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IAH 206 - Self, Society, and Technology (D)

Exploration in how technology affects and is affected by our conceptions of ourselves, relations with others, and our ideals. Approaches and materials from philosophy, literature, art, music, and history as well as the natural sciences.

Average Grade - 3.185
Median Grade - 3.5
5230 total students

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LB 355 - Philosophy of Technology (W)

Examination of the desirability of technology, its social forms, and its alternatives. Conventional productivist, ecological progressive, and radical humanist outlooks.

Average Grade - 3.465
Median Grade - 3.5
73 total students

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OST 825 - Ethical Issues in Global Health

International standards for protection of human subjects. Social justice and human rights principles within the global context.

Average Grade - 3.447
Median Grade - 3.5
22 total students

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PHL 247 - Aesthetics

Aesthetic theories, philosophies of art, the role of art and aesthetics in culture and society. Discussion of major positions within the history of aesthetics, and contemporary problems and figures such as Plato, Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Gadamer, Adorno, Langer, and Danto.

Average Grade - 2.932
Median Grade - 3.5
105 total students

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PHL 344 - Ethical Issues in Health Care

Termination of treatment, truth-telling, informed consent, human experimentation, reproductive issues, allocation of scarce resources, justice and the health care system.

Average Grade - 3.558
Median Grade - 3.5
192 total students

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PHL 444 - Philosophical Issues in Biomedicine

Philosophically puzzling features of medical research, policy, and practice. Issues in theories of knowledge, personal identity, reference and meaning.

Average Grade - 3.250
Median Grade - 3.5
34 total students

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PHL 452 - Ethics and Development

Ethical issues such as racism, health care disparities, war, genocide, famine, agricultural intensification, economic liberalization, democratization, gender equity, globalization, and environmental degradation.

Average Grade - 3.363
Median Grade - 3.5
158 total students

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PHL 453 - Ethical Issues in Global Public Health

Ethical issues about public health from a global perspective. Health and illness in the context of development, poverty, technological change, resource conflicts, the distribution of power, and social violence. Values and policy issues regarding resources, environment, and the distribution and quality of health care.

Average Grade - 3.547
Median Grade - 3.5
164 total students

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