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HU (Cross-listed in Gender and Sexuality Studies) K.Wright Different conceptions of the role of love and friendship in ethical life. Readings include ancient Greek philosophy (Plato's Symposium, and Aristotle's Nichomachean Ethics), modern European philosophy (Kant's Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals, and Mill's On the Subjection of Women), and contemporary postmodern and feminist philosophy (Derrida's The Politics of Friendship, and Irigaray's The Ethics of Sexual Difference).
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HU (Cross-listed in Gender and Sexuality Studies) K.Wright This course examines different conceptions of and solutions to the mind-body problem. Readings include ancient Greek Philosophy (Plato's Phaedrus, Phaedi, and Republic and Aristotle's On the Soul,) modern European philosophy (Descartes Meditations and Mediations and Spinoza's Ethics), and contemporary postmodern and feminist philosophy (Foucault s The History of Sexuality and Irigaray s Speculum of the Other Women).
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HU J.Yurdin An introduction to some of the central philosophical texts concerned with the idea of a good and successful human life. Issues dealt with include the role in a good life of virtues as states of character, of duty, of pleasure, and of happiness. Readings include Plato's Republic, Aristotle's Nichomachean Ethics, Paul's letters to the Romans and Galatians, Maimonides' Eight Chapters, Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, Mill's Utilitarianism, and Murdoch's The Sovereignty of Good.
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HU D.Macbeth An exploration of the question of the nature of a good human life. Readings include selections from Confucius's Analects, Plato's Euthyphro, Apology, and selections from Republic, selected books of Aristotle's Nichomachean Ethics, Kant's Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals, and Nietzsche's Genealogy of Morality.
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3.00 Credits
HU D.Macbeth An introduction to the history of our conception of ourselves as rational beings in the world through a close reading of central texts in the European tradition that address both the sorts of beings we are and the nature of the world as it is the object of our natural scientific knowledge.
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HU J.Miller The possibility of "doing good" in the world presumes that one can distinguish between good and bad actions, people, and consequences. But on what basis are we to make such distinctions What grounds, if anything, our definitions of good and bad How can we be certain that our actions, and thus our own selves, are not evil This course examines such concerns through a survey of the history of ethical philosophy. In digging up the "root of all good," we will consider as well questions of self-interest, justice, freedom, and duty. Readings include selections from Plato's Republic, Mill's Utilitarianism, Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, and Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil.
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HU J.Miller Theories of the relationship between the self and knowledge. Of particular importance will be the roles played by myth, dreams, and memory in that relationship. Readings include works by Plato, Descartes, Kant, and Freud.
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HU When we think about leading the "good life" what do we think of Does leading the "good life" imply being a good person How do we understand "good" in each of these senses Through a close reading of several key texts in the history of Western philosophy, we will examine philosophical conceptions of the good and explore their relevance for the possibility of achieving the good life. INTERMEDIATE LEVEL COURSES: These courses require one course at the 100 level or its equivalent, or consent of the instructor. 210 Plato HU J.Yurdin A close and interpretative reading of four to five selected dialogues of Plato. Emphasis is upon a philosophical interpretation of the theories offered by the dialogues concerning the nature of the good life, of human understanding, and of the general nature of being. Attention is also paid to the literary form of the dialogues and to the view of philosophical argument and understanding that emerges.
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HU J.Yurdin An analytic study of the main works of Aristotle. Particular attention is paid to the theory of being and substance developed in Aristotle's Metaphysics, to the theory of animal life developed in his treatise On the Soul, and to the understanding of good human action and choice developed in the Nicomachean Ethics. Primary emphasis is on the interpretation and understanding of the philosophical arguments that are elaborated in these works.
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3.00 Credits
HU Staff A close analytical reading of selected texts from 17th-century European philosophy. Particular attention is given to Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy and to Spinoza's Ethics. Emphasis is upon an interpretive understanding of the theories of these texts concerning human consciousness and cognition, as well as of their more general theories concerning the nature of human beings in the world.
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