Stoicism for Lawyers

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MON 3:45 - 5:35 pm TNH 2.137

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Stoicism for Lawyers- Fall 2022

Professor Farnsworth

 

Dear students—Warm greetings! If you’re interested in taking Stoicism for Lawyers, please email me a paragraph summarizing your current familiarity with Stoicism (including what, if anything, you’ve read about it) and why you want to take the class. My email address is wf@law.utexas.edu. There are no right or best answers to these questions. I just want to put together a group that will be well-matched for studying this material. Many thanks! Ward Farnsworth

This class will examine how the ancient ethical ideas of the Stoics, and the Socratic tradition more broadly, can shed light on the problems of law students, lawyers, and clients.  The readings will focus on Plato, Epictetus, Seneca, and other classical philosophers, along with some of their modern descendants. Short response papers will be required.  We will meet for two hours each week.  Assessment will be pass/fail. 

Textbooks ( * denotes required )

Meditations : With Selected Correspondence *
Aurelius, Marcus, Hard, Robin, Gill, Christopher, and Marcus Aurelius, Marcus
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN: 978-0-19-957320-2
Handbook Of Epictetus *
Epictetus
Hackett Publishing Company, Incorporated
ISBN: 978-0-915145-69-0
The Practicing Stoic : A Philosophical User's Manual *
Farnsworth, Ward
Godine Publisher, David R.
ISBN: 978-1-56792-611-8
The Socratic Method : A Practitioner's Handbook *
Farnsworth, Ward
Godine Publisher, David R.
ISBN: 978-1-56792-685-9

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Date Updated
07/18/2022 Room(s) changed