Non-violence as a Way of Life
Addresses the philosophical question of what a non-violent life entails. Investigates its ethical dimensions and challenges, and considers whether we can derive a comprehensive moral theory from the principle of non-violence. Discusses the issues of lying, the duty to forgive, non-violent communication, the ethics of our relationship to anger, the possibility of loving enemies, and the ethics of punishment and rehabilitation. Includes readings from primary exponents of non-violence, such as Tolstoy, Gandhi and King.
Fall 2018
This course addresses the philosophical question of what a non-violent life entails. It investigates its ethical dimensions and challenges, and considers whether we can derive a comprehensive moral theory from the principle of non-violence. In addition, it discusses the issues of lying, the duty to forgive, non-violent communication, the ethics of our relationship to anger, the possibility of loving enemies, and the ethics of punishment and rehabilitation. Readings are included from primary exponents of non-violence, such as Tolstoy, Gandhi, and King. This course is part of the {{% resource_link "22e6214e-9034-4b5a-9239-131802c5f921" "Experimental Study Group" %}} at MIT.
Prerequisites & course information
Prereq: None U (Fall) Not offered regularly; consult department 3-0-9 units. HASS-H; CI-H Credit cannot also be received for ES.9114
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- MIT OpenCourseWare ↗Fall 2018
- Historical MIT OpenCourseWare offering. Named reading entries and schedule topics are automatically extracted from the linked source pages.