GWST 258 - Philosophy, Race, and Gender (3)

This course considers challenges to a central assumption of Western Philosophy: that theories of rational and ethical judgements ought not consider personal characteristics of agents such as their race and gender. The key challenges are that such judgments neither can nor should be separated from such personal characteristics, and that failure to attend to these characteristics not only results in inaccurate conceptions of science, ethics, and other normative disciplines, but also leads to unjust contempt for already marginalized persons. (Spring)

Grading: Graded/Satisfactory Unsatisfactory/Audit
Course ID: 50133
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Arts and Humanities (GEP)
Also Listed As: PHIL 258