PHI 395-01 - Advanced Special Topic: Greek Ethical Thought

4 credits (Spring)

Cross-listed as: CLS 395-01. The development of ancient Greek thinking about the goals of life and the motivations toward or away from them. Extensive study of Plato and Aristotle, with comparative material from Greek literature and from other Greek philosophers as well as from Roman writers who adopt Greek moral ideas. Some present-day revisiting of Greek approaches to ethics.

Prerequisite: CLS 231, CLS 263, PHI 231, PHI 263, or POL 263; with grade S, C, or better. HUM 101 with grade S, C, or better recommended.
Instructor: J. Cummins