PHIL 343: Asian Philosophy

  3.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  An investigation of the central religions and philosophical ideas of Oriental cultures, focusing primarily on the cultures of India, China, Japan and Southeast Asia.
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• PHIL 351: Philosophy of Natural Science

  3.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  An in-depth examination of the nature of natural science, including its aims, methods, central concepts, and limits and a thoughtful appraisal of its significance for the modern age.
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• PHIL 362: Philosophy of Mind

  3.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course considers philosophical perspectives on the nature of mind and its relation to the world. Topics covered include the mind-body problem, the nature of consciousness, personal identity and the nature of the self, free will and moral responsibility, and the implications of technology for the future of human consciousness.
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• PHIL 371: Ancient Western Philosophy

  3.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  A study of the major philosophers and schools of philosophy in the ancient Western world and their influence on the medieval period. The course examines basic questions and concepts in theory of knowledge, logic, ethics, politics, aesthetics, and metaphysics as found in the works of thinkers like Plato, Aristotle, the Presocratics, the Stoics, and the Epicureans. Students will consider how ancient philosophy continues to provide insight and inspiration in the contemporary world.
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