Answered in Philosophy Courses

PHIL 200 -- Introduction to Philosophy (course description)

• If your parents lied to you about the existence of Santa Claus, how can you trust them to tell you the truth about other matters?

• Can you prove that a god exists?

• When confronted with a moral dilemma, do you seek the guidance of certain principles or are you guided by making choices that have the best results?

PHIL 201 -- Introduction to Ethics (course description)

• Ever wonder how to decide whether or not something is the right thing to do?

• Is it ever okay to say that the ends justify the means, especially when you can achieve far better outcomes for most of the people concerned at the expense of only a small minority?

• What is more important to doing the right thing: having good intentions or achieving the best results?

• What does it take to make your life a good life, the kind of life you could look back on just before you die and say, "Hey, I did well. That was a good life."?

• Ever wonder whether or not you have a duty to help kids starving half way around the world or about how far your obligations to other animals extend?

PHIL 205 -- Introduction to Logic (course description)

• Would you like to strengthen your critical thinking skills?

• Are you planning on taking the LSAT or the GRE and need to boost your ability to analyze both inductive and deductive arguments from written texts?

PHIL 441 -- Political and Legal Philosophy (course description)

• Ever wonder about the nature and justification (or lack thereof) for property rights?

• Do you think that the current global economic structure is or can be justified?

• Do you wonder whether or not appeals to 'family values' are the moral bedrock of society or just plain morally questionable?

• How do assumptions about race, gender, class, &/or sexual orientation legitimate or undermine currently accepted institutions?

• Do you ever have a duty to engage in civil disobedience?

• What grounds is the legitimacy of the law and how does it relate to moral obligation?

• Ever wonder about the first amendment and what sorts of protections it can or should entitle citizens to enjoy, especially when and if this seems to conflict with wartime goals?

GNDR 333 -- Gender Studies Theory (course description)

• What is masculinity? Is masculinity a good, bad, or neutral characteristic?

• If two people love one another and are prepared to make a formal commitment, why not allow them to get married no matter what their gender?

• Does one's outlook, knowledge, and theories of the world differ depending upon gender?