PHIL 3304 is also offered in Fall 2024
PHIL 3304 is also offered in Fall 2023
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Fall 2023 | PHIL 3304 Section 001: Law and Morality (21068)
- Instructor(s)
- No instructor assigned
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
UMTC, West Bank
Virtual Rooms NORMREQD
- Enrollment Status:
Closed (0 of 35 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- What is law? Must true laws be just? When (if ever) are civil disobedience or legal punishment morally justified? Do good laws incorporate (or legislate) morality? Consider and debate these issues using philosophical texts, case law, and the occasional novel.
- Class Description:
- This class examines the relationship between law and morality by looking at the works of several prominent legal scholars and philosophers including John Austin, Saint Thomas Aquinas, H.L.A. Hart, Jeremy Bentham, and others. We will also apply the theories they put forward to various prominent court decisions.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/21068/1239
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 November 2015
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