Contemporary Issues
Prerequisite: Students must have taken at least two philosophy courses.
Study of a selected topic in some area of contemporary philosophy.
Outcomes: Students will be able to understand and articulate philosophical problems and answers regarding the selected topic.
Philosophy of Love and Sex
Prerequisite: Students must have taken at least two philosophy courses.
Study of a selected topic in some area of contemporary philosophy.
Outcomes: Students will be able to understand and articulate philosophical problems and answers regarding the selected topic.
Prerequisite: Students must have taken at least two philosophy courses.
For better or worse, questions of love and sex shape our lives. Desire, attraction, romance, friendship, intimacy, or the lack of these things, all orient our experience of ourselves, others, and the world around us. Love and sex weave through and connect our personal lives and political positions, what we buy, who we respect, and how we view human nature and history. That said, love and sex are by no means uncomplicated. What, exactly, is love? Why is it so important to us? Should it be? Are all loves the same? What is, or counts as, sex? How should we navigate our relationships to it, or to sexual identity, dating, marriage, or hookup culture? How is sex affected by, and does sex affect, our ethics, politics, or what we know? In this course we¿ll explore these and other philosophical questions around love and sex, blending contemporary issues with the perspectives of philosophers past and present.
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