POV 2401 - Poverty, Ethics, and Religion

Crosslisted With PHIL 2516
FDR: Humanities (HU)
Credits: 3

This course introduces students to some of the most influential and compelling ethical arguments (both secular and religious) about our moral obligations regarding poverty. The course also examines the benefits and challenges of doing comparative religious and philosophical ethical analysis of a pressing moral and social problem. In particular, students will consider the arguments for and against including religiously inflected arguments in public deliberation about anti-poverty policy.