Jul 12, 2025  
2021-2022 General/Graduate Catalog - Expires August 2027 
    
2021-2022 General/Graduate Catalog - Expires August 2027 [Archived Catalog]

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PHRE 356 - Philosophy of Action


This course examines some of the many philosophical questions surrounding the nature of action. Among the topics we explore are free will and determinism, weak-willed action, what makes a bodily movement an action, the role our desires and intentions play in the actions we perform, moral responsibility for our actions, autonomy, and practical reasoning.

Credit(s): 3
Course Attribute(s):  

  • Honors Scholar Course.
  • Some sections of this course are writing-enhanced.
  • Arts & Humanities Perspectives course for the Dialogues.



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