The informal logic of the use of language in everyday contexts. Emphasis on variable factors within ordinary argument situations, such as disagreements, ambiguity, generalization, and analogy. Analysis of extended arguments in different areas of general interest. An introduction to philosophy through a consideration of the human orientation to knowledge, meaning, and values, as well as the human possession of body, spirit, and freedom. A critique of the concepts of human being found in traditional and contemporary sources.
Subject matter is particularly useful to students in biology, psychology and the social sciences.
The philosophical examination of business and business life and their relationship to the good life. Includes an analysis of economic justice, corporate and personal responsibility, moral conflicts, human rights, and the meaning of work. Case studies to assist students to make rationally defensible moral judgments. A critical examination of moral issues that arise in medicine and related fields, including the right to life, informed consent, confidentiality, medical experimentation, reproductive control, and allocation of scarce resources. Case studies to assist students to make rationally defensible moral judgments in accord with sound moral principles.