Classes

    Global Feminisms (Gen Ed 1036)

    Semester: 

    Fall

    Offered: 

    2020


    How do we combat global forms of gendered oppression, from patriarchy, racism, to sexual violence?

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    Durba Mitra

    Empowered Enslaved Woman

     

    Feminism shapes the world we live in today. Debates about women's and sexual rights define almost every public debate today -- from sexual harassment, to electoral politics, to development, public health, human rights, and political protest. But when, and where, did ideas of women's equal rights and liberation emerge?... Read more about Global Feminisms (Gen Ed 1036)

    Confronting COVID-19: Science, History, Policy (Gen Ed 1170)

    Semester: 

    Fall

    Offered: 

    2020


    How do pandemics end?

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    Allan M. Brandt and Ingrid Katz

    We are living in a world radically reshaped by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. This course will investigate the wide range of questions raised by the pandemic, its impact and significance. We will also examine how diseases raise fundamental issues for science, policy, and society.... Read more about Confronting COVID-19: Science, History, Policy (Gen Ed 1170)

    Justice: Ethics in an Age of Pandemic and Racial Reckoning (Gen Ed 1171)

    Semester: 

    Fall

    Offered: 

    2020


    What is a just society, and how should we contend with the ethical choices posed by this moment of pandemic and racial reckoning?

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    Michael Sandel

    This course explores classical and contemporary theories of justice and applies them to the ethical issues raised by the COVID-19 pandemic. For example: Should we be willing to accept a certain number of deaths to re-open economic activity? Should the state use surveillance tracking of citizens to enforce social distancing? Is it wrong to pay people to submit to certain risks, such as testing new vaccines? What, if anything, does the experience of the pandemic suggest about how our economy and society should be organized? 

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