POV 2602 - Poverty, Equity and Empathy

Crosslisted With PHIL 2602
Prerequisite: POV 1001
FDR: Humanities (HU)
Credits: 3

What role, if any, should the increasingly common, yet contested, concepts of “equity” and “empathy” play in understanding and addressing poverty and inequality in ways that respect the dignity of every person? This course asks students to define, examine, and evaluate both concepts as tools for working toward a more just world. Students will apply the concepts to an inequity or inequality important to them.