Michael Omoge
Contact
Asst. Prof., Augustana - Fine Arts & Humanities
- omoge@ualberta.ca
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.
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.
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.
AUPHI 365 - Aesthetics
Considerations of theoretical issues related to visual arts, broadly understood and of sense experience.
AUPHI 392 - World Philosophy: Comparing Perspectives
Study of philosophy as it takes place outside Europe and North America and outside the Western canon. Topics may include: relationship between philosophy, culture, and spirituality; tradition; reason; language; communitarianism and individualism; nonduality; colonialism; government and power; as well as topics proper to local philosophical traditions. Geographical areas covered vary from year to year.