Units: 4
Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour; extra reading, 3 hours
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Prerequisites: concurrent enrollment in WRIT 040F; WRIT 020 with a grade of C or better or WRIT 020S with a grade of C or better or ENGL 001B with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor
Description: Approaches one of the basic questions of value: how should one live? Covers classical and contemporary discussions of issues such as the human good; human virtue; the role of pleasure and happiness; egoism and altruism; duty; the relativity and objectivity of value; the meaning of life; death; autonomy; integrity; and conscience. Fulfills the third- quarter writing requirement for students who earn a grade of “C” or better for courses that the Academic Senate designates, and that the student?s college permits, as alternatives to English 001C.
Credit: Credit is awarded for one of the following PHIL 003W, PHIL 003, or PHIL 003H.