Theories of Ethics An examination of ethical theories of the Western philosophical tradition, e.g., Plato, Aristotle, Hume, Kant, Mill, which includes consideration of contemporary meta-ethical concerns of definition and justification. A critical examination of the basic aims, assumptions, and norms of the sciences. A study of classic texts in Taoism, Confucianism, Buddhism, and the I Ching, focusing on the concepts amid differences with comparative reference to Western philosophies.
China encounters multiculturalism from within and without.
Selections from the Rig Veda, Upanishads, Bhagavadgita, Shankara, Buddhism, and Jainism. Explores Indian's approach to multi-culturalism and gender issues. A critical study of the emergence of Western philosophical inquiry. The course focuses on the interrelatedness of nature and human nature, the origins of world-views from the Presocratics through Plato and Aristotle. Renaissance through the Rationalists Philosophy in the Age of Enlightenment.