LS 662 - Generosity

(3.00 cr.)

An interdisciplinary seminar on generosity interested in giving and sharing as a theme in the humanities, arts, and social sciences. Particular attention is paid to generosity as an expression of divine and human natures. Topics include stewardship, cooperation, stinginess, greed, hoarding, noblesse oblige, the greater good, and nonfinancial aspects of generosity critical to living well such as forgiveness, empathy, and optimism.