Week	Day	Date	Topic	Reading
1	M	24-AUG	Introduction & Overview
1	W	26-AUG	What Is Right Conduct?	Plato (pg 1 - 18)
2	M	31-AUG	Natural Law	Aquinas (pg 21 - 32)
2	W	02-SEP	A Defense of Ethical Relativism	Herodotus (pg 19 - 20); Benedict (pg 33 - 37)
3	M	07-SEP	HOLIDAY: Labor Day
3	W	09-SEP	A Defense of Ethical Objectivism	Pojman (pg 38 - 52)
4	M	14-SEP	Why Should I Be Moral?	Plato (pg 53 - 61)
4	W	16-SEP	Egoism As The Beginning of Morality	Hobbes (pg 62 - 71)
5	M	21-SEP	A Defense of Ethical Egoism	Rand (pg 72 - 78)
5	W	23-SEP	A Critique of Ethical Egoism	Rachels (pg 79 - 86)
6	M	28-SEP	The Good And The Allegory of The Cave	Plato (pg 104 - 112)
6	W	30-SEP	Classical Hedonism; The Experience Machine	Bentham (pg 113 - 115); Nozick (pg 124 - 125)
7	M	05-OCT	Beyond Good And Evil	Nietzsche (pg 116 - 123)
7	W	07-OCT	Utilitarianism	Mill (pg 139 - 146)
8	M	12-OCT	Rule-Utilitarianism	Hospers (pg 157 - 167)
8	W	14-OCT	A Critique of Utilitarianism	Williams (pg 168 - 178)
9	M	19-OCT	Mid-Term Exam
9	W	21-OCT	The Foundation of Ethics	Kant (pg 193 - 213)
10	M	26-OCT	An Examination of Kantian Ethics	Feldman (pg 214 - 228)
10	W	28-OCT	What Makes Right Acts Right?	Ross (pg 229 - 238)
11	M	02-NOV	Virtue Ethics	Aristotle (pg 247 - 259)
11	W	04-NOV	Media Presentation
12	M	09-NOV	The Nature of Virtues	MacIntyre (pg 271 - 286)
12	W	11-NOV	Virtue & The Moral Life; A Critique of Virtue-based Ethics	Mayo (pg 260 - 263); Frankena (pg 264 - 270)
13	M	16-NOV	Moral Minimalism And The Development of Character	Norton (pg 296 - 307)
13	W	18-NOV	The Euthyphro Problem	Plato (pg 308 - 312)
14	M	23-NOV	Just War Theory
14	W	25-NOV	A Free Man's Worship; Ethics Without Religion	Russell (pg 313 - 317); Nielsen (pg 318 - 323)
15	M	30-NOV	Class Presentations
15	W	02-DEC	Class Presentations
16	M	07-DEC	Course Review & Wrap-Up
16	W	09-DEC	Final Exam