Apr 29, 2024  
2019-2020 Hill Book (Class of 2023) 
    
2019-2020 Hill Book (Class of 2023) [ARCHIVED HILL BOOK]

PHL 100/118 - Questions of Culture and Value (Core/First-Year Seminar)

Three or Four Credits
Offered Periodically

Why do we enjoy sitcoms where the characters suffer social and romantic disasters: are we just cruel or is there some other explanation?  Is morality something real or is power the only reality and morality just an illusion?  What kind of compassion is the best kind?  Why are flowers beautiful?  What’s the hidden meaning of the marriage ceremony?

Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): PHL 118 is a First-Year Seminar and open to First-Year Students only.
General Education Attribute(s): PHL 100, for 3-credits, fulfills the Philosophy Cornerstone.
PHL 118, for 4-credits, fulfills the First-Year Seminar and Philosophy Cornerstone