PHIL 13.03 The British Moralists
During the late Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries, Britain was the site of especially vigorous and fertile debates about some central issues in moral philosophy. This course explores those debates, including: the nature of moral judgment, the objectivity of moral principles, the dynamics of the moral sentiments, the motivational potential of moral responses, the freedom of the will, and the moral characteristics of the sexes.
Prerequisite
One Philosophy course, or permission of the instructor.