PHIL 20415 - Morality and Modernity, Spring 2008
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Morality and Modernity
Professor David Solomon, Ph.D. Department of Philosophy Course Structure: Three 50-minute classes per week; two lectures and a discussion seminar. Prerequisites: None. |
Jeremy Mulvey, Champ's Last Memo, 2003. Used with permission. All rights reserved.
Course Description
This course explores the nature of modern morality through an examination of the work of Alasdair MacIntyre and Charles Taylor. We will read MacIntyre's groundbreaking account of emergence of modern morality, After Virtue, and compare his interpretation of the morality of modernity with that offered by Charles Taylor in The Ethics of Authenticity. We will also read works by Immanuel Kant and Friedrich Nietzsche, two thinkers whose ideas have powerfully shaped the moral culture of the modern world.
History of the Course
Professor Solomon first taught Morality and Modernity in 1995, and the course has been offered at Notre Dame in almost every subsequent year. Since 2006, Professor Solomon has co-taught the course with Peter Wicks, a Ph.D. student in the Philosophy Department. The materials here are based on the version of the course offered in the Spring of 2008.
Course Contents
PHIL 20415 - Lectures , Spring 2008
PHIL 20415 - About Professor Solomon , Spring 2008
PHIL 20415 - Syllabus , Spring 2008
PHIL 20415 - Champ's Last Memo , Spring 2008
PHIL 20415 - About Peter Wicks , Spring 2008
PHIL 20415 - Calendar , Spring 2008
PHIL 20415 - Suggested Further Reading , Spring 2008
PHIL 20415 - Discussion Questions , Spring 2008
PHIL 20415 - Solomon , Spring 2008
PHIL 20415 - Peter Wicks picture , Spring 2008
PHIL 20415 - Slides , Spring 2008
