Schedule
| Date | Topic | Work Due |
| Introduction Week | ||
| 01/28 | Introduction to Course and Each Other | |
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WHAT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO?
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| 01/30 | Intro to Moral Reasoning (No Reading) | |
| 02/4 | What is Utilitarianism (Mills) | |
| 02/6 | Famine, Affluence, and Morality (Singer) | Log 1 |
| 02/11 | On Liberty (Mills) | |
| 02/13 | Groundwork on the Metaphysics of Morals (Kant) | Log 2 |
| 02/18 | NO CLASS | |
| 02/20 | Groundwork on the Metaphysics of Morals Cont’d (Kant) | |
| 02/25 | The Case for Legalization (Nadelmann) both readings are connected here | Log 3 |
| 02/27 | Against the Legalization of Drugs (Wilson) | |
| 03/4 | Homosexuality: The Nature and Harm Arguments (Corvino) | Log 4 |
| 03/6 | IN CLASS DEBATE (NO OUTSIDE PREP) | |
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WHO ARE WE? |
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| 3/11 | The Mind/Body Problem Where Am I?, (Daniel Dennett) |
Log 5 |
| 3/13 | MIDTERM | Review Sheet |
| 3/18 | The Mind-Brain Identity Theory Meditations II, (Descartes) | |
| 3/20 | The Problem of Personal IdentityPersonal Identity, (Pojman 91-99) | Log 6 |
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IS THERE MEANING TO LIFE? |
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| 3/26-4/2 |
SPRING BREAK |
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| 4/3 | The Meaning of Life, (Richard Taylor)The Myth of Sisyphus, (Albert Camus) | |
| 4/8 | On the Meaning of Life, (Moritz Schlick ) The Experience Machine (Robert Nozick ) |
Log 7 (Log can be done on either reading) |
| 4/10 | Plato, Euthydemus and Phaedo(Aim of Life & Practice of death) | |
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WHAT IS JUSTICE? |
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| 4/15 | Crito, (Plato) | |
| 4/17 | Letter From a Biringmaham Jail (King) Print version / PDF version (preferred) The Ballot or the Bullet ( Malcolm X) |
Log 8 (Log can be done on either reading ) |
| 4/22 | Rawls – A Theory of Justice, | |
| 4/24 | Theory of Justice Contd (Rawls) | Log 9 |
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IS THERE A GOD? |
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| 4/29 | Arguments for the existence of God (Pojman) | |
| 5/1 | Arguments for the existence of God Cont’d (Pojman) | Log 10 |
| 5/6 | The Problem of Evil (Pojman) | |
| 5/8 | Cont’d | Please Fill out class Evaluation Online Here |
| 5/13 | IN CLASS DEBATE TO PREPARE READ Religious Experience (Pojman) AND Miracles (Pojman) |
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| 5/15 | FINAL REVIEW and LAST DAY OF CLASS | |
| 5/22 5:30-7:30 |
FINAL EXAM WEEK (USUALLY DURING REG CLASS TIME) |