The Good Life Between Religion and Politics

RELIGIOUS STUDIES 210

What constitutes a life well lived? Where do we turn for the answers to that question? And do we ask it in the plural, "we," or as individuals? This course considers the way religious and political thought has shaped considerations of the classical ethical question of how we should live, and the way that ethics has often served to connect religion and politics in thought and practice. Do we need a religious basis to answer ethical questions, or can we determine how to live without religious sources of authority? On what basis, and with what capacities, can we imagine new answers to ethical questions-in community or on our own? Taking a philosophical approach through both classic and modern texts, we will consider of a range of answers to the question of how we should live, and a range of strategies for imagining the inquiry. This course satisfies the introductory course requirement for the minor in religion and politics.
Course Attributes: EN H; BU Eth; AS HUM; FA HUM; AR HUM

Section 01

The Good Life Between Religion and Politics
INSTRUCTOR: Bialek
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