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Washington University in St. Louis · Philosophy1.3% of Washington University in St. Louis's Philosophy course descriptions are framed from the left. Across all 100 schools' Philosophy departments, it is 2.7%.
Subject places what a course studies, not the side it takes. A course on slavery or the Holocaust lands far right and a course on Marx or the Soviet Union lands far left, whether the course praises, criticizes or simply describes it.
Philosophy
When President Obama was elected, it ignited a debate about whether America had finally become "post-racial." This assertion was belied by an entrenched underclass of Blacks and others from immigrant backgrounds; by the regular killing of…
Philosophy
This course offers an undergraduate level introduction to the field of political theory. We will focus on three major themes-social justice, power and freedom, and democracy-reading some canonical texts, such as Bentham's Introduction to…
Philosophy
Study of certain fundamental issues concerning government, society, and culture. For example: what are the nature and limits of legitimate political authority? Are ordinary human beings capable of governing themselves justly? Do citizens…
None. Washington University in St. Louis Philosophy has 4 courses with a left-of-center subject and not one with a right-of-center subject.
Share of courses described from the left. Percent of all courses in the group whose Framing reading is leftward: the description frames its subject one-sidedly to the left.
Counted: all courses in the group, including N and I. No interval is published for this number.
| Name | Metric | Value | 95% interval | n | scored |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington University in St. Louis · Philosophy | bias_left_share | 1.3 | — | 76 | — |
| Philosophy | bias_left_share | 2.7 | 2.4 – 3.1 | 7,780 | — |
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