Hamline University - Phil. 1140 - Ethics - Fall, 2002 - Tom Atchison
| Date to be discussed | Reading (links to study questions) |
| Wednesday, Sept.4 | Introductory session |
| Friday, Sept.6 | Applied Ethics, Introduction to Chapter 1, pp.1-9; Rachels on euthanasia, Applied Ethics, pp.166-171 |
| Monday, Sept.9 | Mill, Utilitarianism, to p.17 |
| Wednesday, Sept.11 | Mill, Utilitarianism, to p.25 |
| Friday, Sept.13 | Mill, Utilitarianism, to p.40 |
| Monday, Sept.16 | Kant in Applied Ethics, pp.22-29 |
| Wednesday, Sept.18 | Kant in Applied Ethics, pp.29-37 |
| Friday, Sept.20 | Rawls in Applied Ethics, pp.38-49 |
| Monday, Sept.23 | Mill, Utilitarianism, Chapter 5 |
| Wednesday, Sept.25 | Intro to chapter on capital punishment in Applied Ethics, pp.238-247 and article by Bedau pp.248-259 |
| Friday, Sept.27 | Articles by van den Haag (pp.260-265) and Primoratz (pp.284-294) in Applied Ethics |
| Monday, Sept.30 | Singer in Applied Ethics, pp.358-368 |
| Wednesday, Oct.2 | Hardin in Applied Ethics, pp.369-380 |
| Friday, Oct.4 | Van Wyk in Applied Ethics, pp.382-390 |
| Monday, Oct.7 | No new reading, work on papers; small group discussion project in class today: cases for discussion, applying Kant, applying utilitarianism |
| Wednesday, Oct.9 | still no new reading; continue discussion project |
| Friday, Oct.11 | 1st paper due (click here for assignment); Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics, Book I |
| Monday, Oct.14 | Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics, Book II |
| Wednesday, Oct.16 | Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics, Book III |
| Friday, Oct.18 | Aristotle, selection on slavery from the Politics, Book One, parts V and VI (handout, available online here. Scroll down to Part V); Nichomachean Ethics, Book IV (as much as you can stand) |
| Monday, Oct.21 | Review |
| Wednesday, Oct.23 | Mid-term Exam (click here for possible questions.) |
| Friday, Oct.25 | No class |
| Monday, Oct.28 | No new reading |
| Wednesday, Oct.30 | Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics, Book V |
| Friday, Nov. 1 | Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics, Book VI |
| Monday, Nov.4 | Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics, Books VIII and IX |
| Wednesday, Nov.6 | Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics, Book X |
| Friday, Nov.8 | Discussion project on virtues; Philippa Foot, Virtues and Vices in Applied Ethics (optional) |
| Monday, Nov.11 | Mill, selections from On Liberty in Applied Ethics, p. 550-558 |
| Wednesday, Nov.13 | Lynn, "Pornography and Free Speech" in Applied Ethics, pp. 559-568. A book by Andrea Dworkin and Catharine MacKinnon on pornography and civil rights, which articulates the position Lynn is criticizing, is online here. |
| Friday, Nov.15 | Gastil, "The Moral Right of the Majority to Restrict Obscenity and Pornography Through Law" in Applied Ethics, pp. 569-579. |
| Monday, Nov.18 | Langton, "Speech Acts and Unspeakable Acts" in Applied Ethics, pp.602-625. |
| Wednesday, Nov.20 | DeCew, "Violent Pornography: Censorship, Morality and Social Alternatives" in Applied Ethics, pp. 580-596. |
| Friday, Nov.22 | Lawrence, "If He Hollers Let Him Go: Regulating Racist Speech on Campus" in Applied Ethics, pp.639-652. |
| Monday, Nov.25 | Pojman, "The Moral Status of Affirmative Action" in Applied Ethics, pp. 407-422. |
| Wednesday, Nov.27 | Hettinger, "What Is Wrong with Reverse Discrimination?" in Applied Ethics, pp. 436-449 |
| Friday, Nov.29 | No class |
| Monday, Dec.2 | Warren, "The Abortion Struggle in America" and "On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion" in Applied Ethics, pp.79-98. Optional: Marquis, "Why Abortion is Immoral" pp. 99-110 |
| Wednesday, Dec.4 | Sherwin, "Ethics, 'Feminine' Ethics and Feminist Ethics" in Applied Ethics, pp. 59-69; Wolf-Devine, "Abortion and the 'Feminine Voice,'" pp. 145-155 |
| Friday, Dec.6 | Mackenzie, "Abortion and Embodiment," pp. 120-133 in Applied Ethics |
| Monday, Dec.9 | Walzer, selection from Just and Unjust Wars |
| Wednesday, Dec.11 | Articles by Kevin Pollack and Stephen Zunes about potential war with Iraq. Click here for the longer list of articles. |
| Friday, Dec.13 | Review. 2nd paper due (Click here for assignment sheet.) |
| Tuesday, Dec. 17, 10:00-noon | Final Exam (in our regular classroom) Possible questions here. |
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