PHIL 181: Philosophy and the Science of Human Nature
25 Lectures · Jan 1, 2011
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Philosophy and the Science of Human Nature pairs central texts from Western philosophical tradition (including works by Plato, Aristotle, Epictetus, Hobbes, Kant, Mill, Rawls, and Nozick) with recent findings in cognitive science and related fields. The course is structured around three intertwined sets of topics: Happiness and Flourishing; Morality and Justice; and Political Legitimacy and Social Structures.
Course Homepage: [[http://oyc.yale.edu/philosophy/phil-181#overview]]
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Lecture 1 - Introduction
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Lecture 2 - The Ring of Gyges: Morality and Hypocrisy
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Lecture 3 - Parts of the Soul I
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Lecture 4 - Parts of the Soul II
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Lecture 5 - The Well-Ordered Soul: Happiness and Harmony
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Lecture 6 - The Disordered Soul: Thémis and PTSD
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Lecture 8 - Flourishing and Detachment
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Lecture 9 - Virtue and Habit I
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Lecture 10 - Virtue and Habit II
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Lecture 11 - Weakness of the Will and Procrastination
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Lecture 12 - Utilitarianism and its Critiques
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Lecture 14 - The Trolley Problem
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Lecture 15 - Empirically-informed Responses
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Lecture 13 - Deontology
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Lecture 16 - Philosophical Puzzles
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Lecture 18 - Punishment II
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Lecture 19 - Contract & Commonwealth: Thomas Hobbes
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Lecture 20 - The Prisoner's Dilemma
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Lecture 21 - Equality
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Lecture 17 - Punishment I
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Lecture 22 - Equality II
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Lecture 23 - Social Structures
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Lecture 24 - Censorship
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Lecture 25 - Tying up Loose Ends
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Lecture 26 - Concluding Lecture
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