Steven Viner

The class was new when I took it, so it was a little all over the place, but I liked it that way! Prof Viner is very accommodating and always wants to workshop your ideas for papers. It was just sort of about observing the judicial process and how we created things like jails and like moral ideals. The class was good because we had to read the main readings that you would have to know in order to take another philosophy class like John Locke and Russo. 

The class was new when I took it, so it was a little all over the place, but I liked it that way! Prof Viner is very accommodating and always wants to workshop your ideas for papers. It was just sort of about observing the judicial process and how we created things like jails and like moral ideals. The class was good because we had …Read more

Viner is great! I highly recommend this class to anyone looking for an easy introduction to philosophical arguments. The class discussions are always extremely entertaining, and there's plenty of room to voice your opinion and debate contemporary moral issues. His grading is very lenient. I've seen many other comments mention that he doesn't teach you how to write, and to his credit, nowhere in the course description does it say that this class is focused on writing skills. Instead, he teaches you how to formulate arguments, identify counterclaims, understand different opinions, and explore various moral perspectives. This course was extremely fun, and Viner also allows you to miss around four classes without penalty.

Viner is great! I highly recommend this class to anyone looking for an easy introduction to philosophical arguments. The class discussions are always extremely entertaining, and there's plenty of room to voice your opinion and debate contemporary moral issues. His grading is very lenient. I've seen many other comments mention that he …Read more

Professor Viner is a really nice person and clearly very smart person. I was not a fan of his teaching style. There is not much structure to his lectures which end up mostly being discussion based. However, the essay prompts are straightforward and, as long as you do the reading, are easy to write about.