Social Philosophy

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

I get it. Philosophy can be dry, inapplicable, and even boring. In Social Philosophy, we dive into topics that are current, in the news, and relevant to you. Social Philosophy takes philosophical theories and shows how they apply to topics like immigration, sports, feminism, and gender. The course will be divided into three sections. We will start with social metaphysics and talk about what groups are, whether groups can be responsible for things, gender, and disability. Then, we will do social epistemology and talk about testimony, epistemic injustice, the relationship between testimony and faith, and how we should respond when people disagree with us. The biggest part of the course will be on social ethics, where we will cover topics like our duties to help the poor/give to charity, immigration, war, sports, social media, and abortion. The class will be discussion based. There will be two papers, and each will require a rough draft or outline. There will also be a final evaluation of some sort (i.e. exam or project).