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Quest for Meaning

Quest for Meaning

Course Texts & Readings

All readings are available as PDF documents which require the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Welcome to Quest for Meaning - Our Shared Journey Begins
Professor Marjorie D. Sanfilippo

Commentary On Ethics And Ethical Theory
Professor Bruce V. Foltz

Faith As Trust
Professor David J. Bryant

Dostoevsky Reading and Study Guide
Professor Bruce V. Foltz

Course Texts

(available at the Campus Bookstore)

  1. Dostoevsky, Fyodor. (1993). The Grand Inquisitor with related chapters from The Brothers Karamazov. Trans. Contance Garnett. Indianapolis: Hackett.
  2. Felice, William. (2010). The Global New Deal - Economic and Social Human Rights in World Politics. (2nd Ed). Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
  3. Frayn, Michael. (1998). Copenhagen. New York: Anchor Books.
  4. Kidder, Tracy. (2003). Mountains Beyond Mountains. New York: Random House.
  5. McKibben, William. (2011). Eaarth. Making a Life on a Tough New Planet. St Martin’s Griffin.
  6. Singer, Peter. (2011). Practical Ethics (3rd Ed.). New York: Cambridge University Press.
  7. Thornton, Lawrence. (1987). Imagining Argentina. New York: Bantam.
  8. Eckerd College. (2012). Quest for Meaning Syllabus. St. Petersburg: Eckerd College. [free distribution in class]

Fall Plenary Sessions

09/18/12 Author Tracy Kidder - Social Science and Our Quest for Meaning

09/27/12 Professor Davina Lopez - Faith and Our Quest for Meaning

10/09/12 Professor William Felice and Bob Devin Jones -Global Perspective and Our Quest for Meaning

10/18/12 Professor Alison Ormsby - Natural Environment and Our Quest for Meaning

11/01/12 Professor Suzan Harrison - Humanities and Our Quest for Meaning

11/08/12 Professor Anne Cox - Natural Science and Our Quest for Meaning

11/15/12 Professor Arthur Skinner - Arts and Our Quest for Meaning