Date to be discussed

Reading

Wednesday, Jan. 31

Introductory session

Friday, Feb. 2

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

Monday, Feb. 5

Mill, Utilitarianism, to p.12

Wednesday. Feb. 7

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

Friday, Feb. 19

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

Monday, Feb. 12

Kant Grounding…, Section 1

Wednesday, Feb. 14

Kant Grounding…, Section 2, through page 33

Friday, Feb. 16

Kant Grounding…, Section 2, pp. 33-48

Monday, Feb. 19

Mill, Utilitarianism, Chapter 5

Wednesday, Feb. 21

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

Friday, Feb. 23

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

Monday, Feb. 26

Amsterdam in Applied Ethics, pp.277-283

Wednesday, Feb. 28

Singer in Applied Ethics, pp.358-368

Friday, March 2

Hardin in Applied Ethics, pp.369-380

Monday, March 5

Van Wyk in Applied Ethics, pp.381-390

Wednesday, March 7

Hospers, in Applied Ethics, pp. 311-322

Friday, March 9

Govier, in Applied Ethics, pp. 328-341;

Monday March 12

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

Wednesday, March 14

Review 1^st paper due

Friday, March 16

Mid-term Exam

March 17-25

Spring Break

Monday, March 26

Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics, Book I

Wednesday, March 28

Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics, Book II

Friday, March 30

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

Monday, April 2

Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics, Book VI 

Wednesday, April 4

Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics, Book X

Friday, April 6

No class 

Monday, April 9

Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics, Books VIII and IX

Wednesday, April 11

 Philippa Foot, Virtues and Vices in Applied Ethics  pp. 50-58

Friday, April 13

Alan Soble, Philosophy of Sexuality, sections 6 ("Sexual Perversion") through 13 (Natural Law vs. Liberal Ethics) online here; Levin in Applied Ethics, pp.675-680

Monday, April 16

Kaplan in Applied Ethics, pp.681-690

Wednesday, April 18

Sherwin in Applied Ethics, pp.59-69

Friday, April 20

Warren in Applied Ethics, pp.88-98

Monday, April 23

Marquis in Applied Ethics, pp.99-110

Wednesday, April 25

Mackenzie in Applied Ethics, pp.120-133

Friday, April 27

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

Monday, April 30

Introduction to Chapter 8 pp.539-540 and Mill in Applied Ethics, pp.550-558

Wednesday, May 2

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

Friday, May 4

Gastil, in Applied Ethics, pp. 569-579

Monday, May 7

Langton, in Applied Ethics, pp.602-625

Wednesday, May 9

Lawrence , in Applied Ethics, pp.639-652

Friday, May 11

Review; 2nd paper due; assignment here

Monday, May 14, 10:00 AM

Final Exam (in our regular classroom)  Possible exam questions