Food, Sex, and the Good Life

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In this course we will reflect philosophically and ethically upon two basic desires that human beings have in common with other animals: the desire for food and sexual desire. We will explore the distinctive ways that these desires are understood and pursued within our human form of life as rational, linguistic, meaning-seeking animals. We will especially consider how these desires are shaped by strong evaluative meanings such that they can be seen as part of a normatively higher, nobler, more meaningful way of life; in short, as part of 'the good life'. Satisfies Magis Core: Intersections. P: Philosophical Ideas.