Carleton University · PHIL 2901

Truth and Propaganda

Credits : 0.5 creditReference year : 2026-27

Description

Ancient and modern techniques of persuasion from analytical, ethical and jurisprudential perspectives. Objectivity and bias, advertising and public relations ethics, the viability of democracy in the light of pressures on and within the modern mass media.

Prerequisites

  • Prerequisite(s): 0.5 credit in PHIL or second-year standing.

Conditions and arrangements

  • Precludes additional credit for Precludes additional credit for PHIL 2900 (no longer offered).
  • Prerequisite(s): 0.5 credit in PHIL or second-year standing.
  • Lectures three hours per week.
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Ancient and modern techniques of persuasion from analytical, ethical and jurisprudential perspectives. Objectivity and bias, advertising and public relations ethics, the viability of democracy in the light of pressures on and within the modern mass media.

  • Prerequisite(s): 0.5 credit in PHIL or second-year standing.
  • Precludes additional credit for Precludes additional credit for PHIL 2900 (no longer offered).
  • Lectures three hours per week.

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