Family and Philosophy

This course focuses primarily on key questions about the family: Is family a useful institution? What should it look like in order to make people’s lives go better? When should the state interfere with the workings of a particular family, or families in general? Who should be able to rear children? What rights/obligations do those who rear children have? This course examines both philosophical arguments and policy or practice implications of various answers to those questions.

Credits

3 credits

Course Code

PHL 331