Description: |
This course introduces learners to some of the principal Western conceptions of human nature and how these conceptions give rise to and affect ethical issues.
Specific course topics include the human aspiration to improve human nature, the scientific view and approach to human nature, the relation between bodies and minds (souls), how we change over the course of our lives and yet still remain “ourselves,” and the character and dignity of human beings. Interdisciplinary readings range from the ancient Greeks to the twenty-first century. |
