Schedule
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| 8/22 (Mon) | Concepts in Normative Ethics (Unit #1) (slides) | Analytic summary topic handed out (rubric) (guidelines) (templates: MS Word & Pages). |
| 8/24 (Wed) | Concepts in Normative Ethics |
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| 8/29 (Mon) | Concepts in Normative Ethics Reading questions. Shelly Kagan, Normative Ethics, “Promoting the Good” & “Well-Being”. |
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| 8/31 (Wed) | Concepts in Normative Ethics Reading questions. Shelly Kagan, Normative Ethics, “The Total View”, “Equality” & “Consequentialism”. |
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| 9/4 (Sun) | Analytic summary due by 12:00pm (noon) via Blackboard. | |
| 9/5 (Mon) | Concepts in Normative Ethics Reading questions. Shelly Kagan, Normative Ethics, “Deontology” & “Thresholds”. |
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| 9/7 (Wed) | Concepts in Normative Ethics Reading questions. Shelly Kagan, Normative Ethics, “Doing and Allowing” & “Intending Harm”. |
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| 10/6, 8 | Eid Al-Adha Break | |
| 9/19 (Mon) | Concepts in Normative Ethics Reading questions. Shelly Kagan, Normative Ethics, “Demanding Too Much” & “Options”. |
Position paper topic handed out (rubric) (guidelines) (templates: MS Word & Pages). |
| 9/21 (Wed) | Concepts in Normative Ethics |
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| 9/26 (Mon) | Concepts in Normative Ethics Reading questions. Shelly Kagan, Normative Ethics, “Foundational Theories”, “Egoism” & “Virtues”. |
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| 9/28 (Wed) | Concepts in Normative Ethics Reading questions. Shelly Kagan, Normative Ethics, “Act Consequentialism” & “Rules”. |
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| 10/2 (Sun) | Position paper due by 12:00pm (noon) via Blackboard. | |
| 10/3 (Mon) | John Stuart Mill (Unit #2) Reading questions. Jeremy Bentham, An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation. |
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| 10/5 (Wed) | John Stuart Mill Reading questions. John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism, “General Remarks” & “What Utilitarianism Is”. |
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| 10/10 (Mon) | John Stuart Mill Reading questions. John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism, “What Utilitarianism Is” & “Of What Sort of Proof the Principle of Utility is Susceptible”. |
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| 10/12 (Wed) | John Stuart Mill Reading questions. John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism, “What Utilitarianism Is” & “Of the Ultimate Sanction of the Principle of Utility”. |
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| 10/17 (Mon) | John Stuart Mill Reading questions. John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism, “On the Connexion Between Justice and Utility”. |
Interpretive analysis #1 topic handed out (rubric) (guidelines) (templates: MS Word & Pages). |
| 10/19 (Wed) | John Stuart Mill Reading questions. John Stuart Mill, On Liberty, “Introductory”. |
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| 10/24 (Mon) | John Stuart Mill Reading questions. John Stuart Mill, On Liberty, “Of the Liberty of Thought and Discussion”. |
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| 10/26 (Wed) | John Stuart Mill Reading questions. John Stuart Mill, On Liberty, “Of Individuality, as one of the Elements of Well-being”. |
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| 10/30 (Sun) | Interpretive analysis #1 due by 12:00pm (noon) via Blackboard. | |
| 10/31 (Mon) | Immanuel Kant (Unit #3) Reading questions. Shelly Kagan, Normative Ethics, “Deontological Foundations” & “Universalizability”. |
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| 11/2 (Wed) | Immanuel Kant Reading questions. Shelly Kagan, Normative Ethics, “Reflection”. |
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| 11/7 (Mon) | Immanuel Kant Reading questions. Christine M. Korsgaard, “Introduction to Kant’s Groundwork”. Immanuel Kant, Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, “Preface” & “First Section: Transition From Common to Philosophical Moral Rational Cognition”. |
Interpretive analysis #2 topic handed out (rubric) (guidelines) (templates: MS Word & Pages). |
| 11/9 (Wed) | Immanuel Kant |
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| 11/14 (Mon) | Immanuel Kant Reading questions. Christine M. Korsgaard, “Introduction to Kant’s Groundwork”. Immanuel Kant, Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, “Second Section: Transition From Popular Moral Philosophy to the Metaphysics of Morals”. |
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| 11/16 (Wed) | Immanuel Kant Reading questions. Christine M. Korsgaard, “Introduction to Kant’s Groundwork”. Immanuel Kant, Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, “Second Section: Transition From Popular Moral Philosophy to the Metaphysics of Morals”. |
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| 11/20 (Sun) | Interpretive analysis #2 due by 12:00pm (noon) via Blackboard. | |
| 11/21 (Mon) | Aristotle (Unit #4) Reading questions. Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book I: “The Nature of Happiness”. |
Interpretive analysis #3 topic handed out (rubric) (guidelines) (templates: MS Word & Pages). |
| 11/23 (Wed) | Aristotle Reading questions. Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Books II & III: “The Excellences of Character”. |
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| 11/28 (Mon) | Aristotle Reading questions. Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book VI: “The Excellences of Intellect”. |
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| 11/30 (Wed) | Aristotle Reading questions. Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Books I & X: “True Happiness and the Life of Reflection”. |
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| 12/4 (Sun) | Interpretive analysis #3 due by 12:00pm (noon) via Blackboard. |