Statement on Students with Special Needs: Students with permanent or temporary disabilities who would like to discuss classroom accommodations are asked to see the instructor as soon as possible. Schedule of Readings: Thursday, Sept. 8 1. Introduction to Ethics. 2. Overview of normative versus ontological claims. Tuesday, Sept. 13 1. Read: Arendt’s “What is Authority” (available at course website), pp. 91-120. Assignment: What is a Thesis Statement? Read Harvard University's Writings Center's Thursday, Sept. 15 1. Read: Arendt’s “What is Authority?” (available at course website), pp. 120-end. Assignment: Write 0ut what you believe is Arendt's thesis in “What is Authority”? Use two sentences at most. Bring with you to class. Tuesday, Sept. 20 1. Read: Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book I 2. Begin informal fallacies () Assignment: 3.2, Fallacies of Relevance, pp. 122-133. Do questions for part I, # 1-15. Hand in answers at the beginning of class. Resources for Aristotle: 1. BBC In Our Time: (podcast) 2. Nigel Warburton, Philosophy Classics, (podcast) 3. (MS Word File) 4. Aristotle Prof’s . Thursday, Sept. 22 1. Read: Aristotle, Ethics, Book II.
. L. Alexander and M. Moore, “” (Stanford Encyclopedia of Phil.) Tuesday, Oct. 11 1. Thanksgiving Break Thursday, Oct. 13 1. Read: Kant, Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals, pp. 31-49. 2. Discussion of plagiarism. Read MUN and the MUN Writing Center's . Tuesday, Oct. 18 1. Read: Mill, Utilitarianism (sections 1-2) 2. Read: Resources for John Stuart Mill: Professor’s (MS Word) P. Pettit, (.pdf, a little dark in spots) Nigel Warburton, “’” (podcast) Thursday, Oct. 20 1. Read Mill, Utilitarianism (sections 3-5) Second Writing Assignment Due (3 pages, double-spaced, Times New Roman font): In this exegetical paper, you will provide an overview of Kant’s deontological approach, specifically the basis for the categorical imperative as well as how one applies it. We will discuss in class how to organize this paper. (10 pts.) Tuesday, Oct. 25 1. Read: Nietzsche, Genealogy of Morals, Section I. In Class Quiz on plagiarism and key terms in Harvard's Short Guide to Writing a Philosophy Paper. Multiple choice and short answer. (5 pts.) Resources for Nietzsche:
Philosophy Now, (podcast) Dale Wilkerson, Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Thursday, Oct. 27 1. Read: Nietzsche, Genealogy of Morals, Section II. Third Writing Assignment (4 pages): In this paper, you will show how Mill would have critiqued Aristotle had he made more than a passing mention of him in Utilitarianism. What would his critique be? Why do you think this? Make sure to provide textual evidence for your claims, both from Aristotle and from Mill. (15pts.) Tuesday, Nov. 1 1. Read: Michel Foucault, Discipline and Punish, pp. 3-32 Resources for Foucault: BBC's The Partially Examined Life on Foucault and Punishment, with specific discussion of the chapters of DP. Gary Gutting,Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Thursday, Nov. 3 1. Read Foucault, Discipline, pp. 32-72. 2. Discussion of issues in second and third writing assignments. Tuesday, Nov. 8 1. Foucault, Discipline, pp. 73-103. Thursday, Nov. 10 1. Foucault, Discipline, pp. 195-230. Tuesday, Nov. 15 1. Foucault, Discipline, pp. 293-end. Quiz, multiple choice and short answer on Foucault's Discipline and Punish. (5 pts.) Thursday, Nov. 17 1. Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem, ""