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Resource Area Instructor Search Text All Resource Areas Arts and Design Educational Studies Environmental Sciences Human Studies Multi-Disciplinary Museum Studies Visvader, JohnAll Instructors Anderson, John Andrews, Nancy Beal, Elmer Bennett, Michael Berquist, Pete Borden, Rich Brechlin, Earl Capers, Colin Carpenter, JoAnne Carpenter, William Cass, Don Cline, Ken Colbert, Dru Cooper, John Cox, Gray Cox, Judith Creevey, Lucy Demeo, Anna DeWolfe, George Drennan, Matthew Feldman, Dave Hathaway, William Havsall, Lynn Heinz, Christine Hersey, Sue Hess, Helen Hill, Ken Little-Siebold, Todd Longsworth, Gordon Mancinelli, Isabel McKown, Jamie McMullen, Ernie McNally, Jay Morse, Suzanne Olday, Fred Pena, Karla Petersen, Chris Planchart, Antonio Rajakaruna, Nishanta (Nishi) Ressel, Stephen Sanborn, Kelley Sellers, Lucy Bell Stabinsky, Doreen Staff, Stover, Candice Swann, Scott Tai, Bonnie Taylor, Davis Todd, Sean Turok, Katharine Vande Berg, Camille Visvader, John Waldron, Karen

Meets the following requirements: HS   

By using the theme of the understanding of human nature this course explores the central aspects of several major philosophical systems.  A theory of human nature involves a vision of the individual self, its relation to the social community, and its relation to the natural world.  This tripartite theme is traced through a range of philosophies ancient and modern, eastern and western, religious and scientific in order to remind ourselves of the range of human possibilities and to clarify the presumptions of our present image of ourselves.  The results of this investigation are used to approach the problem of formulating a philosophy of human ecology.  Particular readings used change each time the course is given. 

Level:  Intermediate/Advanced.  Class size limited to 20.  Offered occasionally.  *HS*