2019-2020 Pitzer Catalog 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
2019-2020 Pitzer Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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FS 016 PZ -What is Human?


Institution: Pitzer

Description: What Is Human?

The determination of what is particularly or distinctively “human” is a problem for the contemporary world and at present has no definitive or consensual answer.  We will explore how peoples in other eras defined themselves and how those distinctions are being blurred by modern technology and biological research.  Do computers have consciousness? Do clones have souls? Do we think with our heart? Can we communicate with other species? Do we have obligations to others? How do we determine human nature?  Or, does man have a nature?

Prerequisite(s): None

First-Year seminars are not listed on the course schedule. Incoming students will be assigned to a first-year seminar and registered automatically.



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