PHIL103 — Radical Ideas: Today’s Social Debates
PHIL 103 - Radical Ideas: Today’s Social Debates PHIL 103 - Radical Ideas: Today’s Social Debates 5 Credits In this course, we examine pressing social issues of our time that affect the way we live and vote. Students will use philosophical concepts, theories, and skills to make sense of these issues and to think critically about them. Topics may include fake news and echo chambers, free speech and hate speech, campaign finance reform, gerrymandering, immigration and borders, terrorism, democracy, climate change, healthcare, gun control, organ markets, effective altruism, privacy, and others. Fees Quarters Typically all Day, Online Winter Day, Online Spring Day, Online Designed to Serve Students seeking Humanities Area 1 distribution credit; students needing AA credit; Running Start students; students with an interest in philosophy; students interested in public policy, politics, economics, ethics; general students. Active Date 20240401T16:19:08 Grading Basis Decimal Grade Class Limit 24 Lecture 55 Total Degree Distributions: AA Humanities Area I Course Outline 1- PHILOSOPHICAL CONCEPTS, THEORIES, & SKILLS Arguments Distributive Justice & Wellbeing E.g., Mill, Rawls, Nozick, Cohen, Singer Property E.g., Hobbes, Locke, Marx, Schmidtz Markets, Labor, Exchange, Public Goods E.g., Smith, Hayek, Gibbard, Cowen Cost-Benefit Analysis E.g., Frank, Nussbaum, Sen Paternalism E.g., Conly, Flanigan 2 - CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL ISSUES Topics may include: fake news and echo chambers free speech