Grade-less political philosophy class offered next semester
Catherine Roberts, Variety Editor
Drs. Howland and Hittinger are offering an extracurricular reading group this semester for students and faculty on the topic of Liberty and Authority in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds.
The group will meet every other week on Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. Readings will be provided for participants free of cost.
It “is intended for the intellectual benefit of those who wish to participate,” Hittinger said, in an announcement about the reading group. “No grades, no tests, no papers. Just reading and conversation.”
The group is limited to about 25 students, which is the limit for the Arts and Sciences Dean’s Conference room.
It will be related to a three-hour seminar that Howland and Hittinger will offer in the spring 2010 semester on liberty and authority in political philosophy. The seminar will admit about 15 students selected by Hittinger and Howland.
The Koch Foundation will help fund the reading group and, Dr. Hittinger hopes, future groups and seminars.
Questions that the reading group will address include: “What was the connection between religious beliefs and practices- including those of ancient paganism, Judaism and Christianity- and authority and liberty in the family and the city?
“Or: To what extent were the ancient and medieval philosophers able to furnish a rational foundation for the authority of divine law and human law?”
For more information about the reading group, future groups or the seminar in the spring, contact Dr. Howland at jacob-howland@utulsa.edu or Dr. Hittinger at francis-hittinger@utulsa.edu.
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