Course List
Roanoke College - Courses OfferedFall Term 2013FA - Philosophy
PHIL 206 A
Title: Social Philosophy
Instructor: Dr. Monica L. VilhauerBlock: 11
Time: T/TH 1:10PM-2:40PM
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Units: 1
Catalog Description: An introduction to social-political philosophy. Taking the social nature of human life as its basic premise, this course aims to investigate who we are as political animals, what effect the social order in which we live has upon us, and what type of social order would enable us to achieve our highest human potential. The course considers such issues as: the fit ruler and the just state; the social contract; rights, laws, and duties; individual freedom; equality, diversity, and tolerance; repres
PHIL 218 A
Title: Religions & Philosophies China
Instructor: Dr. Marwood Larson-HarrisBlock: 4
Time: M/W/F 12:00PM-1:00PM
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Units: 1
Catalog Description: An interdisciplinary examination of the philosophical and religious traditions of East Asia. Topics include the central ideas and practices of these traditions, their historical development, their styles of reasoning, and the relationship between religion and philosophy. (Cross-listed with Religion 218). Lecture: 3 hrs/wk.
PHIL 222 A
Title: Business Ethics
Instructor: Dr. James C. PetersonBlock: 10
Time: T/TH 10:10AM-11:40AM
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Units: 1
Catalog Description: An examination of normative questions arising from business practice and decision-making, focusing on the analysis of theories of ethical action and character, and their application to contemporary business issues. Lecture: 3 hrs/wk.
PHIL 251 A
Title: Early Western Philosophy
Instructor: Dr. Hans M. ZornBlock: 4
Time: M/W/F 12:00PM-1:00PM
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Units: 1
Catalog Description: An analysis of the history of Western thought from the rise of classical philosophy with the pre-Socratic philosophers and the pivotal figures of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, through the evolution of classical thought in Hellenistic philosophies and medieval thinkers such as St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas. Lecture: 3 hrs/wk.
PHIL 301 A
Title: Plato
Instructor: Dr. Monica L. VilhauerBlock: 7A
Time: M/W 2:20PM-3:50PM
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Units: 1
Catalog Description: An introduction to Plato. Through an examinationof key texts in Plato's corpus, student will beexposed to major issues in Plato's thought. Theseinclude Socratic method and education, dialogueand dialetic, philosophy and rhetoric, the Forms,recollection, justice and the good life, love andfriendship, art and images, myth and reason. AsPlato's corpus is quite large, the particularselection of texts and the thematic lens throughwhich these major issues in Plato are examined mayvary.
