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Published by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Language: English
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This course will focus on issues that arise in contemporary public debate concerning matters of social justice. Topics will likely include: euthanasia, gay marriage, racism and racial profiling, free speech, hunger and global inequality. Students will be exposed to multiple points of view on the topics and will be given guidance in analyzin
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- linguistics and philosophy
- pleasure
- desire
- satisfaction
- objectivity
- environmentalism
- animal rights
- immortality
- egoism
- skepticism
- relativism
- toleration
- utilitarianism
- deontology
- virtue
- moral theory
- global justice
- equality
- social justice
- race
- gender
- poverty
- sex
- welfare
- freedom
- death penalty
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This course is an examination of philosophical theories of action and motivation in the light of empirical findings from social psychology, sociology, and neuroscience. Topics include belief, desire, and moral motivation; sympathy and empathy; intentions and other committing states; strength of will and weakness of will; free will; addictio
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- linguistics and philosophy
- action
- motivation
- social psychology
- sociology
- belief
- desire
- moral motivation
- sympathy
- empathy
- intention
- will
- addiction
- resolution
- rationality
- identification
- autonomy
- egoism
- altruism
- intentions
- humean theory of motivation
- willing
- wanting
- waiting
- weakness
- akrasia
- self-control
- temptation
- self-regulation
- free will
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