Mark Twain: Personal Philosophy and Moral Psychology

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This course studies Mark Twain as a social critic and moral educator and examines the personal philosophy that he brought to his writings. In context of Rawls’ moral psychology, course topics include Twain’s critiques of moral determinism, conventional religion, creationism, as well as the moral sense in human morality, adultery, hypocrisy, patriotism, superstition, religious intolerance and persecution.