Introduction to Philosophy: Ethics and Politics

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

Aristotle wrote that an effect of law is to make people good. In this course, we will examine the relationship between the good of individual persons and the goodness of societies. Readings will range from Plato and Aristotle, through Aquinas, and into the Enlightenment and important 20th-century figures. Course requirements will be four short papers and a final project.