Jun 09, 2026  
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SCAR 3ET3 - Ethics of Hope and Despair

3 unit(s)

This course explores how ethical value is shaped and contested now in the face of disasters near and far. Grounded in ethnographic studies of specific ethical traditions (religious and secular), course topics may include the problem of suffering, the cultivation of virtue, and the looming climate apocalypse.
Seminar (three hours); one term
Prerequisites: Three units of Level I Anthropology or three units of Level I SCAR or permission of the instructor
Cross-list(s): ANTHROP 3ET3  



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