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PHIL0990L: Moral Psychology

We all have our notions of good people, bad people, and ordinary people, but reality tends to defy these concepts. Many otherwise "nice," family loving, church going people voted for Hitler. On the other hand, people with very stupid or even evil views about what morality is sometimes turn out to be a lot better "in practice" than their smart counterparts who know Kant by heart. The same person may be very honest with her husband but very dishonest with the IRS and other authorities, brave in battle but scared of public speaking. This class will explore this complexity, touching upon topics like free will and rationality, and read attempts by contemporary philosophers to find some method in the mess.

Offered Spring, 2010 by the Philosophy department(s).

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