PHIL 7006 - Advanced Topics in Value Theory

This course provides an advanced approach to a selected topic of current research significance in value theory and practical philosophy. The fields are broadly construed to include ethics, aesthetics, metaethics, moral psychology, decision theory, social and political philosophy, and the history of these topics. Annually, different staff members with expertise in various fields of philosophical inquiry will lead small groups of students through carefully devised curricula on a selected topic. Through the seminars and the written assessment students will acquire a sound understanding of the selected topic and the central points of controversy, and will be supported in constructing rigorous arguments to support one or more key philosophical claims concerning the topic.