University of Colorado Boulder - Suffering and the Human Condition
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Duration | 9 hours |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Beginner |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
Suffering and the Human Condition at Coursera Highlights
- Shareable Certificate Earn a Certificate upon completion
- 100% online Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.
- Course 1 of 3 in the Caring for Others Specialization
- Flexible deadlines Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.
- Beginner Level No prior background knowledge is required.
- Approx. 9 hours to complete
- English Subtitles: English
Suffering and the Human Condition at Coursera Course details
- Suffering is an inevitable yet poorly understood feature of human existence. This course examines how societies respond to the puzzling reality of human anguish. Among the questions it addresses are the following: What is suffering? Which types of human affliction are unique to the modern world? Have the meaning and portrayal of suffering changed over time? Do digital media sensitize or desensitize us to the anguish of distant others? In addition to introducing students to academic literature and debates on these topics, Suffering and the Human Condition will give them the opportunity to learn a method for studying human affliction that identifies the actors that perpetuate it.
Suffering and the Human Condition at Coursera Curriculum
What is suffering and should we study it?
Course Capstone Project Overview
Introduction to Suffering and the Human Condition
What is suffering? Part I: Suffering as Qualitatively Different Than Pain
What is suffering? Part II: Limitations of the Dualistic Understanding of Suffering
What is suffering? Part III: Alternative Understandings
What is suffering? Part IV: How Photography Changed Our Exposure to Suffering
Should we study suffering? Part I: Arguments Against Studying Suffering
Should we study suffering? Part II: Arguments For Studying Suffering
Nursing Continuing Professional Development Contact Hours
Graduate Teacher Education Process
Caring for Others Facebook Group
Video: Course Capstone Project: Daniela Papi-Thornton
Capstone Project
Video: Empathy: The Human Connection to Patient Care
Decartes and Dualism
What is suffering and should we study it?
What are the different forms and causes of suffering?
What Durkheim Said About Suffering
What Marx Said About Suffering
What Weber Said About Suffering
National Public Radio Survey: "3 Out Of 5 Americans Are Lonely.?
What are the different forms and causes of suffering?
How much suffering is in the world today?
Suffering in the World Today Part I: Anomie and Deviance
Suffering in the World Today Part II: Poverty and Inequality
Suffering in the World Today Part III: Meaninglessness, Systematic Violence, and Unforeseen Dangers
Suffering in the World Today Part IV: Improvements and Conclusion
?The Great Paradox of Our Time: Everything is Both Better and Worse Than Ever Before"
How much suffering is in the world today?
Has the meaning and portrayal of suffering changed over time?
The Meaning and Portrayal of Suffering Part I: Sacred/Religious Understandings
The Meaning and Portrayal of Suffering Part II: Secular/Scientific Understandings
The Meaning and Portrayal of Suffering Part III: American Views
The Meaning and Portrayal of Suffering Part IV: Journalism vs. Social Science
The Meaning and Portrayal of Suffering Part V: Journalism vs. Social Science Part 2
?How Natural Disasters Can Be Faith-Challenging Experiences"
Video about Child Neglect
?The Disadvantage of Sensationalism in the Media?
Has the meaning and portrayal of suffering changed over time?
Choose Your Controversy
Religion and Terrorism Part I: Questionable Assumptions About the Nature of Religion
Religion and Terrorism Part II: Religion is Not the Problem but it is Problematic
Religion and Terrorism Part III: Can religion be made less problematic?
Digital Media Part I: Empathy Machines vs. Instruments of Indifference
Digital Media Part II: How Spectators Talk and Respond to Suffering
?You Shouldn?t Blame Islam for Terrorism. Religion Isn?t A Crucial Factor in Attacks?
?'Horrific' And 'Surreal': The Words We Use To Bear Witness?
Religion and Terrorism
Digital Media
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