Course Guide – Brookdale Campus – Fall 2010
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CULTURAL DIVERSITY |
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Ethics: East and West |
Graduate students are introduced to scholarship in virtue-centered theories of ethics in the Western and Asian traditions. We shall focus in particular on the classical and contemporary grounds and ethical contexts with and to which the major virtue-based traditions aim. The broad issue of how cultivating excellence of character provides an adaptive and compelling approach to individual, role-based, group and societal ways of good living and moral practices will also be examined. Emphasis will be given to critical analysis of theories with roots in the Aristotelian and Chinese thought, though other key theories will be studied, along with consideration of gender, cultural, and economic factors. A wide variety of primary sources will be drawn upon, including philosophical, historical, literary and scientific materials. |
PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION |
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Journies to Heaven, Hell and Other Worlds ONLINE COURSE 56:606:642:W1 Cross-listed: 56:606:642:01; 56:606:642:A1 By Arrangment Professor Kenneth banner banner@camden.rutgers.edu |
Most religions and cultures around the world have stories of ascending to heaven, descending to hell or traveling to another reality. They usually take the form of dreams, visions, near-death experiences or even claims of physical ascent. This course will examine accounts from both the ancient past and the modern world. It will explore how scholars study such narratives and what they can teach us about religious experience and religion itself. |
RESEARCH IN LIBERAL STUDIES |
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56:606:689:01 |
Independent study of a special interest to the student, under supervision of an advisor chosen in consultation with the program director. |
56:606:690:01 |
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MATRICULATION CONTINUED |
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56:606:800:01
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