Senior College

Session 3

The Ethics of Love

Thursdays, February 11, 18, 25 and March 4
3:30–5:20 p.m.
Room 125, Trowbridge Hall
Registration Deadline: January 28
Class Limit: 70

How should human beings treat one another? Many of us believe in “The Golden Rule,” which, within the Christian tradition, is often parsed as the law of love: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” We will examine the views of two prominent thinkers—St. Thomas Aquinas (a 13th century Roman Catholic) and Soren Kierkegaard (a 19th century Danish Lutheran)—on the meaning of “The Love Command,” such as who is included in the category of neighbor and what is the significance of the phrase “as yourself?”

INSTRUCTOR: Diana Cates is an associate professor in the UI Department of Religious Studies, where she teaches courses on multiple religious and ethical traditions. She wrestles with a wide variety of ethical issues. Her expertise lies mainly in strands of the Christian tradition that ground notions of character, virtue, emotion, natural law, friendship, and community.

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