Timeroom: Spring 2023

Manchester Liberal Arts :: Philosophy

PHIL 436 (M1) - Social and Political Philosophy

Social & Political Philosophy

Credits: 4.0
Term: Spring 2023 - UNHM Credit (15 weeks) (01/24/2023 - 05/08/2023)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 25
CRN: 55074

Examines social and political thought that may include texts from ancient through contemporary times, addressing topics such as natural rights, revolution, law, freedom, justice, power. Questions may include: What is a community, and how are individuals related to communities? Can any particular form of government be morally justified, and if so, what kind of government? Can anarchism work? Is there something wrong with a society in which there is private ownership of property? What is oppressive? What is freedom, and are we free? What roles should different forms of power play in a society? Could and should there be a genderless society? Is ethnic diversity valuable?

Registration Approval Required. Contact Instructor or Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.

Equivalent(s): PHIL 436H, PHIL 436W, PHIL 437

Attributes: Inquiry (Discovery), Humanities(Disc)

Instructors: Phillip Deen

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
1/24/2023	5/8/2023	T	6:01pm - 9:00pm	PANDRA P301

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The focus this semester will be on justice. We will discuss issues such as what people deserve, what limits there are to the authority of the government, what we owe to one another in our interpersonal lives, whether the market is sufficient to provide justice, whether we are morally equal and, if so, what this means for how we distribute social goods. Concretely, we will discuss the justice of affirmative action, health care, and taxation.

Durham Liberal Arts :: Philosophy

PHIL 440C (H01) - Honors/The Copernican Lens: Finding a Place for Humanity

Hon/Find a Place for Humanity

Credits: 4.0
Term: Spring 2023 - Full Term (01/24/2023 - 05/08/2023)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 20
CRN: 53580

How do humans fit into the cosmos? Once, we thought we were central players; most human societies believed they played a starring role, second only to the gods. Developments in the sciences have led modern humanity to a far more modest view: our existence is full of contingency and without cosmic significance. Humanity's self-conception is now recognized to be deeply culturally conditioned: is an objective view of humanity's place even possible?

Registration Approval Required. Contact Instructor or Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.

Only the following students: Honors Program

Attributes: Writing Intensive Course, World Cultures(Discovery), Honors course

Instructors: Subrena Smith

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
1/24/2023	5/8/2023	MWF	10:10am - 11:00am	HS 124

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Manchester Liberal Arts :: Philosophy

PHIL 447 (M1) - Artificial Intelligence, Robots, and People

AIs, Robots, and People

Credits: 4.0
Term: Spring 2023 - UNHM Credit (15 weeks) (01/24/2023 - 05/08/2023)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 20
CRN: 52921

The historical origins of the science of computation. The implications of the nature of information-processing for understanding the mind-body relation. Examines the possible social, economic, and educational consequences of the computer revolution.

Registration Approval Required. Contact Instructor or Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.

Equivalent(s): PHIL 447H

Attributes: Scheduled meeting time, Online (no campus visits), EUNH, Environment,Tech&Society(Disc)

Instructors: William Seeley

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
1/24/2023	5/8/2023	W	1:01pm - 3:50pm	ONLINE

Manchester Liberal Arts :: Philosophy

PHIL 450 (M1) - Environmental Ethics

Environmental Ethics

Credits: 4.0
Term: Spring 2023 - UNHM Credit (15 weeks) (01/24/2023 - 05/08/2023)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 25
CRN: 56476

Thoughtful people cannot help escape considering hard questions about our relationship to the natural world and what it means for the future of life on earth. In this course we think philosophically about these crucial concerns. We try to answer questions about our responsibilities to the environment and to future generations.

Registration Approval Required. Contact Instructor or Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.

Equivalent(s): PHIL 450H

Attributes: Environment,Tech&Society(Disc)

Instructors: Phillip Deen

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
1/24/2023	5/8/2023	R	6:01pm - 8:00pm	PANDRA P301

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This semester’s version of Environmental Ethics will focus on the ethical problems posed by the fact of climate change. The anthropogenic warming of the planet poses a threat to humans, non-human animals, and the broader ecosystem. It also raises issues of distributive justice, as the benefits and harms of climate change are not fairly allocated between races, classes, genders, and generations. We must also weigh the rightness of the various solutions that have been proposed.

Durham Liberal Arts :: Philosophy

PHIL 495 (01) - Tutorial Reading

Tutorial Reading

Credits: 4.0
Term: Spring 2023 - Full Term (01/24/2023 - 05/08/2023)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 1
CRN: 52224

Basic introductory reading under faculty direction on topics of philosophical importance. Books offered for tutorial reading may be in any area the instructor chooses or on independent study basis.

Registration Approval Required. Contact Instructor or Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.

Repeat Rule: May be repeated for a maximum of 8 credits.

Instructors: STAFF

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
1/24/2023	5/8/2023		Hours Arranged	TBA

Durham Liberal Arts :: Philosophy

PHIL 525 (01) - Existentialism

Existentialism

Credits: 4.0
Term: Spring 2023 - Full Term (01/24/2023 - 05/08/2023)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 35
CRN: 54771

Readings from existential philosophy and literature. Selections may be drawn from the works of Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Sartre, Camus, de Beauvoir, Buber, Bultman, Merleau-Ponty, Tillich, Kafka, and others.

Registration Approval Required. Contact Instructor or Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.

Equivalent(s): PHIL 475, PHIL 525H

Attributes: Inquiry (Discovery), Humanities(Disc)

Instructors: Matthew Dowd

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
1/24/2023	5/8/2023	TR	2:10pm - 3:30pm	HS 202

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