An inquiry into the nature and foundation of law, with particular attention to natural law, legal positivism and rights-based theories of law, theories of punishment and responsibility, and the relationship between law and morality. An application of theories of ethics to the moral dimensions of business endeavors and their effects on individuals, organizations, and society. Offered every semester. Philosophy of Community 3 sem. Community and communication, the individual and social dimensions of personal existence, the meaning and direction of human life and social interaction.
Source works in both the American and Continental traditions.
The main tendencies in the West, beginning with the early Greeks and continuing through the classical Roman philosophers. The philosophies of Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics, Plotinus. Selections read in translation. Offered every semester. Outstanding figures in Christian philosophy from Augustine in the 4th century to Thomas Aquinas in the 13th century.