Core Readings in Practical Philosophy is one of three mandatory Core Readings courses.
Instructor
dr. Joel Anderson
Block
3
Course goals
By focusing on a range of key texts in practical philosophy, course serves to advance participants’ ability to engage in a sustained, critical, and systematic manner with pivotal texts in the fields of ethical theory, political philosophy, normative ethics, philosophical anthropology, and/or moral psychology and to develop an independent point of view on the philosophical issues raised in these texts. Students become familiar with the “state of the art” in the field, especially as it relates to current research being done in the Utrecht department and recently published in leading philosophy journals.
Content
An examination of key texts in practical philosophy, including pivotal texts in the fields of ethical theory, political philosophy, normative ethics, philosophical anthropology, and/or moral psychology.
Links
Course Catalogue: FRRMV16003
Blackboard: n/a