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#279 Meghan Sullivan - Creating a Good Life with Philosophy

What Got You There with Sean DeLaney

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How Different Is the Course to Day Than That First Course?

We have designed this class so that, in 14 weeks, you can start to answer big questions about what it will take for you to lead a happy life. That has been constant throughout. The corps assignment has remained relatively stable but we've learned how to teach people how to do it in more effective ways. At the end of that week 14, every student who's taking the class will have written their 'philosophical apology', which is stories from their life so far and philosophical arguments explaining why they are there finding that goal right now. We ask them questions like, are you going to practise any religion as an adult, or like, going forward? And we try to dig in.

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