May 03, 2024  
2022-2023 Edgewood College Catalog 
    
2022-2023 Edgewood College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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CJ 200 DP - Philosophy and Mass Incarceration


Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4

This course examines the philosophical questions raised by criminal law. This course will examine how various philosophers and social theorists have justified criminal punishment. We will pay special attention to how liberal democratic societies reconcile commitments to individual liberty with practices of confinement. We will connect this study to moral, political, and experiential reflections on mass incarceration, especially as they relate to racial, sexual, and class hierarchies in the US. This course will include a community learning project. Cross-listed PHIL 200  and ETHS 202  

Prerequisite(s): PHIL 101  



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