Ethics Schedule
| Wed. Aug. 29 | course introduction | |
| Fri. Aug. 31 | what is ethics? how is ethics done? | Kagan, Normative Ethics, ch.1, e-reserve Williams, Ethics & Limits of Philosophy, ch. 1, e-reserve |
| Mon. Sep. 3 | basic ideas of virtue ethics | Aristotle, Ethics I.1-5 and I.7-12 |
| Wed. Sep. 5 | virtues of character | Aristotle, Ethics I.13, II.1-9, and III.6-12 |
| Fri. Sep. 7 | virtues of character, cont. | |
| Mon. Sep. 10 | weakness of the will | Aristotle, Ethics VII.1-10 response paper #1 due |
| Wed. Sep. 12 | virtue and friendship | Aristotle, Ethics VIII-IX |
| Fri. Sep. 14 | virtue, friendship, and society | choose research topics |
| Mon. Sep. 17 | pleasure and the good life | Aristotle, Ethics X response paper #2 due |
| Wed. Sep. 19 | virtue-based approaches to your topics | readings TBA |
| Fri. Sep. 21 | introduction to Kant and deontology | |
| Mon. Sep. 24 | good will and duty | Kant, Grounding, preface and ch. 1 response paper #3 due |
| Wed. Sep. 26 | categorical imperative: universal law | Kant, Grounding, ch. II only 406-427 |
| Fri. Sep. 28 | categorical imperative: ends-in-themselves | Kant, Grounding, ch. II only 427-445 |
| Mon. Oct. 1 | ends-in-themselves, cont. | response paper #4 due |
| Wed. Oct. 3 | deontology and society | Rawls, A Theory of Justice, excerpts on e-reserve |
| Fri. Oct. 5 | deontology and society, cont. | proposal due |
| Mon. Oct. 8 | NO CLASS - FALL BREAK | |
| Wed. Oct. 10 | deontology and society, cont. | Nozick, Anarchy, State, & Utopia, excerpts on e-reserve |
| Fri. Oct. 12 | Kantian approaches to your topics | readings TBA |
| Mon. Oct. 15 | introduction to consequentialism Bentham's utilitarianism |
Bentham, Principles, ch. 1 and skim chs. 4, 13, 14 response paper #5 due |
| Wed. Oct. 17 | Mill's utilitarianism | Mill, Utilitarianism, chs. 1-2 |
| Fri. Oct. 19 | Mill's utilitarianism, cont. | |
| Mon. Oct. 22 | the case for utilitarianism | Mill, Utilitarianism, ch. 4 Shaw, "Arguing for Utilitarianism," excerpts on e-reserve response paper #6 due |
| Wed. Oct. 24 | the case for utilitarianism, cont. | |
| Fri. Oct. 26 | utilitarian approaches to your topics | readings TBA progress report due |
| Mon. Oct. 29 | utilitarianism and rights | |
| Wed. Oct. 31 | utilitarianism and rights, cont. | Mill, Utilitarianism, ch. 5 |
| Fri. Nov. 2 | background and intro. to ethics of care | Gilligan, In a Different Voice, excerpts on e-reserve response paper #7 due |
| Mon. Nov. 5 | analysis of caring | Noddings, Caring, chs. 1-3 |
| Wed. Nov. 7 | caring as a basis for ethics | Noddings, Caring, ch. 4 |
| Fri. Nov. 9 | the ethical ideal | Noddings, Caring, ch. 5 |
| Mon. Nov. 12 | care and education | Noddings, Caring, ch. 8 response paper #8 due |
| Wed. Nov. 14 | care and society | Held, "Noncontractual Society," e-reserve |
| Fri. Nov. 17 | care-based approaches to your topics | readings TBA detailed outline due |
THANKSGIVING BREAK
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| Mon. Nov. 26 | student-led discussion: world poverty | Singer, "Famine, Afluence, and Morality," available here |
| Wed. Nov. 28 | student-led discussion: genetic engineering | Brock, "Shaping Future Children," e-reserve |
| Fri. Nov. 30 | student-led discussion: assistend-suicide | Hardwig, "Dying at the Right Time," e-reserve |
| Mon. Dec. 3 | student-led discussion: capital punishment | Conway, "Cap. Pun. and Deterrence," available here |
| Wed. Dec. 5 | student-led discussion: nuclear deterrence | McMahan, "War and Peace," e-reserve |
| Fri. Dec. 7 | semester wrap-up | Kagan, Normative Ethics, ch.1, e-reserve Williams, Ethics & Limits of Philosophy, ch. 1, e-reserve ** term paper due ** |
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