Welcome Philosophy
Students. Below
you will find a table listing the assigned readings, important announcements,
and links to handouts passed out in class. Check on this page often in
order to keep up with the class.
Last Updated: 7/15
Announcements:
- 6/15: We went over the syllabus today
- 6/16: We had an in-class short writing assignment today.
- 6/18: We have moved rooms--we are now going to meet in Allyn Hall, room 270. The change starts today.
- 6/25: Due to our being behind right now, I have changed the test date. The midterm will now be on Thursday, July 2nd rather than on Tuesday. I have also updated our reading schedule. These changes are reflected in the revised syllabus, available below in the handouts list.
Reading Assignments:
- For 6/16: Singer, "All Animals are Equal"
- For 6/17: Norcross, "Torturing Puppies and Eating Meat"
- For 6/22: Machan, "Do Animals Have Rights?"
- For 6/23: Engel, "9/11 and Starvation"; Singer, "The Singer Solution to World Poverty"
- For 6/24: Huemer, "America's Unjust Drug War"
- For 6/29: Mill, "Utilitarianism"; Nozick, "The Experience Machine"; Rachels, Chapters 6-7.
- For 6/30: Williams, "Utilitarianism and Integrity"; Rachels, Chapter 13, pp. 197-200.
- For 7/6: Kant, "The Categorical Imperative"; Rachels, chapters 8-9.
- For 7/8: Rachels, "The Challenge of Cultural Relativism"
- For 7/13: Rachels, "Subjectivism in Ethics"; Mackie, "The Subjectivity of Values"
- For 7/14: Rachels, "Ethical Egoism"
- For 7/15: Rachels, "Does Morality Depend on Religion?"
Short Writing Assignments:
Handouts:
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