Course Catalog

Use the following Search to find information regarding courses at College of the Atlantic.  You can search by Resource Area, Instructor, or Text.

Resource Area Instructor Search Text All Resource Areas Arts and Design Educational Studies Environmental Sciences Human Studies Multi-Disciplinary Museum Studies Visvader, JohnAll Instructors Anderson, John Andrews, Nancy Beal, Elmer Bennett, Michael Berquist, Pete Borden, Rich Brechlin, Earl Capers, Colin Carpenter, JoAnne Carpenter, William Cass, Don Cline, Ken Colbert, Dru Cooper, John Cox, Gray Cox, Judith Creevey, Lucy Demeo, Anna DeWolfe, George Drennan, Matthew Feldman, Dave Hathaway, William Havsall, Lynn Heinz, Christine Hersey, Sue Hess, Helen Hill, Ken Little-Siebold, Todd Longsworth, Gordon Mancinelli, Isabel McKown, Jamie McMullen, Ernie McNally, Jay Morse, Suzanne Olday, Fred Pena, Karla Petersen, Chris Planchart, Antonio Rajakaruna, Nishanta (Nishi) Ressel, Stephen Sanborn, Kelley Sellers, Lucy Bell Stabinsky, Doreen Staff, Stover, Candice Swann, Scott Tai, Bonnie Taylor, Davis Todd, Sean Turok, Katharine Vande Berg, Camille Visvader, John Waldron, Karen

Meets the following requirements: HS   

In this course we consider problems concerning the nature of ethics and the explanation of behavior as they arose in Greek philosophy and culture and as they are considered in contemporary discussions of ethics.  The main text is M. Nussbaum's The Fragility of Goodness, and the writings of Plato, Aristotle, and the Greek dramatists are also explored.

Level: Intermediate/Advanced.  Prerequisites: Two philosophy courses or permission of the instructor.  Class limit: 15.  *HS*