Day
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Topic
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Handouts
and
Class Notes
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Readings
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Assignments
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8/23 (Tu)
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Introduction to Class
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Syllabus
Participation
Rubric
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No Readings
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| 8/25 (Th) |
Friends and Family |
Worksheet on Writing in a Clear and Precise Manner
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"Personal
Relationships" by Lawrence Blum
Reading
Questions
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| 8/30 (Tu) |
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Worksheet on Interpreting an Author |
"What
Do Grown Children Owe Their Parents?" by Jane English
Reading
Questions
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| 9/1 (Th) |
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Sample Quiz |
"Can
Parents and Children be Friends?" by Joseph Kupfer
Reading
Questions
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Paperling 1
Student
Sample 1
Student
Sample 2
Sample
We Constructed in Class
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9/6 (Tu)
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Intro to Moral Theory |
Worksheet on Reconstructing Arguments
Class Notes
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"Consequentialism"
by Julian Baggini and Peter S. Fosl
"Deontological
Ethics" by Julian Baggini and Peter S. Fosl
"Virtue
Ethics" by Julian Baggini and Peter S. Fosl
Note: You only have to read one of these; check
the reading questions for details!
Reading
Questions
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| 9/8 (Th) |
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"Who's
to Judge?" by Louis Pojman
Reading
Questions |
Paperling 2
Student
Sample 1
Student
Sample 2
Sample
We Constructed in Class
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| 9/13 (Tu) |
Rights to Children |
Worksheet on Objections and Counter-Arguments
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"Licensing
Parents" by Hugh LaFollette
Reading
Questions
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| 9/15 (Th) |
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"On
Licentious Licensing: A Reply to Hugh LaFollette" by Lawrence E. Frisch
Reading
Questions
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Paperling 3
Student
Sample 1
Student
Sample 2
Sample
We Constructed in Class
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| 9/20 (Tu) |
Fulfillment, Well-Being, Quality of Life |
Worksheet on Writing Concisely |
"Happiness,
Well-Being and the Good Life: A Primer" by Daniel Haybron
Reading
Questions
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| 9/22 (Th) |
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"The
Case Against Kids" by Elizabeth Kolbert
Better Never to Have Been
(excerpts) by David Benatar
Reading
Questions
|
Paperling 4
Student
Sample 1
Student
Sample 2
Sample
We Constructed in Class
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| 9/27 (Tu) |
Beauty |
|
Excerpts
on Beauty
Reading
Questions
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| 9/29 (Th) |
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Note: No readings today!
Questions
|
Paperling 5
Student
Sample 1
Student
Sample 2
Sample
We Constructed in Class
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| 10/4 (Tu) |
Meaning of Life |
|
"Religion
Gives Meaning to Life" by Lois Hope Walker"
"Existentialism
as a Humanism" by Jean-Paul Sartre
Reading
Questions
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| 10/6 (Th) |
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Selections
from Meaning in Life and Why It
Matters by Stephen Macedo and Susan Wolf
Selections
from Buddhism by Damien Keown
Reading
Questions |
Paperling 6 |
| 10/11 (Tu) |
Torture |
|
"Can
Torture Ever by Moral" with Gary Gutting and Jeff McMahan
Reading
Questions
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| 10/13 (Th) |
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Group
1 Handout
Group
2 Handout
Group
3 Handout
Group
4 Handout
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Note: no readings today -- we're doing an in-class activity.
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| 10/18 (Tu) |
War |
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"Just
War" by Jeff McMahan
"Straightforward
Answers to Basic Questions about Syria's War" by Max Fisher
"In
Fight for Aleppo, Tangled Alliances in Syria Add to Chaos" by Ann
Bernard
Reading
Questions
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| 10/20 (Th) |
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Interview
with Cécile Fabre on Remembrance
Listening
Questions
|
Prospectus |
| 10/25 (Tu) |
Prospectus Discussion |
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Link to Prospectuses
Reading
Questions |
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| 10/27 (Th) |
Capital Punishment |
|
“A Defense of the Death Penalty" by Louis P. Pojman
Reading
Questions |
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| 11/1 (Tu) |
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“Why We Should Put the Death Penalty to Rest” by Stephen
Nathanson
Reading
Questions
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| 11/3 (Th) |
Assisted Suicide |
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"Active
and Passive Euthanasia" by James Rachels
Reading
Questions
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| 11/8 (Tu) |
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Interview
on Life and Death Decision-Making with Peter Singer
Optional Readings:
Case 1
Case 2
Case
3
Case 4
Reading
Questions
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| 11/10 (Th) |
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Note: no
readings today -- we're doing an in-class activity. |
Rough Draft |
| 11/15 (Tu) |
Rough Draft Discussion
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Link to rough drafts
Reading
Questions
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| 11/17 (Th) |
Prostitution
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"Is
Prostitution Harmful" by Ole Martin Moen
Reading
Questions
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| 11/29 (Tu) |
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"Is
Prostitution Harmful" by Ole Martin Moen
"Comment
on 'Is Prostitution Harmful' " by Scott A Anderson
"Intrinsic
Versus Contingent Claims About the Harmfulness of Prostitution" by
Rosalind J McDougall
"Prostitution
and Harm: A Reply to Anderson and McDougall" by Ole Martin Moen
Reading
Questions
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| 12/1 (Th) |
Should we
have the freedom to do whatever we want, so long as it doesn't harm
anyone? |
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"Liberty, Coercion, and the Limits of the State" by Alan
Wertheimer
Reading
Questions
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| 12/6 (Tu) |
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"Liberty, Coercion, and the Limits of the State" by Alan
Wertheimer
Reading
Questions
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| 12/8 (Th) |
Concluding
Discussion |
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No Readings
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| 12/12 (M) |
Note: Not a Class Day |
Final Paper |