Michael Omoge, PhD

Contact

Asst. Prof., Augustana - Fine Arts & Humanities

Email: omoge@ualberta.ca
Phone: (780) 679-1160
Address: 2-08 Founders' Hall
4901 46 Ave

Camrose AB

T4V 2R3

Overview

Area of Study / Keywords

African philosophy Philosophy of perception Philosophy of imagination

Courses

AUECO 480 - Ethics in Economics and Business

Investigation of the relation between ethical reflection and the activities of businesses and economics. Attention is paid to the role of self-interest and rationality in economic and business discourse, the relation between the price system and human values, and the morality of the market as a means of social organization. Several case studies are used. Prerequisite: At least 6 units at a senior-level in Economics or Management.

Winter Term 2025

AUIDS 101 - First Year Seminar

Selected topics that highlight the interdisciplinary nature of the Liberal Arts and Sciences. This seminar-style class is the first course in Augustana's Core. The focus and content of each course are determined by faculty interests, and vary from year to year.

Fall Term 2025

AUPHI 102 - Introduction to Western Philosophy II: Modern Philosophy

Continuation of an introduction to the main problems and theories that have dominated philosophical thought, through study and critical discussions of selected classics of modern philosophy.

Winter Term 2025 Fall Term 2025 Winter Term 2026

AUPHI 260 - Ethics

Examination of questions of right and wrong, good and evil, and reasons for action, through study of ethical theories of philosophers such as Plato, Aristotle, Kant, and Mill.

Winter Term 2025 Winter Term 2026

AUPHI 357 - Philosophy of Religion I

Introduction to the philosophy of religion by focusing on the question, What is religion? Through lectures, discussion, and reading of such thinkers as Schleiermacher, Feuerbach, Kierkegaard, and Otto, the course explores the concept of religion; the existence of God (and related proofs); meaning in religious language; and the relations between faith and reason, philosophy and religion. Prerequisite: None, but AUPHI 102 or 336 would be useful.

Fall Term 2025