PART FOUR

WHAT IS MORALITY? (October 30)

"Baby Theresa" (Class Handout)

"John on a Botany Expedition in the Amazon"

"The Trolley Problem"

"John: The Transplant Doctor"

WHY BE MORAL? (November 1)

Joel Eeinberg, "Psychological Egoism,"

James Rachels, "Ethical Egoism,"
in "Reason and Responsibility", pp. 476-95.

Russ Shafer-Landau, Ethical Subjectivism,"

Mary Midgley, "Trying Out One's New Sword,"
in "Reason and Responsibility", pp. 510-25.

UTILITARIANISM FOR AND AGAINST (November 6)

"The Shallow Pond and the Envelope" (Class Handout)

"John on a Botany Expedition" (Class Handout)

John Stuart Mill (1806-73), "Chapters 1 and 2 of Utilitarianism"
in "Reason and Responsibility", pp. 594-607.

KANTIAN ETHICS (November 8)

Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) , "Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals,"
in "Reason and Responsibility", pp. 579-93.

Third papers are due in class on Wednesday, November 8.

DOES MORALITY DEPEND ON RELIGION? (November 13)

Philip Quinn, "God and Morality,"
in "Reason and Responsibility", pp. 564-79.

ARISTOTLEIAN ETHICS (November 13)

Aristotle (384-322 B.C.E.), "The Nature of Virtue (Nicomachean Ethics),"
in "Reason and Responsibility", pp. 525-42.

THE IDEA OF A SOCIAL CONTRACT (November 15)

Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679), "Selections from The Leviathan", pp. 541-54,

John Rawls (1921-2002), "Justice as Fairness,"
in "Reason and Responsibility", pp. 554-64.

FEMINISM AND THE ETHICS OF CARE (November 16)

Annette Baier, "Feminism and The Ethics of Care" (Class Handout)

PRACTICAL ETHICS I (November 20)

Peter Singer, "Famine, Affluence and Morality", pp. 631-39

Onora O'Neill, "Kantian Approaches to Some Famine Problems,"
in "Reason and Responsibility," pp. 639-45.

CLASS DISCUSSION (November 22)

There will be no classes on Thursday and Friday
Thanksgiving, November 23rd and 24th.

PRACTICAL ETHICS II (November 27)

Judith Thomson, "In Defense of Abortion", pp. 667-77

Don Marquis, "An Argument That Abortion Is Wrong,"
in "Reason and Responsibility," pp. 677-87.

PRACTICAL ETHICS III (November 29)

Peter Singer, "All Animals Are Equal",
in "Reason and Responsibility", pp. 654-66.

There will be a quiz in class on Thursday, November 30th.

Paper topics for the fourth and final paper will be handed out
on Thursday, November 30st. The fourth paper is due on Monday,
December 11th by 4:00 PM in the Philosophy Department
Main Office in Rabb 303.

Quizes will be graded and returned on Monday, December 4th in class.

THE LAST DAY OF CLASSES (December 5)

The final paper topic question handed out in class on Wednesday, November 29, 2006
will also be posted ONLINE.

Again: the fourth and final paper is due on Monday,
December 11th by 4:00 PM
in the Philosophy Department Main Office in Rabb 303.

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