PL 329 - Philosophical Foundations of Catholic Social Thought

(3.00 cr.)

Prerequisite: PL 201 and one additional PL 200-level course. A survey of the philosophical foundations and development of Catholic social thought. The survey begins with a study of ancient and medieval sources which is followed by an analysis of important nineteenth- and twentieth-century Catholic statements on questions of economics, politics, society, and culture in conjunction with significant traditions of the period-Catholic and non-Catholic-such as Marxism, phenomenology, existentialism, neoscholasticism, and contemporary views of the nature of person and community. IC