Individual courses

Can we be both Christians and genuine philosophers? Are faith and philosophy mutually exclusive, or not?

Can we be both Christians and genuine philosophers? Are faith and philosophy mutually exclusive, or not?

There are many different spiritual pathways that were born in the Indian sub-continent: Buddhist, Jain, Sikh, for example, and others that came to India such as Christian and Muslim. Hindu spirituality which represents the spiritual quest of the vast majority of the people of India is rooted in the relentless and uninterrupted search of the seers from the Indian sub-continent.

“An Introduction to Aesthetics” is a preliminary descriptive course on the main aspects of the whole research area of Aesthetics. The aim of the course is introduce the students to the world of Aesthetics.

This course was born out of an effort to interpret the language of Traditional Africa in terms of Western philosophy, and at the same time to see if the latter did not perhaps have, not only correlations with, but even discernible roots in the former.

This course seeks to introduce students to analytic philosophy. 

This course examines Thomas Aquinas’ understanding of friendship and its essential role in the pursuit of true happiness. Drawing on Aristotle, Cicero, Scripture, and St. Augustine, it explores the philosophical and theological foundations of happiness and friendship before presenting Aquinas’ synthesis. 

This course introduces some of the key elements in Aristotle's thought. 

This course provides a comprehensive introduction to epistemology, the branch of philosophy concerned with the nature, sources, justification, and limits of human knowledge. 

Legal, Philosophical and Moral dimension

Investigators have a duty to ensure subjects give not only informed, but voluntary consent?

Concerned with restoring and strengthening bonds between professionals, patients and families, not simply dealing with principles like bioethics.

Law is a juridical system that organizes the social aspects of humankind. For that reason the systematic oranization, the content and the governing principle of canon law and its different branches should and do conform to how well the Church’s social dimension and social structures are understood at each moment in time.

To show the implications of normative theories for specific moral issues or contemporary debates on particular ethical issues.

To show the implications of normative theories for specific moral issues or contemporary debates on particular ethical issues.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (henceforth UDHR) is both a point of arrival and a point of departure regarding our contemporary understanding of human rights. As a point of arrival, the UDHR is the result of an attempt to collate the “wisdom of the ages,” in order to find the best way to ensure the protection of the rights of all—especially after the atrocities committed during the two world wars.

This course offers a comprehensive and systematic study of David Hume’s philosophy, presenting him as one of the most influential figures of the Scottish Enlightenment and a central representative of modern empiricism.

Explore the challenges and future of democracy, including human rights, inequality, authoritarianism, and civic engagement through case studies and critical analysis.

Divine Impassibility: A Thomistic Critique of Jürgen Moltmann’s Staurocentric Trinitarianism

Jaco Kruger provides an introduction to philosophical questions regarding the experience of home and the possibility of using this experience as an entryway to an examination of the human condition. 

This seminar will take place online from October 5 to November 29, 2026