Economics Students--The Philosophy Department is offering several Fall 2024 classes that might be of interest to Economics majors.
BUSINESS ETHICS
PHIL 253 01 M 5:30-6:45pm ONLINE Instructor: Daniel Jenkins
This course looks closely at ethical issues that arise in the context of business practice and design. Topics to be considered include appropriate workplace conduct, pay equity, just employment practices, models of business management, and sustainable development. Analysis of cases exemplifying such issues will be conducted through the use of ethical theories built around different key aspects in our ordinary moral thinking and assessments, such as happiness, utility, duty, and virtuous character.
* This class provides an AH GEP and is an elective for Financial Econ majors.
WELL-BEING AND HAPPINESS
PHIL 351 01 TTh 11:30am-12:45pm PAHB 229 Instructor: Blake Francis
This course surveys theories of well-being, which concern what is good or bad for a person, and theories of happiness, which concern a psychological state of mind. Such theories include perfectionism, hedonism, desire-fulfillment, objective-list, and life-satisfaction theories. Issues to be discussed include whether well-being should be understood in terms of happiness, whether happiness can be measured, whether lifetime well-being is simply the sum of particular moments, and whether posthumous events can be bad or good for the person who dies.
Prerequisites: One course in philosophy with a grade of C or better, or permission of instructor.
* This class provides an AH GEP and is an upper level elective.
DECISION THEORY
PHIL 430 01 TTh 1:00-2:15pm PAHB 456 Instructor: Lisa Cassell
This course is a philosophical examination of decision theory, which attempts to give an account of how we should make decisions whose outcomes depend upon facts about which we are uncertain. Part of the course focuses on puzzle cases where competing approaches to decision making yield different results. Other topics to be considered include whether our best approaches to decision making are psychologically feasible, and whether and how decision theory should accommodate our different attitudes towards risk.
Prerequisites: One course in philosophy with a grade of C or better, or permission of instructor.
Recommended Preparation: One 300-level course in philosophy with a grade of C or better, especially PHIL 346, PHIL 371, PHIL 372, or PHIL 380.
* This class is a Writing Intensive class and an upper level elective.