Don Becker –

Assistant Dean of Liberal Arts: Humanities and Communications

Associate Professor of Philosophy

 

Biography

Colgate University, BA
University of Pennsylvania, PhD

Teaching Philosophy

Through a combination of lecture and class discussion, I seek to help students further their ability to:

1. Gain knowledge from readings and class presentations
2. Understand complex sets of interrelated ideas
3. Express those ideas clearly in writing

Areas of Interest

Political Philosophy
Ethics
Kant

Courses Taught at ACC

PHIL-1301: Introduction to Philosophy
PHIL-2306: Ethics
PHIL-2303: Logic
PHIL-2307: Social and Political Philosophy
PHIL-2321: Philosophy of Religion

Courses Taught Elsewhere

Medical Ethics
Political Philosophy
History of Modern Philosophy
Kant’s and Hegel’s Moral and Political Philosophy
Seminars on topics related to Kant