Date to be discussed

Reading

Wednesday, Sept.7

Introductory session

Friday, Sept.9

Rachels on euthanasia, Applied Ethics, pp.166-171

Monday, Sept.12

Mill, Utilitarianism, to bottom of p.17

Wednesday, Sept.14

Mill, Utilitarianism, to p.26 (End of Chapter 2)

Friday, Sept.16

Mill, Utilitarianism, to p.41 (Chapters 3 and 4)

Monday, Sept.19

No new reading, small group discussion project in class today

Wednesday, Sept.21

Kant in Applied Ethics, pp.22-29

Friday, Sept.23

Kant in Applied Ethics, pp.29-37

Monday, Sept.26

Rawls in Applied Ethics, pp.38-49, concentrate on the last section

Wednesday, Sept.28

No new reading, small group discussion project in class today

Friday, Sept.30

Mill, Utilitarianism, Chapter 5

Monday, Oct.3

Intro to chapter on capital punishment in Applied Ethics, pp.238-247 and article by Bedau pp.248-259

Wednesday, Oct.5

Articles by van den Haag (pp.260-265) and Primoratz (pp.284-294) in Applied Ethics

Friday, Oct.7

No class – Presidential Inauguration

Monday, Oct.10

Amsterdam in Applied Ethics, pp.277-283

Wednesday, Oct.12

Singer and Hardin in Applied Ethics, pp.358-380

Friday, Oct.14

Van Wyk in Applied Ethics, pp.381-390

Monday, Oct.17

Hospers, in Applied Ethics, pp. 311-322

Wednesday, Oct.19

Govier, in Applied Ethics, pp. 328-341

Friday, Oct.21

Rawls in Applied Ethics, pp. 38-44 (skip the last section of this selection) plus more Rawls in a handout

Monday, Oct.24

Review  - 1st paper due

Wednesday, Oct.26

Mid-term Exam 

Friday, Oct.28

No class

Monday, Oct.31

Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics, Book I

Wednesday, Nov.2

Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics, Book II

Friday, Nov.4

Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics, Book III and Book IV (as much as you can stand)

Monday, Nov.7

Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics, Book VI 

Wednesday, Nov.9

Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics, Book X

Friday, Nov.11

Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics, Books VIII and IX

Monday, Nov.14

Discussion project on virtues; Philippa Foot, Virtues and Vices in Applied Ethics, pp. 50-58

Wednesday, Nov.16

Warren in Applied Ethics, pp.88-98

Friday, Nov.18

Marquis in Applied Ethics, pp.99-110

Monday, Nov.21

Sherwin in Applied Ethics, pp.59-69

Wednesday, Nov.23

Wolf-Devine in Applied Ethics, pp.145-155

Friday, Nov.25

No class

Monday, Nov.28

Mackenzie in Applied Ethics, pp.120-133

Wednesday, Nov.30

Levin in Applied Ethics, pp.675-680

Friday, Dec.2

Mohr in Applied Ethics, pp.665-674

Monday, Dec.5

Kaplan in Applied Ethics, pp. 681-690

Wednesday, Dec.7

Introduction to Chapter 8 pp.541-546 and Lynn , in Applied Ethics, pp. 559-568

Friday, Dec.9

Gastil, in Applied Ethics, pp. 569-579. 

Monday, Dec.12

Langton, in Applied Ethics, pp.602-625

Wednesday, Dec.14

Review

Monday, Dec.19, 2:45-4:45

Final Exam (possible exam questions here)