Love, Marriage and Philosophy – Upper Level Undergraduate Course
In this course we will examine the works and personal lives of John Stuart Mill, Harriet Taylor, John Paul Sartre and Simone De Beauvior. We will take a close look at how these thinkers–two of them British and two of them French (both of them couples)–lived, thought, worked, did philosophy and how their work has influenced contemporary culture. We will look at how different yet similar forms of relationships shaped the course of Modern History. We will discuss singular texts associated with each thinker and discuss these texts.
TEXT IDEAS
The Second Sex – Simone De Beauvior
On Liberty – J.S. Mill
No Exit – John Paul Sartre
On the Subjection of Women – J.S. Mill
Sex and Social Justice – Martha Nussbaum
Introduction to Philosophy Topic Ideas
- Epistemology and Knowing
- Science, Math and Logic
- Metaphysics and Being
- Phenomenology and Ontology
- Ethics
- Social and Political Philosophy
- Aesthetics
