PHIL 233 - T.M. Scanlon’s What We Owe To Each Other

Semester Offered: Fall
0.5 unit(s)

T.M. Scanlon’s What We Owe To Each Other is a landmark contribution to contemporary moral philosophy. Scanlon’s book aims to explain what we are arguing about when we debate whether an action is morally wrong. In the course of answering this question, Scanlon offers original approaches to a number of central philosophical topics, including the nature of reason and rationality, of value, and of individual wellbeing. We engage in a careful reading of this important book, as well as some philosophical responses to it. Mr. Seidman.

Prerequisite: one 100-level course in Philosophy.

Second six-week course.

Two 75-minute periods.