Major topics addressed include law, justice, and rights. Particular political systems examined include anarchism, libertarianism, conservatism, liberalism, and socialism. A critical examination of the major concepts of morality and moral assessment. Issues addressed include skepticism, relativism, naturalism, and religious ethics. Special attention is given to the specific moral systems developed by Plato, Aristotle, Kant, Mill, and Rawls.
Special emphasis is placed on the construction of formal proofs.
Also includes identification and translation of ordinary language arguments into the language of formal logic. Philosophy of Religion. A philosophical inquiry into many traditional and contemporary issues in religion, including the nature and existence of God, the nature of religious knowledge and belief, miracles, immortality, and the relationship between science and religion. The following courses are offered on both 400 and 500 levels. Graduate students may register for the course on the 500 level and receive graduate credit for the courses.