Religion, Ethics & Philosophy
Existentialism
Religion, Ethics & Philosophy
Existentialism
What is the meaning of life? Does life have any meaning? Is traditional religion still relevant? Is God dead, or how do we live in a world where it appears God is absent? Focusing primarily on the 19th- and 20th-century literature of that group of writers...
Mysticism & Contemplative Traditions
Religion, Ethics & Philosophy
Mysticism & Contemplative Traditions
It has been said that all religions converge in the contemplative tradition – the great world illuminated by the swamis and yogis of Hinduism, the core meditation practices of the Buddha, the Kabbalist teachers of Judaism, the Sufis of Islam and the...
The Holocaust
Religion, Ethics & Philosophy
The Holocaust
How did the Holocaust happen? How could some people commit such heinous crimes, while others remained bystanders, and still others risked their lives to save innocent people? We will attempt to answer these questions and many more as we examine the Holocaust...
East Asian Ways
Religion, Ethics & Philosophy
East Asian Ways
Exactly what is Zen Buddhism? Through readings ancient and modern, videos, visits with a meditation instructor and independent projects, students will learn about the origins, philosophy and varied expressions of a movement that reaches back to the 5th...
Epistemology
Religion, Ethics & Philosophy
Epistemology
Epistemology is a philosophical term meaning “the study of knowledge,” or the question of how we know what we know about the world around us and within us. Our readings include sources in the Western philosophical tradition of reason (Plato,...
Imagining Your Future
Religion, Ethics & Philosophy
Imagining Your Future
One of the most popular undergraduate courses at Stanford is entitled “Designing Your Life” – which implies that life, in fact, can be designed or planned out ahead of time. More often than not, however, life is not linear, but probably not...
Silicon Valley Ethics: Case Studies
Religion, Ethics & Philosophy
Silicon Valley Ethics: Case Studies
(Students paired with Exeter alumni working in the technology field) In a world where the products of technology permeate almost every aspect of our lives – the internet, smart phones, thousands of apps, cloud-based voice systems, screens in our...
Spring Book Club
Religion, Ethics & Philosophy
Spring Book Club
This course reads down selectively The New York Times hard- and paperback nonfiction bestseller list, searching for books which would make for lively Harkness conversations about meaning, purpose and value in one’s life. The primary focus of the class...
Hinduism and Buddhism
Religion, Ethics & Philosophy
Hinduism and Buddhism
Hinduism and Buddhism are having a profound impact on 21st-century culture, through practices such as yoga and meditation; in the study of modern psychology; and in films, television and other contemporary media. This course will introduce students to the...
Social Ethics: Values in America
Religion, Ethics & Philosophy
Social Ethics: Values in America
Look at the front page of a daily newspaper, watch the news on television or check the crawl on your computer screen, and you will see people disagreeing about how to resolve some of our society’s more basic conflicts. In this course, students examine...