Philosophy Concentrations

Philosophy offers one Bachelor of Arts (A.B.) degree in Philosophy and one Minor in Philosophy.

4 Cool Classes

Ethics as Introduction to Philosophy

The goals of human life; the first principles of morality; virtue, duty, law, responsibility.

Philosophy of Law

This course will examine recent reflection on some philosophical issues surrounding law and legal practice. Topics include the nature of law, the relationship of law to morality, legal interpretation, the obligation to obey the law, and the value of the rule of law.

God and Nature in American Philosophy

A study of the concepts of God, religious experience, and the relation between the divine and the natural in American philosophy, with emphasis on thinkers such as Edwards, Emerson, Thoreau, James, Royce, and Dewey.

Plato's Republic

A close study of Plato's Republic, including consideration of competing interpretive approaches to the text.