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Fall 2010 Class Pages and Syllabi available

Shawn Klein August 24th, 2010

Class pages with course syllabi, schedules, and reader ordering information now available:

PHIL 122: Ethics

PHIL 221: Logic

PHIL 276: Sports Ethics

PHIL 310: Classical Philosophy

Douglas Rasmussen on “Natural Goodness”

Shawn Klein April 28th, 2010

Dr. Douglas Rasmussen, our final guest speaker of Spring 2010, gave two lectures at Rockford College recently. Dr. Rasmussen is professor of philosophy at St. John’s University in New York and is coauthor (with Douglas J. Den Uyl) of Norms of Liberty: A Perfectionist Basis for Non-Perfectionist Politics (2005). Here, Dr. Stephen Hicks interviews Dr. Rasmussen about his talk on Philippa Foot’s book Natural Goodness, given to our Ethical Theory class:

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Interview with Philippa Foot

Shawn Klein April 14th, 2010

For Ethical Theory, students may be interested in this interview with Philippa Foot.
The Grammar of Goodness

William Kline on David Hume

Shawn Klein March 31st, 2010

For PHI 304 (and any one else interested), our recent guest speaker, William Kline, spoke with Stephen Hicks about David Hume.

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Spring 2010 Course Info

Shawn Klein January 9th, 2010

PHI 122-1: Ethics (TTH)

PHI 122-2: Ethics (M)

PHI 304: Ethical Theory

Update: Why no info on Logic? At this time, the enrollment is too low and the course will likely not make. If a few more folks register and the course makes, I’ll post information for that course.

Update (1/11): PHI 221 Logic is officially canceled.

PHI 122 Ethics: Required Reader now available for download

Shawn Klein January 8th, 2010

Your custom course materials for PHI 122 published by University Readers are now available online at www.universityreaders.com. I have carefully selected the readings included in this course pack to provide you with a more relevant, custom learning experience. Please purchase this course pack to stay on top of your readings. Doing so will help you be successful in this class.

The course pack price is $38.06, and includes materials that we will use in class daily, so you should purchase your own copy. Also, please keep in mind that our institution adheres to copyright law, so any copyrighted material should not be copied or duplicated in any manner.

To purchase the course pack, please follow the instructions below:

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