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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
- gay marriage
- sexuality
- pornography
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This course is a study of free will. It explores the main topic through the lenses of the consequence argument, unavoidability, law breaking, libertarianism, the concept of the person, moral responsibility, action, intention, choice, social psychology, and addiction.
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- linguistics and philosophy
- free will
- mind-body problem
- personal identity
- causation
- modal metaphysics
- libertarianism
- time travel
- choice
- freedom
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