Spring 2025 Courses
The following courses are offered during the Spring 2025 semester. Please view the Moravian University Course Catalog for a complete listing of the Philosophy Department course offerings.
Spring 2025 Schedule
| Course Code | Title | Instructor | Days | Start Time | End Time | LinC |
| PHIL 222 A | Ethics | Moeller | Tue, Thu | 10:30 a.m. (Hybrid) | 11:40 a.m. | M3 |
| PHIL 224 A | Applied Ethics | Naraghi | Mon, Wed | 12:00 p.m. | 1:10 p.m. | U2 |
| PHIL 226 A | Ethics Bowl | Naraghi | Mon, Wed | 7:30 a.m. | 8:40 a.m. | |
| PHIL 251 A | Philosophy of Psychology | Baker | Tue, Thu | 1:30 p.m. | 2:40 p.m. | U1 |
| PHIL 252 A | Philosophy of Technology | Baker | Tue, Thu | 10:30 a.m. | 11:40 a.m. | U1 |
| PHIL 261 A | Islamic Philosophy and Theology | Naraghi | Mon, Wed | 3:00 p.m. | 4:10 p.m. | M5 |
| PHIL 270 A | Ethics in Asian Cultures | Cheung | Tue, Thu | 1:30 p.m. | 2:40 p.m. | U2 |
| PHIL 281 A | Topics in Ethics: Disability Justice | Moeller | Tue, Thu | 9:00 a.m. | 10:10 a.m. | M3 |
| PHIL 281 B | Topics in Ethics: Disability Justice | Moeller | Tue, Thu | 3:00 p.m. | 4:10 p.m. | M3 |
| PHIL 353 A | Metaphysics | Naraghi | Mon, Wed | 1:30 p.m. | 2:40 p.m. | WI |
200-Level Courses
PHIL 222 A: Ethics
Formulating principles defining the good human being and to applying these to relevant problems on vocation and social and political justice. (M3) Moeller
PHIL 224 A: Applied Ethics
A study of the application of ethical theory to complex real and fictitious cases concerning contemporary moral issues such as euthanasia, abortion, capital punishment, animal rights, cloning, torture, same sex marriage, etc. (U2) Naraghi
PHIL 226.2 A: Ethics Bowl
This course examines, within teams, ethical cases with the purpose of developing ethical positions supported by arguments, debated at the Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl Competition. Prerequisite: PHIL 222 or PHIL 224 or permission of the instructor. Naraghi
PHIL 251 A: Philosophy of Psychology
An examination of philosophical and empirical theories of mind. Main questions will be: What is the mind? How does the mind relate to the brain and behavior? Can the mind be studied scientifically? What is the nature of conscious experience? Different accounts of the nature of mind will be discussed such as behaviorism, materialism, and functionalism. In addition, we will survey main approaches to the mind found in contemporary cognitive science, a multi-disciplinary field consisting of (among other things) artificial intelligence, cognitive psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and philosophy. (U1) Baker.
PHIL 252 A: Philosophy of Technology
An examination of how technology shapes our understanding of ourselves and our world as well as the moral dilemmas that it presents for us. (U1) Baker
PHIL 261 A: Islamic Philosophy and Theology
An exploration of key notions and figures in Islamic philosophy, theology, and mysticism. Some issues imbedded in the enormous body of scholarship in Muslim intellectual heritage are employed to examine current global issues such as the struggle for justice and peace and the fight against violence and absolutism. Special attention is given to the structure of Being, the notion of the truth, and the way to attain the truth in the three systems. (M5) Naraghi
PHIL 270 A: Ethics in Asian Contexts
Ethical discourse from Asia does not fit neatly into the major western categories of consequentialism (utilitarianism), rule-based deontology, or virtue ethics. There is lively debate on how to classify Confucian ethics and Buddhist ethics. This course explores this classification problem and then examines how Confucian and Buddhist insights can help illuminate contemporary issues. Possibilities include 1)lies, "alternative facts", and theories of truth; 2) the ethics of artificial intelligence; 3) medical ethics, etc. (U2) Cheung
PHIL 281 A and B: Topics in Ethics: Disability Justice
This course address a variety of topics that change by semester in the areas of normative ethics, applied ethics and meta-ethics. (M3) Moeller
300-Level Courses
PHIL 353 A: Metaphysics
A study of contemporary analytic metaphysics, adopting a pre-Kantian or traditional metaphysical perspective. The course approaches metaphysics as the study of first causes and of being qua being, or as the most general discipline of all that studies the nature and structure of reality. Prerequisites: PHIL 120 or consent of instructor. (WI) Naraghi