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Apr 28, 2024
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Goucher College 2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalogue PLEASE NOTE: This is an archived catalog. Programs are subject to change each academic year.
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PHL 106 - Ethics and Cognition (4)
This course is an introduction to ethical thought with particular attention given to conflicts that arise between individual interests and communal goods. How should we act in our relationships with others? How should we expect others to act with respect to ourselves? What exactly does it mean to say that an action is wrong? Our attempt to answer these questions will be guided not only by solutions found in classical philosophical texts, but also by advances in contemporary neuroscience which have transformed our understanding of ethically relevant matters such as free will, self-perception, and rational decision-making. What happens when the assumptions about human nature that underlie traditional morality are shown to be incorrect? And might our reconsideration of these assumptions be aided by non-western sources, especially those drawn from the Buddhist tradition.
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