The Soul and the City: The Battle Over Human Nature

3 units · Undergraduate

This course explore the relationship between human nature and civic order. What picture of the human person does a good society presuppose? We begin with key statements from the history of philosophy (e.g., Plato, Aquinas, Descartes), and then consider contemporary debates about personhood, biology, scientism, and social life (e.g., Richard Dawkins, Mary Midgley, Roger Scruton).