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==1: JAN 19. Course Introduction==

===First Day of Class Information===

:*'''Welcome - personal introduction and welcome.'''  (Some student introductions.) 
::*About the Course (Overview of course focus. Detail to follow.)
::*Course Websites:  SharePoint, Wiki & Courses.alfino.org (Some student introductions.) 

:*'''Overview of Teaching Approach.'''  
::*1. Student choice in work and grading scheme - Your "grading scheme" (the assignments you will be graded on) has both required and optional elements.  You can customize up to 30% of your grading scheme to suite your learning style or motivations in the course. 
::*2. Transparency grade information and student work - You will see most of the writing and scoring for required writing assignments.  This will require the use of pseudonyms.
::*3. Opacity of grade information, peer comments, and student identity - Like blind review in academic life. 
::*4. Writing Enhanced - Students participate in reviewing and evaluating student writing.  This also requires the use of pseudonyms. (Some student introductions.) 

:*'''Succeeding in the Course:'''
::*Prep Cycle - view reading notes as you are reading, read, note, quiz, evaluate preparation. Hierarchy of skills and goals.
::*Reading - Keep track of the time you spend reading for the course.  Mark a physical text. Contact me if your reading quiz scores are not what you expect.   
::*Writing - Try to learn the rubric, read other students' writing and compare scores, discuss your writing with me, especially during office hours.  
::*Keep in mind course research questions [[Major_Ethics_Course_Questions]] (Some student introductions.) 

:*'''Required Assignments and Default Grade Weights for your Grading Scheme'''
::*Points 35-65% default = 60%
::*Position Paper 1 15-25% default = 20%
::*Position Paper 2 20-30% default = 25%  

:*'''More About the Course (Orientation, Content, major research questions)'''
::*Naturalism in Ethics -- What if Ethics has its origins in our natural history? Why this is/was a radical claim.
::*Fields of study represented in the course: Biology, Psychology, Moral Psychology, Evolutionary Psychology, Behavioral Economics, Philosophy, Political Science, Sociology, History
::*First six weeks: 
:::*1. Lots of theory from the fields mentioned above directed toward our research questions [[Major_Ethics_Course_Questions]]
:::*2. Exercises in "moral phenomenology" (discussion and writing about morality drawing on your experience). Also in Ethics news.
::*Next nine weeks: Major Applied Topics: 
:::*The nature of political and moral difference, and implications
:::*Justified Partiality
:::*Empathy
:::*Moral Responsibility Skepticism and Alternatives

:*'''Zoom''' 
::*Video on/off 
::*Synchronous attendance.  Send excuses for absence prior to class, if possible.  
::*If you miss class, please try to view the recorded class within 24 hours.  
::*Try think of ways to personalize the virtual experience: examples from last semester - put up a pic for video off.  Share something about where you are.  Dogs, cats, music, etc.   

:*'''First Day TO DO list'''
::*Make sure you can find the three course websites and that you understand what information and tools each provides.
::*Browse some links on the course wiki page
::*Find reading for next class on wiki and pdfs from courses.alfino.org
::*Buy Jonathan Haidt, "The Righteous Mind"
::*Keep an eye out for Ethics News!
::*Sign up for in person attendance.  Feel free to sign up for three or four classes at a time.  If that crowds others out we might need limit signups to each next class.