Hamline University - Phil. 1140 -Ethics - Fall, 2003 - Tom Atchison
Link to Lawrence Hinman's Ethics Updates pages
| Date to be discussed | Reading (links to study questions) |
| Wednesday, Sept.3 | Introductory session |
| Friday, Sept.5 | Rachels on euthanasia, Applied Ethics, pp.166-171 |
| Monday, Sept.8 | Mill, Utilitarianism, to p.17 |
| Wednesday, Sept.10 | Mill, Utilitarianism, to p.25 |
| Friday, Sept.12 | Mill, Utilitarianism, to p.40 |
| Monday, Sept.15 | No new reading, small group discussion project in class today: cases for discussion, applying utilitarianism |
| Wednesday, Sept.17 | Kant in Applied Ethics, pp.22-29 |
| Friday, Sept.19 | Kant in Applied Ethics, pp.29-37 |
| Monday, Sept.22 | Rawls in Applied Ethics, pp.38-49, concentrate on the last section |
| Wednesday, Sept.24 | No new reading, small group discussion project in class today: cases for discussion, applying Kant |
| Friday, Sept.26 | Mill, Utilitarianism, Chapter 5 |
| Monday, Sept.29 | Intro to chapter on capital punishment in Applied Ethics, pp.238-247 and article by Bedau pp.248-259 |
| Wednesday, Oct.1 | Articles by van den Haag (pp.260-265) and Primoratz (pp.284-294) in Applied Ethics |
| Friday, Oct.3 | Amsterdam in Applied Ethics, pp.277-283 |
| Monday, Oct.6 | Singer in Applied Ethics, pp.358-368 |
| Wednesday, Oct.8 | Hardin in Applied Ethics, pp.369-380 |
| Friday, Oct.10 | Van Wyk in Applied Ethics, pp.381-390 |
| Monday, Oct.13 | Hospers, "What Libertarianism Is" in Applied Ethics, pp. 311-322 |
| Wednesday, Oct.15 | Govier, "The Right To Eat and the Duty to Work" in Applied Ethics, pp. 328-341 |
| Friday, Oct.17 | Rawls in Applied Ethics, pp. 38-44 (skip the last section of this selection) plus more Rawls in a handout |
| Monday, Oct.20 | Review 1st paper due (click here for assignment) |
| Wednesday, Oct.22 | Mid-term Exam (click here for possible questions) |
| Friday, Oct.24 | No class |
| Monday, Oct.27 | Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics, Book I |
| Wednesday, Oct.29 | Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics, Book II |
| Friday, Oct. 31 | Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics, Book III and Book IV (as much as you can stand) |
| Monday, Nov.3 | Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics, Book VI |
| Wednesday, Nov.5 | Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics, Books VIII and IX |
| Friday, Nov.7 | Discussion project on virtues; Philippa Foot, Virtues and Vices in Applied Ethics |
| Monday, Nov.10 | Mohr in Applied Ethics, pp.665-674 |
| Wednesday, Nov.12 | Levin in Applied Ethics, pp.675-680 |
| Friday, Nov.14 | Sherwin in Applied Ethics, pp.59-69 |
| Monday, Nov.17 | Warren in Applied Ethics, pp.88-98 |
| Wednesday, Nov.19 | Marquis in Applied Ethics, pp.99-110 |
| Friday, Nov.21 | Guest speaker: Prof. Eddy Souffrant will talk about his 'post-colonial' critique of John Stuart Mill at our regular class time in Bridgeman Hall on the second floor of Old Main |
| Monday, Nov.24 | Mackenzie in Applied Ethics, pp.120-133 |
| Wednesday, Nov.26 | Wolf-Devine in Applied Ethics, pp.145-155 |
| Friday, Nov.28 | No class |
| Monday, Dec.1 | Introduction to Chapter 8 pp.539-540 and Mill in Applied Ethics, pp.550-558 |
| Wednesday, Dec.3 | Introduction to Chapter 8 pp.541-546 and Lynn, "Pornography and Free Speech" in Applied Ethics, pp. 559-568. Note: A book by Andrea Dworkin and Catharine MacKinnon on pornography and civil rights, which articulates the position Lynn is criticizing, is online here. Take a look, if you're interested. |
| Friday, Dec.5 | Gastil, "The Moral Right of the Majority to Restrict Obscenity and Pornography Through Law" in Applied Ethics, pp. 569-579. 2nd paper due - assignment here |
| Monday, Dec.8 | Langton, "Speech Acts and Unspeakable Acts" in Applied Ethics, pp.602-625. |
| Wednesday, Dec.10 | Lawrence, "If He Hollers Let Him Go: Regulating Racist Speech on Campus" in Applied Ethics, pp.639-652. |
| Friday, Dec.12 | Review. |
| Wednesday, Dec.17, 10:00-12:00 | Final Exam - Possible questions |
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