Introduces the major problems and questions that have concerned philosophic thinkers from classical to modern times. Principal topics include issues of knowledge, truth, personal identity, ethics, justice, freedom, and religious belief, as discussed by such diverse thinkers as Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Locke, Hume, Kant, Mill, Russell, Sartre, Austin, Rawls, and Rorty.
Meets MSU-Northern General Education Core Humanities/Fine Arts (CAT VI) requirement. Montana University System Core Course
Treats the major thinkers in the development of modern ethical concepts. Principal topics include ethical theories of hedonism, self-realization, empiricism, Stoicism, utilitarianism, voluntarism, existentialism, and linguistic analysis. Ethical works discussed include those of Plato, Aristotle, Epictetus, Epicurus, Aquinas, Eckhart, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Spinoza, Hume, Kant, Benthan, Mill, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Marx, Dewey, Moore, Sartre, Ayer, Firth, Austin, and Rawls.
Meets MSU-Northern General Education Core Humanities/Fine Arts (CAT VI) requirement. Montana University System Core Course
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Meets MSU-Northern General Education Core Humanities/Fine Arts (CAT VI) requirement.
Montana University System Core Course
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