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Philosophical World Views and Values - Nine Key Perspectives
Introduction to the Class
Welcome to World Views and Values​
Video - Welcome To This Class
About Me - The Course Builder and Instructor
Contact and Interaction with The Instructor
Texts and Readings For This Class
Questions About the Class - Post Them Here
For Additional Help
Some Preliminaries - About Philosophy As A Field
Can Philosophy Be Defined?
A Few Common Approaches in Philosophy Today
Common Elements of Philosophical Work
Distinguishing Fields and Fundamental Issues Within Philosophy
Understanding Genre for Philosophical Works
Philosophy as Ongoing Conversation
Section 1: Plato's Republic (selections)
Overview of Section: Ancient Period - Plato
Video Lecture 1 - Introduction - Themes, Genre, Context
Video Lecture 2 - Plato on Origins of Human Communities
Video Lecture 3 - Developing The Guardians
Video Lecture 4 - Plato on Parts of the Human Soul
Video Lecture 5 - Plato on the Cardinal Virtues
Video Lecture 6 - Plato on Who Should Rule Down in the Cave?
Lesson Page - Human Needs and the Origin of Cities
Lesson Page - Selecting and Educating Plato's Guardians
Lesson Page - Justice and the Other Virtues
Lesson Page - Allegory of the Cave
Handout - The Origin of Human Communities
Handout - Virtue In General In The Republic
Handout - The Specific Virtues In the Republic
Handout - The Allegory of the Cave and Theory of the Forms
Questions for Reflection
Quiz on Plato's Republic - test your knowledge!
Section 2: Epictetus' Discourses (selections)
Overview of Section: Ancient Period - Epictetus
Video Lecture 1 - Introduction - Themes, Genre, Context
Video Lecture 2 - Epictetus on Where Philosophy Begins
Video Lecture 3 - Epictetus on What is in Our Power and What is Not
Video Lecture 4 - Epictetus on The Ruling Part, Rationality, and the Faculty of Choice
Video Lecture 5 - Epictetus on Providence, God(s), and Human Beings
Lesson Page - What Is In Our Power and What Isn't
Lesson Page - Rationality, Choice, and Progress
Lesson Page - Stoic Cosmopolitanism: Human Beings and Society
Lesson Page - The Stoic View on God, Providence, and the Cosmos
Handout - What Is and What Isn't In Our Power
Handout - Proleipseis (General Principles)
Handout - Roles, Relationships, and Duties
Handout - God, Providence, and Human Beings
Questions for Reflection
Quiz on Epictetus' Discourses - test your knowledge!
Section 3: Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy
Overview of Section: Medieval Period - Boethius
Video Lecture 1 - Introduction - Themes, Genre Content
Video Lecture 2 - Philosophy Personified
Video Lecture 3 - The Fickle Goods of Fortune
Video Lecture 4 - Human Desire for Happiness and the Genuine Good
Video Lecture 5 - The Workings of Providence and Evil as Privation
Video Lecture 6 - Divine Foreknowledge and Human Freedom
Lesson Page - The Human Person and Philosophy
Lesson Page - Goods That Don't Really Satisfy
Lesson Page - The Genuine Good For Human Beings
Lesson Page - Providence, Divine Foreknowledge, and Human Free Will
Handout - The Goods of Fortune and Human Happiness
Handout - The Good and Human Happiness
Handout - Degrees of Being and Modes of Knowledge
Questions for Reflection
Quiz on Boethius' Consolation - test your knowledge!
Section 4: Rene Descartes' Discourse on Method
Overview of Section: Early Modern Period - Descartes
Video Lecture 1 - Introduction - Themes, Genre Content
Video Lecture 2 - The Quest for Certainty
Video Lecture 3 - The Rules of Method and The Provisional Morality
Video Lecture 4 - From Methodological Doubt to Thinking Substance
Video Lecture 5 - God's Existence and Nature
Video Lecture 6 - Minds, Machines, and Animals
Lesson Page - The Cartesian Method In Philosophy
Lesson Page - Methodological Doubt, The Cogito, and Human Nature
Lesson Page - Descartes' God and the External World
Lesson Page - Human Beings, Animals, and Machines
Handout - Descartes' Education and Experiment
Handout - The Rules and Maxims
Handout - Methodological Doubt to Certainty
Handout - Descartes on Mind Body Interaction
Questions for Reflection
Quiz on Descartes' Discourse - test your knowledge!
Section 5: Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan (selections)
Overview of Section: Early Modern Period - Hobbes
Video Lecture 1 - Introduction - Themes, Genre Content
Video Lecture 2 - Materialism, Mechanism, and the Human Mind
Video Lecture 3 - The Passions in Leviathan
Video Lecture 4 - Hobbes' Views on Moral Philosophy
Video Lecture 5 - The State of Nature and Motives for Human Conflict
Video Lecture 6 - The Social Contract, Laws of Nature, and the Soveriegn
Lesson Page - Hobbes' Ideas About Ideas
Lesson Page - Morality's Ground In the Human Passions
Lesson Page - The State of Nature and Human Conflict
Lesson Page - Society, The Sovereign, and the Social Contract
Handout - Human Drives and Emotions
Handout - Reasons for Human Conflict
Handout - The Laws of Nature
Questions for Reflection
Quiz on Hobbes' Leviathan - test your knowledge!
Section 6: Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Discourse on The Origins of Inequality
Overview of Section: Modern Period - Rousseau
Video Lecture 1 - Introduction - Themes, Genre Content
Video Lecture 2 - The Overarching Argument of the Work
Video Lecture 3 - Human Beings in the Original State of Nature
Video Lecture 4 - Nature to Culture: Major Developments of Human Beings
Video Lecture 5 - Development of Human Moral Conceptions
Video Lecture 6 - Inevitable Inequality of Modern Civilizations
Lesson Page - The Original State of Human Nature
Lesson Page - The Origins of Human Civilization
Lesson Page - How Did Moral Conceptions Arise?
Lesson Page - Civilization and Growing Inequality
Handout - Rousseau's View of The State of Nature
Handout - Three Conditions for Human Beings
Handout - Development of Moral Conceptions
Questions for Reflection
Quiz on Rousseau's Discourse - test your knowledge!
Section 7: Mary Wollstonecraft's Vindication of the Rights of Women
Overview of Section: Modern Period - Wollstonecraft
Video Lecture 1 - Introduction - Themes, Genre Content
Video Lecture 2 - Inequality, Barbarism, and Civilization
Video Lecture 3 - Reason, Virtue, and the Perfection of Human Nature
Video Lecture 4 - Education and Miseducation of Women
Video Lecture 5 - Marriage, Love, and Friendship
Video Lecture 6 - Modesty as a Virtue
Lesson Page - Virtue, Reason, and Human Nature
Lesson Page - The Role of Education
Lesson Page - Reconsidering the "Feminine Virtues"
Lesson Page - Love, Marriage, and Friendship
Handout - Modesty, Humility, and Pride
Handout - Marriage, Love, and Friendship
Questions for Reflection
Quiz on Wollstonecraft's Vindication - test your knowledge!
Section 8: Karl Marx's Estranged Labor and Communist Manifesto
Overview of Section: 19th Century - Marx
Video Lecture 1 - Introduction - Themes, Genre Content
Video Lecture 2 - Four Modes of Alienation
Video Lecture 3 - Class Conflict and the Rise of the Bourgeoisie
Video Lecture 4 - Emergence of the Proletariat in Industrial Society
Video Lecture 5 - The Party, The Proletariat, and the Communist Project
Video Lecture 6 - Communist Criticism of Other Forms of Socialism
Lesson Page - The Modern Human Condition of Alienation
Lesson Page - Social Classes in Industrial Society
Lesson Page - Modern Bourgeois Society
Lesson Page - The Proletariat and the Communist Program
Handout - Four Modes of Alienation
Handout - Class Conflict in Different Eras
Handout - Bourgeoisie as a Revolutionary Class
Questions for Reflection
Forum For Discussing Key Ideas
Quiz on Marx's Estranged Labor and Communist Manifesto - test your knowledge!
Section 9: Martin Luther King's Letter from a Birmingham Jail and I Have a Dream
Overview of Section: 20th Century - King
Video Lecture 1 - Introduction - Themes, Genre Content
Video Lecture 2 - Racism, Inequality, and Segregation in America
Video Lecture 3 - Just and Unjust Laws
Video Lecture 4 - Non-Violent Action as a Means
Video Lecture 5 - Racial Justice as an End
Lesson Page - Racism, Inequality, and American Society
Lesson Page - Racism as a Moral Problem
Handout - Non-Violent Direct Action
Handout - Just and Unjust Laws
Questions for Reflection
Quiz on King's Letter and I Have a Dream - test your knowledge!
Wrapping Up
AMA Discussion Forum - Final Questions or Comments
Connecting with, Supporting the work of, or Booking Dr. Sadler
Texts and Readings For This Class
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