Course Information
| Instructor | Professor David Emmanuel Gray |
| Contact | CMUQ 1039, degray@cmu.edu, @ProfessorDEG |
| Office hours | Thursday: 9:00am–4:00pm |
| Class time | Sunday, Tuesday: 4:30pm–5:50pm |
| Class location | CMUQ 1031 |
| Syllabus | PDF. |
| Course Assistants | Fatema Alsayed, fks@andrew.cmu.edu |
| Shaikha Al-Thani, sthani1@andrew.cmu.edu |
Grading
- Participation
- Class Summaries (verbal rubric & written rubric)
(guidelines for written summaries,
templates for written summaries: MS Word & Pages) - Two Analytic Summaries (rubric)
(guidelines, templates: MS Word & Pages) - Four Position Papers (rubric)
(guidelines, templates: MS Word & Pages)
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Schedule
| Date | Topic/Readings | Assignments |
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| 1/15 (Sun) | Prologue: Leadership & Its Moral Challenges (Slides) |
Analytic summary #1 topic posted. |
| 1/17 (Tue) | Leadership & Its Moral Challenges Reading Questions. Zaleznik, “Managers and Leaders: Are They Different?” |
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| 1/21 (Sat) | Analytic summary #1 due by 12:00pm (noon) via TurnItIn. | |
| 1/22 (Sun) | Leadership & Its Moral Challenges Reading Questions. Machiavelli, The Prince. |
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| 1/24 (Tue) | Leadership & Ethics from a Philosophical Perspective (Unit #1) Reading Questions. Plato, Gorgias. |
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| 1/29 (Sun) | Leadership & Ethics from a Philosophical Perspective Reading Questions. Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature. Hume, An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals. Rachels & Rachels, “Subjectivism in Ethics”. |
Analytic summary #2 topic posted. |
| 1/31 (Tue) | Leadership & Ethics from a Philosophical Perspective Reading Questions. Rachels & Rachels, “What is Morality?” Rachels & Rachels, “Are There Proofs in Ethics?” Optional: Worricker, “Justifying a Drone Attack in Syria”. |
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| 2/4 (Sat) | Analytic summary #2 due by 12:00pm (noon) via TurnItIn. | |
| 2/5 (Sun) | Leadership & Ethics from a Philosophical Perspective Reading Questions. Benedict, “Anthropology and the Abnormal”. Midgley, “Trying Out One’s New Sword”. |
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| 2/7 (Tue) | Exercising Power (Unit #2) Reading Questions. Yukl, “Power and Influence Tactics”. McCoy, “The Parable of the Sadu”. |
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| 2/12 (Sun) | Exercising Power Reading Questions. Hobbes, Leviathan. Optional reference: Glossary of terminology in the Leviathan. Optional: Jones, “Libya: Return of the Strongman”. |
Position paper #1 topic posted. |
| 2/14 (Tues) | ⚽ Qatar National Sports Day ⚽ | |
| 2/19 (Sun) | Exercising Power Reading Questions. Plato, “The Ring of Gyges”. Ludwig & Longenecker, “The Bathsheba Syndrome: The Ethical Failure of Successful Leaders”. Optional: Kurtz & Powell, “Bill Clinton’s Very Personal Reflections”. |
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| 2/21 (Tue) | Exercising Power Reading Questions. Rand, Atlas Shrugged. Parramore, “How a Libertarian Used Ayn Rand’s Crazy Philosophy to Drive Sears Into the Ground”. |
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| 2/26 (Sun) | Exercising Power Reading Questions. Plato, “Tyranny and the Tyrant”. Dominus, “Is Giving the Secret to Getting Ahead?” Optional: Worricker, “Tyranny in North Korea”. |
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| 2/28 (Tue) | Promoting the Greater Good (Unit #3) Reading Questions. Greenleaf, “The Servant as Leader”. Sarayrah, “Servant Leadership in the Bedouin-Arab Culture”. |
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| 3/1 (Wed) | Position paper #1 due by 12:00pm (noon) via TurnItIn. 🚨 Please note that there is no 12-hour grace period for this paper. 🚨 |
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| 3/5, 7 | 🌴 Spring Break 🌴 | |
| 3/12 (Sun) | Promoting the Greater Good Reading Questions. Bentham, An Introduction Concerning the Principles of Morals and Legislation. Nozick, “The Experience Machine”. |
Position paper #2 topic posted. |
| 3/14 (Tue) | Promoting the Greater Good Reading Questions. Mill, “What Utilitarianism Is”. Le Guin, “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”. |
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| 3/19 (Sun) | Promoting the Greater Good Reading Questions. Mill, “On the Connexion Between Justice and Utility”. |
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| 3/21 (Tue) | Promoting the Greater Good Reading Questions. Walzer, “Political Action: The Problem of Dirty Hands”. |
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| 3/25 (Sat) | Position paper #2 due by 12:00pm (noon) via TurnItIn. | |
| 3/26 (Sun) | Promoting the Common Good (Unit #4) Reading Questions. London, “Threats to the Common Good: Biochemical Weapons and Human Subjects Research”. Optional: Henley, “Paris Attacks: Security and Individual Rights”. |
Position paper #3 topic posted. Case Study for Position Paper: Ciulla, “Is a Lie Always a Lie?” |
| 3/28 (Tue) | Promoting the Common Good Reading Questions. United Nations Commission on Human Rights, Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Kagan, “Rights”. |
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| 4/2 (Sun) | Promoting the Common Good Reading Questions. Kant, “Transition from Common to Philosophical Morals Rational Cognition”. |
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| 4/4 (Tue) | Promoting the Common Good Reading Questions. Kant, “Transition from Popular Moral Philosophy to the Metaphysics of Morals”. |
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| 4/8 (Sat) | Position paper #3 due by 12:00pm (noon) via TurnItIn. | |
| 4/9 (Sun) | Promoting the Common Good Reading Questions. Burns, Leadership. |
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| 4/11 (Tue) | The Traits of a Good Leader (Unit #5) Reading Questions. Weber, “Legitimate Authority and Charisma”. Lindholm, “‘The Only God You’ll Ever See’: Jim Jones and the People’s Temple”. |
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| 4/16 (Sun) | The Traits of a Good Leader Reading Questions. Solomon, “Ethical Leadership, Emotions, and Trust: Beyond ‘Charisma’”. |
Position paper #4 topic posted. |
| 4/18 (Tue) | The Traits of a Good Leader Reading Questions. Aristotle, “Excellence of Character”. |
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| 4/23 (Sun) | The Traits of a Good Leader Reading Questions. Aristotle, “Excellence of Intellect”. Optional: Maher, “Courage and the 9/11 Hijackers”. |
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| 4/25 (Tue) | Epilogue: Philosophy as Leadership Reading Questions. Plato, “The Allegory of the Cave”. Plato, Apology. |
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| 5/3 (Wed) | Position paper #4 due by 12:00pm (noon) via TurnItIn. |