PHIL 291
Violence: Its Trajectory and Its Causes Spring 2015
Division II Writing Skills
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This tutorial examines Steven Pinker’s The Better Angels of our Nature. Why Violence Has Declined (2011). We focus first on the controversial theses that–despite two world wars and the Holocaust–the twentieth century was not the most violent so far, and that, over the entire course of history, human beings have become decreasingly violent. We then turn to the book’s explanations of the factors it identifies as leading us to be violent–our “inner demons” and as curbing our violence–our “better angels.”
The Class: Format: tutorial
Limit: 10
Expected: 10
Class#: 3536
Grading: OPG
Requirements/Evaluation: tutorial papers and responses to partner's tutorial papers, in alternating weeks; participation in tutorial discussions
Extra Info: may not be taken on a pass/fail basis
Prerequisites: none
Enrollment Preferences: Philosophy majors and potential majors
Distributions: Division II Writing Skills
Attributes: JLST Interdepartmental Electives
PHIL Contemporary Value Theory Courses

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