PHL 122 - Ethics and Literature

Institution:

Connecticut State Community College Norwalk

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Description:

Prerequisite: ENG 101. 3 credits formerly PL 205 Ethics in Literature This is a course structured to investigate by means of lecture, literary criticism and Socratic dialogue - the nature, theories, methods and issues of ethics through the prism of literary narrative. Works from authors such as Leo Tolstoy, Jhumpa Lahira, Victor Hugo, Ursula LeGuin and Nathaniel Hawthorne will be used to focus attention onto issues such as the Struggle of Good and Evil; Does Life Have Meaning Beyond Mere Survival?; What is the Purpose of the Individual Autonomy?; and What is the Purpose of Sex, Love and Marriage?

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.ncc.commnet.edu

Phone Number:

(203) 857-7060

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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