PL 088, TH 088, section 4 Class Hours: T, Th 10:30-11:45

Discussion: T 12 or Th 1:30

Instructor: James Bernauer, S.J.

Office: Carney 221, Phone: 23861

Office Hours: T, 2:30-3:30. And by appointment.

Description: This is a two-semester, 12 credit course fulfilling all core requirements in philosophy and theology. It includes class meetings, course readings, group discussions and individual conferences with the instructor, as well as your work in the placements sponsored by the Pulse program. You should be in regular contact with the directors of that program: Dr. David McMenamin and Ms. Michelle Sterk (Pulse Office: McElroy 117). The classroom and the Pulse project are meant to complement each other in leading students to reflect on the meaning of their lives, to comprehend the world in which they live, and to create a community of inquiry among themselves.

1. V. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning

2. Plato, The Last Days of Socrates

3. The Holy Bible (I have ordered the "personal study edition"

of the New American Bible as one of the most helpful but, if

you wish to use another, please feel free to do so.)

4. Arthur Nolan, Jesus Before Christianity

5. John Macmurray, Persons in Relation

6. M. Himes, Doing the Truth in Love

7. Hannah Arendt, The Human Condition

8. Assorted Articles and Videos

1. Regular Class Participation

2. Pulse Field Project

3. Strongly recommended: Keeping of a journal (on loose-leaf) which

records your experiences in placements and your reactions to the

videos as well as assorted class exercises.

4. Weekly discussion group

5. Two reflection papers (app. 5-7 pages) on assigned topics (one

due in October, another in November before Thanksgiving)

6. Final exam (Friday, Dec. 20: 9 AM)

Course Grade: The commitment which you make in signing up for Pulse comprises both an academic and a service component. 40% of your grade will be determined by your work in the placement; 60% will be based on academic work. The academic grade will be established by your two papers and your final exam. Class participation will raise or reduce the grade up to a full grade level. More than two unexcused absences from class or discussion group will result in failure for the course.

Part I: Searching for Meaning: Frankl's Man's Search for

Meaning

A.The Holocaust

B.The Question of Responsibility

C.Philosophical Thinking: Socrates in Apology

Part II:Theological Thinking and Philosophy of Religion

A.Book of Job

B.Jesus of Nazareth (Bible and Nolan, Jesus Before

Christianity).

C.Persons in Relation by J. Macmurray.

Part III: Turning Life into Philosophy

H. Arendt, The Human Condition

Part IV:Experiences of World & Spirit: M. Himes, Doing the Truth

Love

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1. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning (Part 1:"Experiences

in a Concentration Camp")

2. Plato, The Last Days of Socrates: The Apology(pp. 43-76);

selections from Crito and Phaedo