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PHIL 218.00 Virtue Ethics 6 credits

Closed: Size: 25, Registered: 18, Waitlist: 0

Leighton 305

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11:10am12:20pm11:10am12:20pm12:00pm1:00pm
Synonym: 62591

Allison Murphy

What is a good human life? Who is a good person? From the time of Plato and Aristotle onwards, many philosophers have thought about these questions in terms of two central ideas. Virtues, such as justice or courage, make us a certain type of person (they give us a certain character). Wisdom enables us to make good judgments about how to act. How do virtue and wisdom work together to produce a good human life? Is a good life the same as a happy life? We will reflect on these and related questions as we read texts from Alasdair MacIntyre, Philippa Foot, and other significant thinkers in the contemporary virtue ethics tradition. We will also consider the application of virtue ethics to specific areas, such as environmental ethics, as well as the parallels between Western virtue ethics and the tradition of Confucianism in ancient China.

PHIL 400.00 Integrative Exercise 3 credits, S/CR/NC only

Open: Size: 15, Registered: 9, Waitlist: 0

Synonym: 62203

Allison Murphy

A colloquium in which seniors defend their senior theses and discuss the senior theses of others.

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