Schedule

Date Topic/Readings Assignments

8/26 (Mon)

 Introduction  
8/28 (Wed)

Prologue: Leadership from the Perspective of Philosophical Ethics
Reading questions.
Plato, Gorgias.

 Topic for analytic summary #1 handed out (rubric) (guidelines) (template).
9/2 (Mon) Justifying a Moral Claim (Unit #1)
Reading questions.
Lewis Vaughn, The Power of Critical Thinking.
9/4 (Wed)

Justifying a Moral Claim
Reading questions.
Ruth Benedict, “Anthropology and the Abnormal”, pp. 231–239.
Mary Midgley, “Trying Out One’s New Sword”, pp. 239–244.
Joanne Ciulla, “Case: The Oil Rig”, pp. 263–265.

  
9/8 (Sun)   Analytic summary #1 due by 12:00pm (noon) via TurnItIn.
9/9 (Mon) Justifying a Moral Claim
Reading questions.
David Hume, A Treatise on Human Nature.
David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals.
James Rachels and Stuart Rachels, “Subjectivism in Ethics”.
Jonathan Bennett, “The Conscience of Huckleberry Finn”.
9/11 (Wed) Justifying a Moral Claim
Reading questions.
James Rachels & Stuart Rachels, “Are There Proofs in Ethics?”
Shelly Kagan, Normative Ethics.
James Rachels & Stuart Rachels, “The Case of Fauziya”.		 Topic for analytic summary #2 handed out (rubric) (guidelines) (template).
9/16 (Mon) Exercising Power (Unit #2)
Reading questions.
Gary Yukl, “Power and Influence Tactics”.
Bowen McCoy, “The Parable of the Sadhu”, pp. xvi–xviii.
9/18 (Wed) Exercising Power
Reading questions.
Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan (glossary of terminology).
9/22 (Sun)   Analytic summary #2 due by 12:00pm (noon) via TurnItIn.
9/23 (Mon)

Exercising Power
Reading questions.
Dean Ludwig & Clinton Longenecker, “The Bathsheba Syndrome: The Ethical Failure of Successful Leaders”, pp. 70–81.
Plato, “The Ring of Gyges”, pp. 28–30.
Howard Kurtz, with Michael Powell, “Bill Clinton’s Very Personal Reflections”.
9/25 (Wed) Exercising Power
Reading questions.
Ayn Rand, “Why Self-Interest Is Best”, pp. 44–52.
Lynn Parramore, “How a Libertarian Used Ayn Rand’s Crazy Philosophy to Drive Sears Into the Ground”.
Karen Marquiss, “The Conflict at Lomatex Chemical”.		 Topic for position paper #1 handed out (rubric) (guidelines) (template).
9/30 (Mon)

Exercising Power
Reading questions.
Plato, “Tyranny and the Tyrant”.
Susan Dominus, “Is Giving the Secret to Getting Ahead?”.
“Bad Bosses Drain Productivity”.

  
10/2 (Wed) Leading Virtuously (Unit #3)
Reading questions.
Aristotle, “Excellence of Character”.
Joanne Ciulla, “Does Personal Morality Matter?”, pp. 68–69.
Joanne Ciulla, “Innocent or Guilty?”, pp. 110.
10/6 (Sun)   Position paper #1 due by 12:00pm (noon) via TurnItIn.
10/7 (Mon) Leading Virtuously
Reading questions.
Aristotle, “Intellectual Excellence”.		  
10/9 (Wed) Leading Virtuously
Reading questions.
Niccoló Machiavelli, The Prince.		 Topic for position paper #2 handed out (rubric) (guidelines) (template).
10/14, 16 Eid Al-Adha Break  
10/21 (Mon)

Leading Virtuously
Reading questions.
Max Weber, “Legitimate Authority and Charisma”, pp. 189–192.
Robert Solomon, “The Myth of Charisma”, p. 202–212.
Charles Lindholm, “‘The Only God You’ll Ever See’: Jim Jones and the People’s Temple”, pp. 192–202.

 
10/23 (Wed)
 Leading Virtuously
Reading questions.
David Hume, “Of the Independency of Parliament”.
David Hume, “That Politics May Be Reduced to a Science”.
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison & John Jay, The Federalist Papers.
10/27 (Sun)   Position paper #2 due by 12:00pm (noon) via TurnItIn.
10/28 (Mon)

Class Meeting led by Kevin D'Arco, Student Development Coordinator
Reading questions.
Peter Northouse, “Leadership Ethics”.

  
10/30 (Wed) Promoting the Greater Good (Unit #4)
Reading questions.
Robert Greenleaf, “The Servant as Leader”, pp. 212–219.
Yasin Sarayrah, “Servant Leadership in the Bedouin-Arab Culture”.
11/4 (Mon)

Promoting the Greater Good
Reading questions.
Jeremy Bentham, An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation.
Robert Nozick, “The Experience Machine”.
11/6 (Wed) Promoting the Greater Good
Reading questions.
John Stuart Mill, “What Utilitarianism Is”.
Ursula Le Guin, “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”, pp. 161–167.		  
11/11 (Mon) Promoting the Greater Good
Reading questions.
John Stuart Mill, “On the Connexion Between Justice and Utility”.		  
11/13 (Wed) Promoting the Greater Good
Reading questions.
Michael Walzer, “Political Action: The Problem of Dirty Hands”.
Scenes from the film, Unthinkable.		 Topic for position paper #3 handed out (rubric) (guidelines) (template).
11/18 (Mon) Promoting the Common Good (Unit #5)
Reading questions.
Alex London, “Threats to the Common Good: Biochemical Weapons and Human Subjects Research”.		  
11/20 (Wed)

Promoting the Common Good
Reading questions.
Immanuel Kant, “Transition from Common to Philosophical Moral Rational Cognition”.
Joanne Ciulla, “Is a Lie Always a Lie?”, p. 118.

  
11/25 (Mon) Promoting the Common Good
Reading questions.
Immanuel Kant, “Transition from Popular Moral Philosophy to the Metaphysics of Morals”.
Joanne Ciulla, “Sleazy or Stupid?”, pp. 63–64.
Joanne Ciulla, “On ‘Women’ and ‘Girls’”, p. 111.		  
11/26 (Tue)   Position paper #3 due by 12:00pm (noon) via TurnItIn. (*Note the new date!*)
11/27 (Wed) Promoting the Common Good
Reading questions.
United Nations Commission on Human Rights, “Universal Declaration of Human Rights”, pp. 256–263.
Onora O’Neill, “The Dark Side of Human Rights”.		 Topic for position paper #4 handed out (rubric) (guidelines) (template).
12/2 (Mon)

Epilogue: Imparting a Vision
Reading questions.
James Burns, “The Structure of Moral Leadership”, pp. 219–228.

  
12/4 (Wed)

Epilogue: Imparting a Vision
Reading questions.
Plato, “The Allegory of the Cave”.
Plato, Apology.

  
12/9 (Mon)   Position paper #4 due by
11:59pm (just before midnight) via TurnItIn. (*Note the new time!*)