Course Catalog - 2003-2004

     

WGST 339 - FEMINIST PHILOSOPHY

Long Title:
Department: *Women and Gender Studies*
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Credit Hours: 3
Description: FEMINIST PHILOSOPHY ***** This course is an introduction to feminist philosophy, including texts by both historical and contemporary thinkers (e.g. Wollstonecrat, Mill, de Beauvoir, MacKinnon, Gilligan, Irigaray). We shall discuss both feminists' radical critiques of traditional values and beliefs, and feminist alternative views of justice, ethical judgment, and truth. ***** Also offered as PHIL 319.