W24T Natural Goodness (In-Person)

In-Person | Registration opens 12/16/2025 10:00 AM EST

1/13/2026-3/17/2026
11:15 AM-12:45 PM EST on Tue

W24T Natural Goodness (In-Person)

In-Person | Registration opens 12/16/2025 10:00 AM EST

[NEW COURSE] How do we talk about what is good, right, or virtuous? Philosophers Philippa Foot and Elizabeth Anscombe argued that our moral judgments grow out of the way we live and the shared practices of human life. Their ideas were shaped by the later work of Ludwig Wittgenstein. We will look closely at how moral language works and ask: what do we mean when we call something “good” or “just”?, how do our everyday “forms of life” shape our sense of right action?, and what might it mean to think of virtue in natural, human terms rather than abstract or divine ones? No background in philosophy is required—only curiosity, careful reading, and readiness for discussion.  Discussion, Lecture, Reading

  • *This registration item is IN-PERSON; there is not a Zoom meeting associated with this course.*

  • Optional Text: Natural Goodness by Philippa Foot, ISBN 9780199265473

Moshe Cahill

Moshe Cahill, a lifelong student of academic philosophy, has taught other courses in philosophy on rationalism, philosophy of time and space, and existentialism.