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This introductory course in philosophy will tackle various puzzles and paradoxes that arise out of our everyday concepts and beliefs. Some questions we might explore: Is time travel possible? Is it permissible to kill one person to save 10? 100? 1000? If you were to split like an amoeba, would either of the resulting persons be you? What is the distinction, if any, between killing and letting die? What should we think when somebody says, 'Everything I say is a lie'?

Students develop new understandings of sport through ethical exploration. Students use various approaches to sport ethics in order to examine ethical questions: What is sport's proper role in society? Does sport promote or prevent racial and/or gender equality? How should success be measured in sport? When should children begin to compete and specialize? Is sport too violent? Through improved ethical reasoning, students will become better prepared to have ethical conversations, navigate ethical dilemmas in sport, and will develop their own values thereby allowing them to better lead lives of ethical leadership and service

A philosophical exploration of the categories of sex and gender, race, ability, and class. Questions to be considered may include: Are these categories constructed or "natural?" How have philosophers used these categories to justify and explain the hierarchical structures of societies? How do these systems disadvantage some while providing advantages to others? How can individuals engage in constructive resistance to these systems? This focus is primarily on US identities and communities, which are remarkably pluralistic.

This is a course in feminist philosophy. Our readings and discussions will traverse a wide terrain of issues including the sex/gender distinction, the influence of bias, power, and politics on the creation and acquisition of knowledge, the value of what has been regarded as "women's work," and some of the many ways reality is not merely given but constructed. Feminist philosophy grounds itself in concrete practice, which means we will have ample opportunity to explore contemporary issues.