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Course Schedule - Fall Semester 2025
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FWIS 178 001 (CRN: 15641)
GOD, SUFFERING, AND MORALITY
Long Title: DEBATING THE PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION: GOD, SUFFERING, RATIONALITY, AND MORALITY
Department: First-Year Writing Intensive
Instructor: Saenz, Victor
Meeting: 10:50AM - 12:05PM TR (25-AUG-2025 - 5-DEC-2025)
Part of Term: First Year Writing
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 3
Course Syllabus:
Course Materials: Rice Campus Store
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Undergraduate Professional
Visiting Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Section Max Enrollment: 16
Section Enrolled: 0
Enrollment data as of: 11-AUG-2025 8:50AM
Final Exam: No Final Exam
Description: Can reason show that there is a God? Does the existence of radical suffering give us good reasons to affirm atheism? Can religious commitment be rational? What is the relationship between God and morality? This class will focus on discussing and evaluating various sides of such questions--theism, atheism, etc.--fair-mindedly.