PHILOSOPHY
Graduate Courses

PHIL615 ETHICAL ISSUES IN THE HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS (3 sh)
An examination of some of the major ethical issues in the various health care professions.  Particular analysis will include, but not be limited to the following:  the allocation of medical resources; consent and truth telling in medicine; genetic engineering; reproductive technologies; and advanced directives.  Professionals from various health care fields will be invited to speak on selected topics. 

PHIL620 BIO MEDICAL ETHICS:  AN OVERVIEW (1 sh)
The purpose of this course is to provide an overview of some of the major ethical issues in medicine and possible approaches to resolving ethical dilemmas in that context.  Particular attention will be given to the following topics:  the allocation of medical resources, consent and truth telling in medicine, confidentiality, and advanced directives.

PHIL625 ETHICS IN BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY (3 sh)
An in-depth survey of the relevance of ethical theory to the making of professional decisions in business and industry.  An extensive introduction to ethical theory and logic is followed by a discussion of difficult ethical dilemmas that professionals must confront every day.  Emphasis is placed on hiring and firing practices, advertising and marketing, environmental issues, and the impact of industry on society at large. 

PHIL628 PHILOSOPHY OF FEMINISM (3 sh)
Examines some of the metaphysical, epistemological and ethical issues in feminist philosophy.  Specific topics to be addressed include nature, human nature, the consequences of patriarchy, sexual divisions of labor, and feminist agendas for social, political and economic changes.

PHIL628 IDEOLOGY IN FILM (3 sh)
A philosophical analysis of the three most influential ideologies in twentieth- century Western culture, Democracy, Marxism and Freudian Psychoanalysis, and how they find expression in both mainstream and counter-culture approaches to cinema. Original writings of Locke, Jefferson and Rand, Marx and Engels, and Freud and his interpreters will be read, in conjunction with the viewing of films, which directly relate to each of these ideological positions.

PHIL628 PHILOSOPHY OF MIND (3 sh)
An in-depth study of the phenomenon of consciousness from classical and contemporary points of view with an attempt to integrate various theories of the mind into a consistent and coherent philosophy of humans.  

PHIL628 PLATO (3 sh)

PHIL690 CURRENT PHILOSOPHIES OF EDUCATION (3 sh)
A study of the philosophies of education that have had an impact on education today.  The works of educational philosophies and critiques of their positions will be read and discussed.  The implications for today’s educational experiences will be discussed.  Restriction:  Graduate students.

July 2003