Date to be discussed

Reading (with links to notes and study questions)

Wednesday, Jan. 30

Introductory session

Friday, Feb. 1

Singer on hunger in Applied Ethics, pp.358-368 (The same article is online here.)

Monday, Feb. 4

Mill, Utilitarianism, to p.12

Wednesday. Feb. 6

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

Friday, Feb. 8

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

Monday, Feb. 11

Kant, Grounding, Section 1

Wednesday, Feb. 13

Kant, Grounding, Section 2 to page 33

Friday, Feb. 15

Kant, Grounding, Section 2, pages 33-48

Monday, Feb. 18

Mill, Utilitarianism, Chapter 5

Wednesday, Feb. 20

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

Friday, Feb. 22

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

Monday, Feb. 25

Amsterdam in Applied Ethics, pp.277-283

Wednesday, Feb. 27

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

Friday, Feb. 29

Van Wyk in Applied Ethics, pp.381-390

Monday, March 3

1^st paper due (no new reading)

Wednesday, March 5

Hospers, in Applied Ethics, pp. 311-322

Friday, March 7

Govier, in Applied Ethics, pp. 328-341; Rawls in Applied Ethics, pp. 38-44 (skip the last section of this selection) plus more Rawls in a handout, online here; notes on Rawls here and here.  Read Govier for sure and Rawls if you have time.  We'll talk about both.  If you don't read Rawls now, you should do so before the exam.  By the way, there is a more extensive explanation of Rawls theory of justice online here. (Optional)

Monday March 10

Review  (Possible exam questions)

Wednesday, March 12

No class (catch up on reading; study for exam)

Friday, March 14

Mid-term Exam (Possible questions here)

March 15-23

Spring Break

Monday, March 24

Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics, Book I

Wednesday, March 26

Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics, Book II

Friday, March 28

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

Monday, March 31

Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics, Book VI 

Wednesday, April 2

Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics, Book X

Friday, April 4

Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics, Books VIII and IX

Monday, April 7

Philippa Foot, Virtues and Vices in Applied Ethics; Selections from Aristotle's Politics on Slaves and Women, online here

Wednesday, April 9

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

Friday, April 11

Mohr in Applied Ethics, pp.665-674

Monday, April 14

Kaplan , "Intimacy and Equality: The Question of Lesbian and Gay Marriage," in Applied Ethics, pp.681-690

Wednesday, April 16

Warren , "On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion," in Applied Ethics, pp.88-98

Friday, April 18

Marquis , "Why Abortion is Immoral," in Applied Ethics, pp.99-110

Monday, April 21

Sherwin , "Ethics, 'Feminine' Ethics and Feminist Ethics" in Applied Ethics, pp.59-69

Wednesday, April 23

Wolf-Devine , "Abortion and the 'Feminine Voice,” in Applied Ethics, pp.145-155 

Friday, April 25

Mackenzie, "Abortion and Embodiment," in Applied Ethics, pp.120-133

Monday, April 28

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

Wednesday, April 30

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

Friday, May 2

Gastil, "The Moral Right of the Majority to Restrict Obscenity and Pornography Through Law" in Applied Ethics, pp. 569-579

Monday, May 5

Langton, "Speech Acts and Unspeakable Acts" in Applied Ethics, pp.602-625

Wednesday, May 7

Lawrence , "If He Hollers Let Him Go: Regulating Racist Speech on Campus" in Applied Ethics, pp.639-652

Friday, May 9

Review; 2nd paper due  (assignment here)

Tuesday, May 13, 2:45PM

Final Exam for Section 5 (normally meets at 12:40) --Possible questions

Wednesday, May 14, 10:00AM

Final Exam for section 4 (normally meets at 11:30) --Possible questions