Hamline University - Phil. 1140 - Ethics - Spring, 2005 - Tom Atchison
Schedule of Assignments
Date
to be discussed
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
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
More to come . . .