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Lecture notes for introduction to philosophy (focused on value theory)

This is a set of lecture notes for a course called "Introduction to Philosophy," focused on value theory (ethics, social and political philosophy, the good life, etc.). This particular course was centred on the questions: What is philosophy and what is its value? What have philosophers said about this, and what are some contemporary philosophers doing beyond teaching philosophy?...

Keywords:: Stoics, Socrates, Singer, Plato, Nussbaum, philosophy, Epicurus, Stoicism, utilitarianism

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Material Type:: Presentation
Date Added to MERLOT:: February 14, 2015
Date Modified in MERLOT:: October 28, 2022
Author:: Christina Hendricks, University of British Columbia-Vancouver
Submitter:: Christina Hendricks
Primary Audience:: College General Ed, College Lower Division
Technical Format:: Website

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Technical Requirements:: Some of these are in MS Word format, some are in PDF format, and some are links to Power Point slides.
Language:: English
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Creative Commons:: This work is licensed under a Attribution 2.5 Canada