Depravity and Progress

Syllabus

Schedule

Class Presentations

J. Glover's homepage

K. A. Appiah's homepage

Useful Links

Gapminder - Hans Rosling's dynamic representation of trends

Pathe Newsreels

Announcements

Paper Topics

Reviews of Glover's Humanity

Steven Pinker (NYT)

N. Lezard (Guardian)

B. Mulvey (Metapsychology)

Reviews of Appiah's The Honor Code

Jonathan Haidt (NYT)

Simon Blackburn (Guardian)

Matthew Pianalto (TPM)

Paul Berman (Slate)

In the News

Peter Singer's review of Steven Pinker's The Better Angels of our Nature: Why Violence has Declined

Faruki exhibition: Images of War at a Distance

D. Brooks,"The limits of empathy" (NYT)

B. Carey, "Becoming compassionately numb" (NYT)

Marital status & income

J. Atlas, "Super People" (NYT)

Stanford Encyclopedia

of Philosophy

Internet Encyclopedia

of Philosophy

Online Dictionary

of Philosophy

"they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more"

(Isaiah, 2:4)