Third Millenium Ethics: New Trends in Living the Good Life

Undergraduate / Graduate

This seminar focuses on contemporary developments in the study of Religious Ethics with an aim to foster professional development in the classroom and beyond. Our primary goal is to labor towards a better sense of the development of Religious Ethics as an inter- and multi-disciplinary endeavor of capturing a life lived well. We will hence consider recent books dealin with intersecting issues ranging from democratic theory, racism, and the comparative study of ethics to virtue, gender, and the environment. Along the way, we will develop critical professional skills. To that end the semester includes student-led seminar discussions, assessments of problems in the field, and culminates in the writing of a publishable book review that is attentive to the most recent developments in the study of Religious Ethics.