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Fordham University · Philosophy

1.5% of Fordham University's Philosophy course descriptions are framed from the left. Across all 100 schools' Philosophy departments, it is 2.7%.

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Fordham University: 1.5% Philosophy at all 100 schools: 2.7% each other school in the comparison

Where Philosophy courses fall

4%Far left92–100

42%Left75–91

36%Center-left59–74

9%Center42–58

4%Center-right26–41

4%Right9–25

0%Far right0–8

45 plotted courses (the ones with a political subject). 100 = far left, 50 = the average American, 0 = far right. Subject places what a course studies, not the side it takes.

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Framing Subject

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.

Furthest-left subjects

PHIL 3623 · Marx as a Philosopher92

Philosophy

Karl Marx is more commonly approached as an economist, sociologist, or political theorist than as a philosopher. But this class will explore the original philosophical positions offered by Marx as well as the philosophical basis and results…

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PHIL 3865 · Critical Theory of the Frankfurt School92

Philosophy

This course traces the development of the Frankfurt School of critical social theory, which began in 1920s Frankfurt and combined Hegelian-Marxist philosophy with Freud and Weber. We read philosophers who inspired this tradition (Marx,…

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PHIL 3904 · Feminist Philosophy88

Philosophy

A survey of feminist philosophy, focusing on its contributions to social and political philosophy. Balances historical and issue-based approaches, surveying feminist contributions to philosophical accounts of rights, equality, and…

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Furthest-right subjects

PHIL 3195 · Political Libertarians and Critics15

Philosophy

An exposition and critique of political libertarianism - a philosophical theory developed by Ayn Rand, Hayek, Friedman, Nozick, Naveson and others - that has come to dominate neoconservative political thought in the U.S. We will read major…

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PHIL 3701 · Human Rights Theories: Foundations and History25

Philosophy

This course will introduce students to the main philosophical theories of human rights, including both “political-legal” accounts and “moral” (or orthodox) theories that focus on the “inherent dignity” of persons. The main goal is to…

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PHIL 5003 · Natural Law Ethics33

Philosophy

A study of the natural law tradition in ethics: its origins in classical philosophy, its integration with Christian thought in the Middle Ages, and its application to selected contemporary problems. A study of the principles of natural law…

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Why this number, in plain words

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.

Readings are of catalog description text, not of teaching, syllabi or individual professors.

Details: exact rows, definitions and method

Name	Metric	Value	95% interval	n	scored
Fordham University · Philosophy	bias_left_share	1.5	—	271	—
Philosophy	bias_left_share	2.7	2.4 – 3.1	7,780	—

Formula: 100 * count(bias_cat = 'L') / n
Interval: Wilson score 95% (wilson_interval)
Model / prompt / snapshot: gpt-5.6-sol · r12 (2026-10-16-le49-r12) · 6df50b10
Metric caveats: Right-framed courses are almost absent (33 of 124,290); this run cannot tell catalog reality from model sensitivity. Compare schools with adjusted_ratio, not this raw share, because department mix differs.

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