The Methodology
FOR ALL POTENTIAL STUDENTS
This initial delivery of the Foundations course follows along with the production of the chapters of the book on Natural Law, meaning (a) you are indirectly participating in that production process by serving as test subjects for our ability to deliver these ideas; and (b) the lessons and chapters are not released on a regular schedule. Some of you may find the fact that you are ‘one of the first’ to participate enjoyable, and some of you might not. Please only sign up for this class if you are willing to work with this irregular schedule.
COURSE CONTENT
Part 1 – The Problem: The course begins with an explanation of human evolutionary history so that we grasp the differences between populations; explains the causes of the uniqueness of western civilization and european peoples versus all other civilizations; explains the conflict of civilizations, and how this conflict has produced today’s conflict as the most recent iteration of the conflict of civilizations. This sets the stage for solving the problem of our age.
Part 2 – Man: The second part of the course covers cognitive science and consciousness, psychology (acquisitionism, sex and cognitive differences), sociology (compatibilism, cooperativism, trifunctionalism, classes, and groups), then apply that knowledge with incentives, ethics, morality, and group strategy.
Part 3 – Law: The third part of the course covers the methodology, with language, epistemology, and the law.
Part 4 – Politics: The Institutions and why we need them.
COURSE DELIVERY
- Curt Doolittle and Martin Stepan are your instructors for this class.
- The class should take the equivalent of one college semester of work, meaning 45+ hours of content, and twice that in non-class time, of about 90 hours. and – Although in a typical one hour class, students attend 50 minutes, and work for 40-4. We will cover far more material than usual undergraduate classes and this work should be considered graduate level by comparison.
- Courses consist of sections. Sections consist of Lessons. Lessons consist of Topics. Assignments consist of questions that reinforce your understanding of one or more topics.
- We are not bound by the limits of traditional universities, so our course can vary in start and end date.
- I will refer you to Wiki, Stanford SEP, Amazon Reviews, Occasional Readings from our Digital Library of context.
- Assignments almost always consist of “research”, comparison, demonstration, argument, or opinion, not recitation or ‘quiz’.
- Martin and I (Curt) grade your work, and provide some support.
- Grading Policy is on the FAQ page.
- Others may also contribute if we think it helpful.
- Please use your peers since it tends to accelerate both you and the person assisting you.
COURSE FORUM
https://naturallawinstitute.com/forums/forum/law103-foundations-the-method-the-core/
When into “Foundations: What is the Law”, the hard work is done. The rest of it is just application.
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