PSYC5565 · Psychology
Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences
Drawing on experimental work with adults, children, and animals, this graduate seminar will explore the origins of virtue. This course is discussion-based and reading/writing intensive. Each meeting will focus on the origins of a different virtue such as justice, honesty, trustworthiness, and loyalty. Students will gain familiarity with evolutionary and developmental perspectives on virtue, will have a chance to develop their own empirical approaches to the study of virtue, and will have a chance to lead class discussions.
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4.8 / 5
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Challenge
4.7 / 5
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Attendance
4.9 / 5
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Assignments
4.9 / 5
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Weekly effort
~5
hours per week
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Fall 2023
1 sectionFall 2022
1 sectionFall 2021
1 sectionFall 2020
1 section