Philosophy 257 - Critical Approaches in Ethical Theory

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Haverford College

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HU J.Miller Following Hegel's critique of Kantian morality, some theorists have abandoned the search for the holy grail of ethics - a transcendental and universal formula for determining good and evil. Instead they have attempted to revalue the nature of value. This course examines these pragmatist, psychoanalytic, and poststructuralist efforts to redefine ethics as irreducibly inflected through history, subjectivity, and language. In tracing the conditions for and limitations of ethics, we shall think deeply about concepts such as community, agency, and responsibility. Authors include, Rorty, Freud, Derrida, Lyotard, and Irigaray.

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3.00

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www.haverford.edu

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(610) 896-1000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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