<p>Seminar, four hours. How to combine judgment and emotions without them standing in way of justice, including our ability to listen and respond to pain of others. What should govern our political lives? Should it be our reason or our emotions? Or is there some way to combine the two? Exploration of these questions through debates on place of emotions in politics, from ancient to contemporary thinkers within philosophical framework. P/NP or letter grading.</p>

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Politics and Passion: Judgment, Justice, and Emotions

HNRS 25

5 units