Class Schedule

wk Date Units & Readings # Pages Assignments Units, Readings & Assignments
Misogyny & Epistemic Injustice (Unit #1) Misogyny & Epistemic Injustice (Unit #1)
1 8/31 (Tue) Reading Questions.
Deutsch, “The Male Privilege Checklist”.
2 Reading Questions.
Deutsch, “The Male Privilege Checklist”.
9/2 (Thu) Reading Questions.
Manne, “Threatening Women”.
25 Reading Questions.
Manne, “Threatening Women”.
2 9/7 (Tue) Reading Questions.
Manne, “Ameliorating Misogyny”.
24 Reading Questions.
Manne, “Ameliorating Misogyny”.
9/9 (Thu) Reading Questions.
Mills, “White Ignorance”
27 Reading Questions.
Mills, “White Ignorance”
3 9/14 (Tue) Reading Questions.
Spelman, “Managing Ignorance”.
14 Reading Questions.
Spelman, “Managing Ignorance”.
9/16 (Thu) Reading Questions.
Medina, “Active Ignorance, Epistemic Others, and Epistemic Friction”.
30 Reading Questions.
Medina, “Active Ignorance, Epistemic Others, and Epistemic Friction”.
Equality & Social Justice (Unit #2) Equality & Social Justice (Unit #2)
4 9/21 (Tue) Reading Questions.
Anderson, “Racial Segregation and Material Inequality in the United States”.
Coates, “The Case for Reparations”.
33 Reading Questions.
Anderson, “Racial Segregation and Material Inequality in the United States”.
Coates, “The Case for Reparations”.
9/23 (Thu) Reading Questions.
Nozick, “Distributive Justice”.
28 Reading Questions.
Nozick, “Distributive Justice”.
5 9/26 (Sun) Foundation #1 (specs) due by 12:00pm (noon).* Foundation #1 (specs) due by 12:00pm (noon).*
9/28 (Tue) Reading Questions.
Cohen, “Self-Ownership, World-Ownership, and Equality”.
26 Reading Questions.
Cohen, “Self-Ownership, World-Ownership, and Equality”.
9/30 (Thu) Reading Questions.
Rawls, “Justice as Fairness”.
16 Reading Questions.
Rawls, “Justice as Fairness”.
6 10/3 (Sun) Foundation #2A or Foundation #2B (specs) due by 12:00pm (noon).* Foundation #2A or Foundation #2B (specs) due by 12:00pm (noon).*
10/5 (Tue) Reading Questions.
Rawls, “The Principles of Justice”.
21 Reading Questions.
Rawls, “The Principles of Justice”.
10/7 (Thu) Reading Questions.
Rawls, “The Original Position”.
18 Reading Questions.
Rawls, “The Original Position”.
7 10/10 (Sun) Foundation #3 (specs) due by 12:00pm (noon).* Foundation #3 (specs) due by 12:00pm (noon).*
10/12 (Tues) Reading Questions.
Scanlon, “The Diversity of Objections to Inequality”.
12 Reading Questions.
Scanlon, “The Diversity of Objections to Inequality”.
10/14 (Thu) Reading Questions.
Scheffler, “What is Egalitarianism?”
35 Reading Questions.
Scheffler, “What is Egalitarianism?”
8 10/17 (Sun) Foundation #4A or Foundation #4B (specs) due by 12:00pm (noon).* Foundation #4A or Foundation #4B (specs) due by 12:00pm (noon).*
10/19 (Tue) Reading Questions.
Young, “Five Faces of Oppression”.
28 Reading Questions.
Young, “Five Faces of Oppression”.
10/21 (Thu) Reading Questions.
Lebron, “Equality From a Human Point of View”.
35 Reading Questions.
Lebron, “Equality From a Human Point of View”.
9 10/24 (Sun) Foundation #5 (specs) due by 12:00pm (noon).* Foundation #5 (specs) due by 12:00pm (noon).*
Responsibility & Structural Injustice (Unit #3) Responsibility & Structural Injustice (Unit #3)
10/26 (Tue) Reading Questions.
Rawls, “The Basic Structure as Subject”.
Rawls, “Principles of Justice”.
23 Reading Questions.
Rawls, “The Basic Structure as Subject”.
Rawls, “Principles of Justice”.
10/28 (Thu) Reading Questions.
Cohen, “Where the Action Is: On the Site of Distributive Justice”.
28 Reading Questions.
Cohen, “Where the Action Is: On the Site of Distributive Justice”.
10 10/31 (Sun) Foundation #6 (specs) due by 12:00pm (noon).* Foundation #6 (specs) due by 12:00pm (noon).*
11/2 (Tue) Reading Questions.
Young, “From Personal to Political Responsibility”.
40 Reading Questions.
Young, “From Personal to Political Responsibility”.
11/4 (Thu) Reading Questions.
Young, “Structure as the Subject of Justice”.
33 Reading Questions.
Young, “Structure as the Subject of Justice”.
11 11/7 (Sun) Foundation #7 (specs) due by 12:00pm (noon).* Foundation #7 (specs) due by 12:00pm (noon).*
11/9 (Tue) Reading Questions.
Shelby, “Justice, Deviance, and the Dark Ghetto”.
35 Reading Questions.
Shelby, “Justice, Deviance, and the Dark Ghetto”.
11/11 (Thu) Reading Questions.
Young, “A Social Connection Model”.
29 Reading Questions.
Young, “A Social Connection Model”.
12 11/14 (Sun) Foundation #8 (specs) due by 12:00pm (noon).* Foundation #8 (specs) due by 12:00pm (noon).*
Freedom & Domination (Unit #4) Freedom & Domination (Unit #4)
11/16 (Tue) Reading Questions.
Mill, “Introductory” from On Liberty.
12 Reading Questions.
Mill, “Introductory” from On Liberty.
11/18 (Thu) Reading Questions.
Mill, “Of the Liberty of Thought and Discussion”.
33 Reading Questions.
Mill, “Of the Liberty of Thought and Discussion”.
13 11/21 (Sun) Foundation #9A or Foundation #9B (specs) due by 12:00pm (noon).* Foundation #9A or Foundation #9B (specs) due by 12:00pm (noon).*
11/23 (Tues) Class Canceled Class Canceled
11/25 (Thu) 🦃 Fall Recess 🦃 🦃 Fall Recess 🦃
14 11/30 (Tue) Reading Questions.
Mill, “Of Individuality, As One of the Elements of Well-Being”.
17 Reading Questions.
Mill, “Of Individuality, As One of the Elements of Well-Being”.
12/2 (Thu) Reading Questions.
Waldron, “Homelessness and the Issue of Freedom”.
Optional: Gladwell, “Million-Dollar Murray”.
Optional: Rafe Conn, “Million-Dollar Murray” (mp4).
30 Reading Questions.
Waldron, “Homelessness and the Issue of Freedom”.
Optional: Gladwell, “Million-Dollar Murray”.
Optional: Rafe Conn, “Million-Dollar Murray” (mp4).
15 12/5 (Sun) Foundation #10A or Foundation #10B (specs) due by 12:00pm (noon).* Foundation #10A or Foundation #10B (specs) due by 12:00pm (noon).*
12/7 (Tue) Class Canceled Class Canceled
12/9 (Thu) Class Canceled Class Canceled

*All times are for Buffalo (Eastern Standard) Time. Also, do not forget that there is an automatic 12-hour grace period after these due dates/times for finishing a foundation assignment.