Schedule
| Date | Topic/Readings | Assignments |
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| 1/15 (Tue) | Introduction | Topic for analytic summary #1 handed out (rubric) (guidelines) (template). |
| 1/17 (Thu) | Concepts in Normative Ethics (Unit #1) |
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| 1/21 (Mon) | Analytic summary #1 due by 12:00pm (noon) via TurnItIn. | |
| 1/22 (Tue) | Concepts in Normative Ethics Reading questions. Normative Ethics, sections 2.1 & 2.2. |
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| 1/24 (Thu) | Concepts in Normative Ethics Reading questions. Normative Ethics, sections 2.3, 2.4 &2.6. |
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| 1/29 (Tue) | Concepts in Normative Ethics Reading questions. Normative Ethics, sections 3.1 & 3.2. |
Topic for analytic summary #2 handed out (rubric) (guidelines) (template). |
| 1/31 (Thu) | Concepts in Normative Ethics Reading questions. Normative Ethics, sections 3.4 & 3.5. |
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| 2/4 (Mon) | Analytic summary #2 due by 12:00pm (noon) via TurnItIn. | |
| 2/5 (Tue) | Concepts in Normative Ethics Reading questions. Normative Ethics, sections 5.1 & 5.2. |
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| 2/7 (Thu) | Concepts in Normative Ethics |
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| 2/12 (Tue) |
Concepts in Normative Ethics Reading questions. Normative Ethics, sections 6.1–6.3. |
Topic for position paper handed out (rubric) (guidelines) (template). |
| 2/14 (Thu) | Concepts in Normative Ethics Reading questions. Normative Ethics, sections 6.4 & 6.5. |
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| 2/18 (Mon) | Position paper due by 12:00pm (noon) via TurnItIn. | |
| 2/19 (Tue) |
John Stuart Mill (Unit #2) Reading questions. Jeremy Bentham, An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation, chapters 1 & 4 (pp. 17–22 & 41–43 in Utilitarianism and On Liberty). |
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| 2/21 (Thu) | John Stuart Mill Reading questions. Utilitarianism, chapter 1, entire & chapter 2, paragraphs 1–17 (pp. 181–194 in Utilitarianism and On Liberty). |
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| 2/26 (Tue) | Class Cancelled | |
| 2/28 (Thu) | John Stuart Mill Reading questions. Utilitarianism, chapter 2, paragraphs 9–22 & chapter 3, entire (pp. 189–198 & 203–209 in Utilitarianism and On Liberty). |
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| 3/5 (Tue) | John Stuart Mill Reading questions. Utilitarianism, chapter 5 (pp. 216–235 in Utilitarianism and On Liberty). |
Topic for analytic essay #1 handed out (rubric) (guidelines) (template). |
| 3/7 (Thu) | John Stuart Mill Reading questions. On Liberty, chapter 1 (pp. 88–98 in Utilitarianism and On Liberty). |
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| 3/12, 14 | Spring Break | |
| 3/19 (Tue) | John Stuart Mill Reading questions. On Liberty, chapter 2 (pp. 99–130 in Utilitarianism and On Liberty). |
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| 3/21 (Thu) | John Stuart Mill Reading questions. On Liberty, chapter 3 (pp. 131–146 in Utilitarianism and On Liberty). |
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| 3/25 (Mon) | Analytic essay #1 due by 12:00pm (noon) via TurnItIn. | |
| 3/26 (Tue) | Immanuel Kant (Unit #3) Reading questions. Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, editor’s introduction (pp. ix–xv), preface (pp. 3–8), and first section (p. 9–12). |
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| 3/28 (Thu) | Immanuel Kant Reading questions. Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, editor’s introduction (pp. xv–xvii) and first section (pp. 12–20). |
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| 4/2 (Tue) | Immanuel Kant Reading questions. Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, editor’s introduction (pp. xvii–xxiii) and second section (pp. 21–37). |
Topic for analytic essay #2 handed out (rubric) (guidelines) (template). |
| 4/4 (Thu) | Immanuel Kant |
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| 4/9 (Tue) | Immanuel Kant Reading questions. Normative Ethics, chapter 7.2. |
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| 4/11 (Thu) | Immanuel Kant Reading questions. Normative Ethics, chapter 7.4. |
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| 4/15 (Mon) | Analytic essay #2 due by 12:00pm (noon) via TurnItIn. | |
| 4/16 (Tue) | Aristotle (Unit #4) Reading questions. Nicomachean Ethics, book I (pp. 3–32). |
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| 4/18 (Thu) | Carnival | |
| 4/23 (Tue) | Aristotle Reading questions. Nicomachean Ethics, book II, entire & book III, chapters 6–12 (pp. 33–51, 68–82). |
Topic for analytic essay #3 handed out (rubric) (guidelines) (template). |
| 4/25 (Thu) | Aristotle Reading questions. Nicomachean Ethics, book III, chapters 1–5 & book VII, chapters 1–10 (pp. 52–68, 174–202). |
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| 4/30 (Tue) | Aristotle Reading questions. Nicomachean Ethics, book VI (pp. 146–173). |
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| 5/2 (Thu) | Aristotle Reading questions. Nicomachean Ethics, book X, chapters 6–8 (pp. 286–295). |
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| 5/10 (Friday) | Analytic essay #3 due by 12:00pm (noon) via TurnItIn. |