RELI 85 - Comparative Religious Ethics

Institution:

Hofstra University

Subject:

Religion

Description:

Semester Hours: 3 Periodically An exploration of the ways in which three religious traditions attempt to guide their adherents' conduct by appealing to rules of action. Course begins by clarifying the notions of "ethics" and "religion." We then turn to three traditions-for example, the Navaho, the Gospel of Matthew, and to Theravada Buddhism, asking how each tradition conceives of the relation between religious and moral rules (we also ask whether that distinction is even helpful). While the student is asked to master a body of historical materials, the emphasis is philosophical throughout; we mainly want to understand how each tradition understands such basic notions as action, obligation, the moral authority of persons, deity or deities, and institutions, and the status of other religious and moral framewor

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.hofstra.edu

Phone Number:

(516) 463-6600

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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