College Seminar (101-7-50)

Topic

Topics in Politics, Philosophy and Economics

Instructors

Richard E H Walker

Meeting Info

Technological Institute L158: Mon, Wed 9:30AM - 10:50AM

Overview of class

In this seminar we will survey disparate topics in politics, philosophy and economics. Exactly what we end up covering will depend a little on what most piques the interest of the group, but provisional topics include the median voter theorem, the Condorcet paradox, alternative voting mechanisms, the trolley problem, Rawls' theory of justice, Peter Singer and speciesism, the ethics of nationalism, the economic effects of immigration, how economists and regular people think about risk and uncertainty, prediction markets and the wisdom of crowds, the pros and cons of a basic income policy, and behavioural economics. The aim is to find interesting things to read, talk and write about.

Class Attributes

WCAS College Seminar