From the Trojan War to the War on Terror: The Motives and Ethics of War

Undergraduate

A transdisciplinary team-taught course designed to engage students in an investigation of the motives and ethics of war from historical, biological, and psychological perspectives, using case studies to develop a template of the motives that lead to war and to formulate a set of ethical principles that should govern and prevent war. Sources range from ancient Greek epic to modern film documentaries. This course may be counted as a 3h elective or major credit in Classics or 3h elective credit in Biology.