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Jeremy M. Fischer
PHIL 241
Seattle Campus
Introduction to ethics through in-depth study of one or more selected topics (e.g., limits of moral community, animal rights, moral education, and freedom). Topics vary.
Class description
Pride and self-respect (along with a cluster of related concepts such as dignity, self-esteem, and integrity) figure centrally in ethical life. In this class we will critically evaluate some of the many philosophical works that discuss these notions: works by classic authors like Aristotle, Augustine, Hume, Kant and Nietzsche, as well as by contemporary philosophers and psychologists. Two goals of the course will be for the student to understand both the relations between these different ideas, and the different (and sometimes opposed) perspectives one might take towards them.
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