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• PHL 215: Ethics

  3.00 Credits

  Lincoln University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course examines central issues in moral philosophy from both a historical and contemporary point of view. Topics include virtue and the good of life, ethical judgment, relativism, egoism, utilitarianism, deontology, rights theory, and justice.
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• PHL 216: Contemporary Moral Problems

  3.00 Credits

  Lincoln University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course examines a selection of contemporary moral issues in the following areas: abortion, euthanasia, suicide, sexual relations, terrorism, affirmative action, genetic engineering, treatment of animals, the environment, and capital punishment.
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• PHL 217: Critical Reasoning

  3.00 Credits

  Lincoln University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course emphasizes the development of thinking skills, especially with regard to skills dealing with problems in everyday life. It includes meaning and definition, identification and reconstruction of arguments, evaluations of arguments, identification of fallacies, and writing argumentative papers.
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• PHL 218: Formal Logic

  3.00 Credits

  Lincoln University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course is an introduction to the principles of formal logic, including deductive validity, truth-functional connectives, translation, truth tables, elementary inferences, predicate logic, and traditional syllogistic logic.
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• PHL 219: World Philosophy I

  3.00 Credits

  Lincoln University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course provides a broad overview of the historical development of philosophy from the roots of philosophy in oral traditions to the Enlightenment. It includes Western traditions as well as philosophy from India, China, Japan, the Near and Middle East, and Africa.
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• PHL 301: Metaphysics

  3.00 Credits

  Lincoln University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course examines the nature of metaphysics through the examination of the role of metaphysical assumptions in moral, legal, social, political, religious, and scientific practices. Issues include the existence of God, the reality of value, the nature and persistence of the mind, the nature and identity of persons, the existence of the state and other collective entities, and causation and responsibility.
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• PHL 303: Legal Philosophy

  3.00 Credits

  Lincoln University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course examines classical and contemporary views on the nature of law and legal reasoning. Also, it examines issues such as equality and liberty in constitutional law, punishment, excuses, and the nature of crime in criminal law, and causation and liability in tort law.
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• PHL 304: Environmental Philosophy

  3.00 Credits

  Lincoln University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course examines classical and contemporary views of the images of nature and worldviews concerning the treatment of the environment and animals. Also, it considers ethical issues such as wilderness, preservation, animal rights, population and consumption, biodiversity, sustainable development and justice, and technology and the environment.
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• PHL 401: Epistemology

  3.00 Credits

  Lincoln University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course is an examination of issues such as skepticism, induction, the Gettier problem, justification, foundationalism, theories of truth, internalism and externalism, naturalized epistemology, a priori knowledge, and perception.
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• PHL 411: Philosophy Seminar

  3.00 Credits

  Lincoln University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course examines a major philosophical problem or the writing of a major philosopher. The student writes an extended research paper on the selected problem or writer. Prerequisite:    PHL-401, PHL-301, or PHL-218
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