Socrates

Plato

Fall 2011 Class Calendar

PHIL-2306-004
Ethics
D. Andrew Christie, M.A.


Aristotle

Aquinas

Fall 2011 Course Calendar

Quiz #1 Quiz Date: September 22, 2011
Quiz #2 Quiz Date: October 6, 2011
Essay #1 Essay Due Date: October 6, 2011
Midterm Exam Exam Date: October 13, 2011
Quiz #3 Quiz Date: October 27, 2011
Quiz #4 Quiz Date: Unannounced Schedule
Quiz #5 Quiz Date: Unannounced Schedule
Essay #2 Essay Due Date: November 17, 2011
Final Exam Exam Date: December 8, 2011



Hobbes

Kant

Fall 2011 Class Calendar

Course Outline &
Reading Assignments


Mill

Nietzsche


Course Outline/Reading Assignments

Reading assignments in Ethical Theory: Classical & Contemporary Readings (Ed: Louis P. Pojman and James Fieser; 6th edition) are denoted by "[ET]"

Week Date Topic Reading
1 25-AUG Introduction & Overview [ET]: Introduction (pg 1 - 7)
2 01-SEP Socrates, Plato, & The Forms [ET]: Plato (pg 8 - 14)
[ET]: Plato (pg 20 - 25)
3 08-SEP Ethical Relativism vs Ethical Objectivism [ET]: Intro (pg 15 - 19)
[ET]: Herodotus (pg 20)
[ET]: Aquinas (pg 25 - 38)
[ET]: Benedict (pg 38 - 42)
4 15-SEP Morality & Self-Interest [ET]: Intro (pg 67 - 69)
[ET]: Plato (pg 87 - 92)
[ET]: Taylor (pg 93 - 98)
5 22-SEP Value & Self [ET]: Intro (pg 107 - 110)
[ET]: Nozick (pg 111 - 112)
[ET]: Nietzsche (pg 120 - 127)
6 29-SEP Utilitarianism [ET]: Intro (pg 187 - 190)
[ET]: Epicurus (pg 191 - 193)
[ET]: Bentham (pg 194 - 196)
[ET]: Mill (pg 197 - 215)
7 06-OCT Utilitarianism continued [ET]: Mill (pg 215 - 230)
[ET]: Hospers (pg 255 - 264)
8 13-OCT Utilitarianism continued + Midterm Exam [ET]: Williams (pg 245 - 254)
9 20-OCT Kant & Deontological Ethics [ET]: Intro (pg 277 - 280)
[ET]: Kant (pg 281 - 319)
10 27-OCT Contractarian Ethical Systems [ET]: O'Neill (pg 328 - 338)
[ET]: Intro (pg 363 - 366)
[ET]: Hobbes (pg 367 - 379)
11 03-NOV Contractarian Ethical Systems continued [ET]: Gauthier (pg 380 - 389)
[ET]: Rawls (pg 390 - 398)
12 10-NOV Aristotle & Virtue-based Ethical Systems [ET]: Intro (pg 399 - 402)
[ET]: Aristotle (pg 403 - 440)
[ET]: Pojman (pg 483 - 491)
13 17-NOV Fact - Value Problem [ET]: Intro (pg 493 - 499)
[ET]: Hume (pg 500 - 506)
[ET]: Moore (pg 507 - 512)
14 24-NOV Thanksgiving  
15 01-DEC Moral Realism vs Moral Skepticism [ET]: Ayer (pg. 513 - 519)
[ET]: Intro (pg 545 - 547)
[ET]: Harman (pg 568 - 577)
16 08-DEC Final Exam  

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