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Sep 01, 2025
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Fall 2025 Health Sciences Catalog
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HCB 517 - The Problem of Evil: Philosophical, Biological, and Social Dimensions
What is the nature of evil? Can it be the result of brain malfunction, something that is genetically predetermined? Or, is evil something which is part of or at least necessary to know the good? Alternatively, is evil an arbitrary designation, a perspective from which we can wrest ourselves given the right sort of reinvention? In this class, we shall address the problem of evil from scientific, social-scientific, and philosophical perspectives, using fiction and non-fictional sources. Examples of medical evil, such as the Nazi doctors or Tuskeegee, can be introduced as case studies.
3 credits
Grading Letter graded (A, A-, B+, etc.)
Offered Offered in Spring
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