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• PHIL 3200: Cont Iss in Theoretical Ethics

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This course is designed to acquaint students with a variety of theoretical issues in normative ethics and meta ethics, especially the questions: what are the general principles, if any, of morality; why be moral at all; and how, if at all, is it possible to have moral knowledge or reasonable moral belief?
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• PHIL 3210: Engineering Ethics

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This course will explore the relationship between ethics and engineering and apply moral theory to engineering issues encountered in industry.
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• PHIL 3220: Biomedical Ethics

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This course focuses on ethical issues related to the practice of medicine and the conduct of medical research. It provides students with a broad ethical framework from which they can arrive at a better understanding of a variety of ethical issues in this field.
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• PHIL 3240: Environmental Ethics

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This course introduces students to issues in environmental ethics. A survey of traditional ethical theories provides a background to contemporary debates in this field, such as the moral status of individual living things; the ethical significance of species, wilderness, and ecosystems; and moral responsibilities concerning global warming.
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• PHIL 3260: Ethics and Criminal Justice

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This course briefly surveys ethical theory along with a detailed focus on ethical issues within the criminal justice profession. Topics include deontological, consequential, and virtue theories in ethics, theoretical conceptions of retributive justice, and professional codes of ethics in policing, the law, corrections, and probation.
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• PHIL 3300: Philosophy of Art

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This course examines the nature and basis of criticism in the fine arts and literature, the nature and function of art, aesthetic standards, the concept of beauty, artistic creativity, and the meaning of truth in literature and the arts.
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• PHIL 3320: Philosophy and Film

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  An introduction to the philosophy of film, which is an aspect of the philosophy of art. Of particular interest is the relationship between film and philosophy.
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• PHIL 3340: Philosophy and Literature

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This course will explore philosophical concepts and theories through the medium of contemporary literature. Traditional disputes in Philosophy, e.g., free will vs. determinism, dualism vs. materialism, realism vs. anti-realism, will be explored, leading to a greater understanding and appreciation of both philosophy and literature.
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• PHIL 3360: Topics in Phi, Art, and Theory

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  A focused course in the Philosophy of Art or Art Theory. Addresses topics of contemporary artistic/philosophical significance.
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• PHIL 3400: Philosophy of Human Nature

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This course will explore the basic question, "What does it mean to be human?" Related questions include, "What is our place in the universe?" and "What kind of lives should we live?" This course will provide a wide spectrum of perspectives, from Ancient Greek philosophy to contemporary neuro-philosophy.
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