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Schedule

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Important!

All due dates and times are Buffalo (Eastern Standard) Time. Also, do not forget that there is an automatic additional 60-hour grace period after these due dates and times for the introductory items and all your foundation assignments.

wk Date Units & Readings # Pages Assignments Units, Readings & Assignments
Misogyny & Epistemic Injustice (Unit #1) Misogyny & Epistemic Injustice (Unit #1)
1 8/28 (Sun) Introductory extra credit due by 12:00pm (noon). Introductory extra credit due by 12:00pm (noon).
8/30 (Tue) Reading Questions.
Deutsch, “The Male Privilege Checklist”.
2 Reading Questions.
Deutsch, “The Male Privilege Checklist”.
9/1 (Thu) Reading Questions.
Manne, “Threatening Women”.
25 Reading Questions.
Manne, “Threatening Women”.
2 9/4 (Sun) Foundation #1 (specs) due by 12:00pm (noon). Foundation #1 (specs) due by 12:00pm (noon).
9/6 (Tue) 🚨 Class is now held in O’Brian Hall 209. 🚨
Reading Questions.
Manne, “Ameliorating Misogyny”.
24 🚨 Class is now held in O’Brian Hall 209. 🚨
Reading Questions.
Manne, “Ameliorating Misogyny”.
9/8 (Thu) Reading Questions.
Mills, “White Ignorance”
27 Reading Questions.
Mills, “White Ignorance”
3 9/11 (Sun) Foundation #2 (specs) due by 12:00pm (noon). Foundation #2 (specs) due by 12:00pm (noon).
9/13 (Tue) Reading Questions.
Spelman, “Managing Ignorance”.
14 Reading Questions.
Spelman, “Managing Ignorance”.
9/15 (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 9/20 (Tue) 🚨Class Cancelled🚨
However, for Foundation #3, you will need to read through this case study:
Desai, Antoniou & Fan, “The Tulsa Massacre and the Call for Reparations”.
🚨Class Cancelled🚨
However, for Foundation #3, you will need to read through this case study:
Desai, Antoniou & Fan, “The Tulsa Massacre and the Call for Reparations”.
9/22 (Thu) 🚨Class Cancelled🚨
However, for Foundation #3, you will need to read through this case study:
Desai, Antoniou & Fan, “The Tulsa Massacre and the Call for Reparations”.
🚨Class Cancelled🚨
However, for Foundation #3, you will need to read through this case study:
Desai, Antoniou & Fan, “The Tulsa Massacre and the Call for Reparations”.
5 9/25 (Sun) Foundation #3 (specs) due by 12:00pm (noon). Foundation #3 (specs) due by 12:00pm (noon).
9/27 (Tue) 🚨Class Cancelled🚨 🚨Class Cancelled🚨
9/29 (Thu) 🚨Class Cancelled🚨 🚨Class Cancelled🚨
6 10/4 (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”.
10/6 (Thu) Reading Questions.
Nozick, “Distributive Justice”.
28 Reading Questions.
Nozick, “Distributive Justice”.
7 10/9 (Sun) Foundation #4 (specs) due by 12:00pm (noon). Foundation #4 (specs) due by 12:00pm (noon).
10/11 (Tues) Reading Questions.
Cohen, “Self-Ownership, World-Ownership, and Equality”.
26 Reading Questions.
Cohen, “Self-Ownership, World-Ownership, and Equality”.
10/13 (Thu) Reading Questions.
Rawls, “Justice as Fairness”.
16 Reading Questions.
Rawls, “Justice as Fairness”.
8 10/16 (Sun) Foundation #5 (specs) due by 12:00pm (noon). Foundation #5 (specs) due by 12:00pm (noon).
10/18 (Tue) Reading Questions.
Rawls, “The Principles of Justice”.
21 Reading Questions.
Rawls, “The Principles of Justice”.
10/20 (Thu) Reading Questions.
Rawls, “The Original Position”.
18 Reading Questions.
Rawls, “The Original Position”.
9 10/25 (Tue) Reading Questions.
Scanlon, “The Diversity of Objections to Inequality”.
12 Reading Questions.
Scanlon, “The Diversity of Objections to Inequality”.
10/27 (Thu) Reading Questions.
Scheffler, “What is Egalitarianism?”
35 Reading Questions.
Scheffler, “What is Egalitarianism?”
10 10/30 (Sun) Foundation #6 (specs) due by 12:00pm (noon). Foundation #6 (specs) due by 12:00pm (noon).
11/1 (Tue) Reading Questions.
Young, “Five Faces of Oppression”.
28 Reading Questions.
Young, “Five Faces of Oppression”.
11/3 (Thu) Reading Questions.
Lebron, “Equality From a Human Point of View”.
35 Reading Questions.
Lebron, “Equality From a Human Point of View”.
Responsibility & Structural Injustice (Unit #3) Responsibility & Structural Injustice (Unit #3)
11 11/8 (Tue) Class Canceled Class Canceled
11/10 (Thu) 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”.
12 11/13 (Sun) Foundation #7 (specs) due by 12:00pm (noon). Foundation #7 (specs) due by 12:00pm (noon).
11/15 (Tue) 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”.
11/17 (Thu) Reading Questions.
Young, “From Personal to Political Responsibility”.
40 Reading Questions.
Young, “From Personal to Political Responsibility”.
13 11/22 (Tues) Class Canceled Class Canceled
11/24 (Thu) 🦃 Fall Recess 🦃 🦃 Fall Recess 🦃
14 11/29 (Tue) Reading Questions.
Young, “Structure as the Subject of Justice”.
33 Reading Questions.
Young, “Structure as the Subject of Justice”.
12/1 (Thu) Reading Questions.
Shelby, “Justice, Deviance, and the Dark Ghetto”.
35 Reading Questions.
Shelby, “Justice, Deviance, and the Dark Ghetto”.
15 12/4 (Sun) Foundation #8 (specs) due by 12:00pm (noon). Foundation #8 (specs) due by 12:00pm (noon).
12/6 (Tue) Reading Questions.
Young, “A Social Connection Model”.
29 Reading Questions.
Young, “A Social Connection Model”.
12/8 (Thu) Reading Questions.
Mill, “Introductory” from On Liberty.
12 Reading Questions.
Mill, “Introductory” from On Liberty.