PHIL1721 · Complex Problems and Enduring Questions
Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences
This is an Enduring Questions course and is open to FRESHMEN only. You must take ENGL1728 with this course. "What role and significance does work have in flourishing lives and good societies?" This course pair offers Boston College students the opportunity to reflect on the significance and meaning of the human activity of work an activity that is likely to occupy a large portion of their lives. Around the globe, politicians promise "good jobs," and scholars discuss automation and "the future of work." But what is a good job? What form of value is most central to work as a part of a good lifefinancial reward? social purpose? personal fulfillment? How do individuals and communities understand and achieve justice and meaning at work?
Course experience
Averages use the original five-point historical evaluation scale.
Organization
4.1 / 5
How well the course was organized
Challenge
4.7 / 5
How intellectually challenging students found it
Attendance
4.8 / 5
How necessary attendance was
Assignments
4.5 / 5
How helpful assignments were
Weekly effort
~5
hours per week
Estimated from the original workload response buckets. Individual sections may differ.
Instructor options
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Across time
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Fall 2023
2 sectionsFall 2021
1 section