Schedule

Date Topic/Readings Assignments
8/25 (Mon) Introduction Analytic summary #1 topic (rubric) (guidelines) (template).
8/27 (Wed)

Concepts in Normative Ethics (Unit #1)
Reading questions.
Normative Ethics, chapter 1.
8/31 (Sun)   Analytic summary #1 due by 12:00pm (noon) via Blackboard.
9/1 (Mon) Concepts in Normative Ethics
Reading questions.
Normative Ethics, sections 2.1 & 2.2.		  
9/3 (Wed) Concepts in Normative Ethics
Reading questions.
Normative Ethics, sections 2.3, 2.4 & 2.6.
9/8 (Mon) Concepts in Normative Ethics
Reading questions.
Normative Ethics, sections 3.1 & 3.2.		 Analytic summary #2 topic (rubric) (guidelines) (template).
9/10 (Wed) Concepts in Normative Ethics
Reading questions.
Normative Ethics, sections 3.4 & 3.5.		  
9/14 (Sun)   Analytic summary #2 due by 12:00pm (noon) via Blackboard.
9/15 (Mon) Concepts in Normative Ethics
Reading questions.
Normative Ethics, sections 5.1 & 5.2.		  
9/17 (Wed)

Concepts in Normative Ethics
Reading questions.
Normative Ethics, section 5.3.

  
9/22 (Mon) Concepts in Normative Ethics
Reading questions.
Normative Ethics, sections 6.1–6.3.		 Position paper #1 topic (rubric) (guidelines) (template).
9/24 (Wed) Concepts in Normative Ethics
Reading questions.
Normative Ethics, sections 6.4 & 6.5.		  
9/29 (Mon) 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).		  
10/1 (Wed) John Stuart Mill
Reading questions.
Utilitarianism, chapter 1, entire & chapter 2, paragraphs 1–17 (pp. 181–194 in Utilitarianism and On Liberty).		  
10/2 (Thu)   Position paper #1 due by 12:00pm (noon) via Blackboard.
10/6, 8 Eid Al-Adha Break  
10/13 (Mon) John Stuart Mill
Reading questions.
Utilitarianism, chapter 2, paragraphs 19–25 & chapter 4, entire (pp. 195–202 & 210–215 in Utilitarianism and On Liberty).		  
10/15 (Wed) John Stuart Mill
Reading questions.
Utilitarianism, chapter 2, paragraphs 9–22 & chapter 3, entire (pp. 189–198 & 203–209 in Utilitarianism and On Liberty).		  
10/20 (Mon) John Stuart Mill
Reading questions.
Utilitarianism, chapter 5 (pp. 216–235 in Utilitarianism and On Liberty).		 Position paper #2 topic (rubric) (guidelines) (template).
10/22 (Wed) John Stuart Mill
Reading questions.
On Liberty, chapter 1 (pp. 88–98 in Utilitarianism and On Liberty).		  
10/27 (Mon) John Stuart Mill
Reading questions.
On Liberty, chapter 2 (pp. 99–130 in Utilitarianism and On Liberty).
10/29 (Wed) John Stuart Mill
Reading questions.
On Liberty, chapter 3 (pp. 131–146 in Utilitarianism and On Liberty).
11/2 (Sun)   Position paper #2 due by 12:00pm (noon) via Blackboard.
11/3 (Mon) Immanuel Kant (Unit #3)
Reading questions.
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, editor’s introduction, paragraphs 1–14, preface, entire & first section, paragraphs 1–7 (pp. ix–xv & 3–12).		  
11/5 (Wed) Immanuel Kant
Reading questions.
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, editor’s introduction, paragraphs 15–20 & first section, paragraphs 8–22 (pp. xv–xvii & 12–20).
11/10 (Mon) Immanuel Kant
Reading questions.
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, editor’s introduction, paragraphs 21–36 & second section, paragraphs 1–41 (pp. xvii–xxiii & 21–37).		 Position paper #3 topic (rubric) (guidelines) (template).
11/12 (Wed)

Immanuel Kant
Reading questions.
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, editor’s introduction, paragraphs 37–46 & second section, paragraphs 42–79 (pp. xxiii–xxviii & 37–51).

  
11/17 (Mon) Immanuel Kant
Reading questions.
Normative Ethics, chapter 7.2.		  
11/19 (Wed) Immanuel Kant
Reading questions.
Normative Ethics, chapter 7.4.		  
11/23 (Sun)   Position paper #3 due by 12:00pm (noon) via Blackboard.
11/24 (Mon) Aristotle (Unit #4)
Reading questions.
Nicomachean Ethics, book I, chapters 1–5, 7 & 13 (pp. 95–98, 100–103 & 109–110).		 Position paper #4 topic (rubric) (guidelines) (template).
11/26 (Wed) Aristotle
Reading questions.
Nicomachean Ethics, book II, chapters 1–7 & book III, chapters 6–9 (pp. 111–120 & 132–138).		  
12/1 (Mon) Aristotle
Reading questions.
Nicomachean Ethics, book VI (pp. 176–189).
12/3 (Wed) Aristotle
Reading questions.
Nicomachean Ethics, book I, chapters 5 & 7–9 & book X, chapters 6–8 (pp. 97–98, 100–105 & 249–254).
12/7 (Sun)   Position paper #4 due by 12:00pm (noon) via Blackboard.