Wed. Aug. 29 |
course introduction |
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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 |
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Mon. Sep. 3 |
basic ideas of virtue ethics |
Aristotle, Ethics I.1-5 and I.7-12
syllabus quiz |
Wed. Sep. 5 |
virtues of character |
Aristotle, Ethics I.13, II.1-9, and III.6-12 |
Fri. Sep. 7 |
virtues of character, cont. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Mon. Oct. 8 |
NO CLASS - FALL
BREAK |
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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 |
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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. |
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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. |
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Fri. Oct. 26 |
utilitarian approaches
to your topics |
readings TBA
progress report due
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Mon. Oct. 29 |
utilitarianism and rights |
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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
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Mon. Nov. 5 |
analysis of caring |
Noddings, Caring, chs. 1-3
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Wed. Nov. 7 |
caring as a basis for ethics |
Noddings, Caring, ch. 4 |
Fri. Nov. 9 |
the ethical ideal |
Noddings, Caring, ch. 5 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Mon. Dec. 3 |
student-led discussion:
capital punishment |
Conway, "Cap. Pun. and Deterrence," available here
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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 ** |