Phil 100
The History of Philosophy
(3 credits)
This course is an introduction to the entire field of philosophy covering the essential features of various schools of philosophical thinking and their main proponents, from the early Greeks, the beginnings of Christianity, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Enlightenment and Romanticism to the 19th and 20th centuries. A number of questions will be examined from their historical roots including: What is the soul? How is the mind and body connected? What is reality and how can we comprehend it? What is being? Does language provide us with the tools to know everything? What is the perfect political system? Is there a God? How should we live? How should we think?
Prerequisites: None
Phil 101
Critical Thinking
(3 credits)
This course provides students with the skills that are needed to recognize, analyze, evaluate and construct good arguments by studying the structures and conditions that make up arguments, both good and bad. The course will also examine the strategies and techniques used in the reasoning process while paying close attention to certain elements of language such as how analogies and statistics are used in arguments. This is a course in applied logic, rather than formal logic; thus moral reasoning, scientific reasoning, legal reasoning, and other modes of reasoning will be used as examples to illustrate the use and misuse of reason.
Prerequisites: None
Phil 200
Business Ethics
(3 credits)
This course is designed to provide students with a solid understanding of the application of ethical theories and reasoning to current moral issues facing individuals and corporations doing business in Canada. Students will investigate the general nature of ethical decision-making by considering specific ethical and moral issues. Examples include conflicts of interest, bribery, fair hiring, truth in advertising, employee and stockholder rights, health and safety in the workplace, corporate, social and environmental responsibility and whistle-blowing.
Prerequisites: None