{"id":20,"date":"2016-08-19T19:54:38","date_gmt":"2016-08-19T23:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/escarbro\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2020-09-28T23:52:15","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T03:52:15","slug":"introduction-to-ethics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/escarbro\/past-courses\/introduction-to-ethics\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS"},"content":{"rendered":"

A copy of the syllabus can be found\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A link to our shared dropbox space with readings \/ powerpoint \/ in class work is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Below see a schedule of our readings with weblinks attached:<\/p>\n

Schedule of Readings:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Date \/ Topic<\/strong><\/td>\nAssignment Due <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tues, Aug 23<\/strong><\/p>\n

Introductions<\/td>\n

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No assignment: personal introductions and syllabus overview<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Thurs, Aug 25<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Making Good Ethical Arguments<\/td>\n

\u201cThe Pink Guide to Taking Philosophy Classes\u201d\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Tom Regan \u201cHow not<\/u> to Answer Moral Questions<\/a>\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Tues, Aug 30<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Making Good Ethical Arguments<\/td>\n

Plato, \u00a0Euthyphro<\/em><\/a> (here is a web version:\u00a0Euthyphro<\/a>)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

(And audio version of the dialogue here<\/a>)<\/p>\n

(We will also work on common argument forms in class)<\/p>\n

Recommended (but not required) reading:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.iep.utm.edu\/divine-c\/#H3<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Thurs, Sep 1<\/strong><\/p>\n

Civil Disobedience<\/td>\n

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Plato, Crito<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Tues, Sep 6<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Applied Ethics Topic: Civil Disobedience<\/td>\n

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., “Letter from Birmingham Jail<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

OR see an early draft of the letter here (audio option as well): https:\/\/kinginstitute.stanford.edu\/king-papers\/documents\/letter-birmingham-jail<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Thurs, Sep 8<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Applied Ethics Topic: Civil Disobedience<\/td>\n

No assignment (catch up on reading).<\/p>\n

Watch Black Power Mix Tape <\/em>in class (and discussion)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

 <\/p>\n

Tues, Sep 13<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Applied Ethics Topic: Civil Disobedience<\/td>\n

Stokley Carmichael (Kwame Ture), 1966 \u201cBlack Power Speech<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n

Debate Day In-Class!<\/p>\n

Recommended but not required: Dear White America<\/a> (Yancy)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Thurs, Sep 15<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Relativism and Egoism<\/td>\n

“The Challenges of Cultural Relativism,<\/a>\u201d <\/em>James Rachels<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tues, Sep 20<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Relativism and Egoism<\/td>\n

Selections from Thomas Hobbes Leviathan<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Try to read his laws of nature (Chpts\u00a014-16). A good summary of Hobbes can be found here (sections 3-6):\u00a0http:\/\/plato.stanford.edu\/entries\/hobbes-moral\/<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Thurs, Sep 22<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Relativism and Egoism<\/td>\n

 <\/p>\n

Psychological Egoism<\/a>, Joel Feinberg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Tues ,Sep 27<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Utilitarianism<\/td>\n

Jeremy Bentham, An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation, <\/em>Ch. 1 & Ch. 4 (pp. 8-12, 19-22, 92-94 in Troyer).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thurs, Sep 29<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Utilitarianism<\/td>\n

John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism, Chapters 1 & 2 (pp. 95-115 in Troyer)<\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Tues, Oct 4<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Utilitarianism<\/td>\n

John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism, Chapter 4 (pp. 122-127 in Troyer)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thurs, Oct 6<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Utilitarianism:<\/p>\n

Application<\/td>\n

 <\/p>\n

CANCELLED DUE TO STORM<\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Tues, Oct 11<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Utilitarianism Debate Day<\/td>\n

Utilitarianism Applied: Peter Singer, \u201cFamine, Affluence and Morality<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Thurs, Oct 13<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Deontology<\/td>\n

No assignment . Catch-up<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tues, Oct 18<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Deontology<\/td>\n

 <\/p>\n

EXAM IN CLASS<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Thurs, Oct 20<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Deontology<\/td>\n

Selections from Immanuel Kant, Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Tues, Oct 25<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n

Selections from Immanuel Kant,\u00a0Grounding for the Metaphysic of Morals<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thurs, Oct 27<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Deontology: Application<\/td>\n

READING CHANGED – READ ONEILL ON FAMINE! \u00a0(from Onora O\u2019Neill, \u201cBetween Consenting Adults<\/a>\u201d) to Onora O’Neill “Kantian Approaches to some Famine Problems<\/a>” )<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tues, Nov 1<\/strong><\/p>\n

Deontology: Application<\/td>\n

 <\/p>\n

Kant catch up day.<\/p>\n

*PAPER TOPICS DUE<\/a>\u00a0, and\u00a0Directions for Paper Topics<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Thurs, Nov 3<\/strong><\/p>\n

Virtue Ethics<\/td>\n

Introduction, The Practice of Virtue (Welchman, p. xi-xxiii)<\/p>\n

Aristotle, Book I (pp.5-20 in Welchman), Focus on Book I, sections 1,4,7,8,9,13<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Tues ,Nov 8<\/strong><\/p>\n

Virtue Ethics<\/td>\n

Aristotle, Book II, (pp 20-34 in Welchman), Focus on Book II, sections 1,2,4,6,8,9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thurs, Nov 10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Virtue Ethics: Application<\/td>\n

Rosalind Hursthouse, \u201cApplying Virtue Ethics to Our Treatment of Animals\u201d (pp. 136 -155 in Welchman) (you may skip the section titled, “Experiments on Other Animals” – roughly pages 143-250.We watched\u00a0Martha Nussbaum video (can be found here<\/a>) – we will watch in class.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tues, Nov 15<\/strong><\/p>\n

Virtue Ethics: Application?<\/td>\n

*Project Plan Due!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

John Doris, selections from Lack of Character<\/a>\u00a0LACK OF CHARACTER<\/a>\u00a0(just read the first 7 pages of\u00a0the PDF or 1-13 of the book).\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

(Here’s a handout on Lack of Character<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Also, please look at one<\/em> of the following cases:
\n(1)\u00a0The stabbing of Catherine Genovese\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

(2) Phone booth and paper dropper <\/a>(pg 30-33, 36-39)<\/p>\n

(3) Smoke in the room<\/a><\/p>\n

(4) Princeton Theological Seminary\u00a0<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Thurs, Nov 17<\/strong><\/p>\n

Virtue Ethics<\/td>\n

Virtue Ethics catch-up day (no assigned reading). We watched\u00a0the video on the Prison Experiment (found here<\/a>)\u00a0\u00a0and asked ourselves some questions (a full list of questions can be found here<\/a>.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/p>\n

Tues, Nov 22<\/strong><\/p>\n

Care Ethics<\/td>\n

 <\/p>\n

The Kohlberg-Gilligan Controversy and Moral Theory: some information about the controversy here<\/a>. ( I will present on the controversy)<\/p>\n

Start “Moral Saints<\/a>”\u00a0http:\/\/philosophyfaculty.ucsd.edu\/faculty\/rarneson\/Courses\/susanwolfessay1982.pdf<\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Thurs, Nov 24<\/strong>
\nNO CLASS<\/td>\n		THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tues, Nov 29<\/strong><\/p>\n

Care Ethics<\/td>\n

Finish\u00a0\u00a0“Moral Saints<\/a>”\u00a0http:\/\/philosophyfaculty.ucsd.edu\/faculty\/rarneson\/Courses\/susanwolfessay1982.pdf<\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Thurs, Dec 1<\/strong><\/p>\n

Criticism of Traditional Ethical Theory<\/td>\n

CLASS EVALS!!!<\/p>\n

ALSO – WE WILL USE OUR POT OF DONATION MONEY AND USE OUR NEW FOUND ETHICAL REASONING SKILLS TO FIGURE OUT WHO TO DONATE THE MONEY TO! ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN THIS “GIVING GAME” WILL CONSTITUTE ONE OF YOUR QUIZ GRADES!!!!<\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Tuesday, Dec 6<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n

PAPERS DUE<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thursday Dec 8<\/strong><\/p>\n

FINAL EXAM<\/td>\n

FINAL EXAM (U17: 12-2 in Ziff 100; U12: 5-7 in FIU Arena) – Students: I do not care which time you show up for as long as you take the exam this day!<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

*Grades will be posted on December 15th<\/sup> .<\/p>\n

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