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JAN 14
1st class
JAN 16
- What were Ariely's findings on honesty?
- What is the possible significance of his research for understanding the nature of ethics?
JAN 21
- How do we use metaphors to think about the psyche, soul, and human identity?
- What organic features of consciousness does Haidt think we need to consider when doing ethics? How might they be usefull?
- What picture of the mind does Haidt leave us with?
- What is the the significance of defining ethics in terms of settling value conflict?
- What, if anything, does the Zimbardo Experiment tell us about the nature of ethics?
JAN 23
- Describe Haidt's research on disgust. What is its possible significance for understanding the nature of ethics.
- What is Haidt's criticism of developmental psychology's past approach to understanding the nature of ethics?
- Why does Haidt think that Turiel's and Schweder's research represent an improvement over the nature/nuture debate?
JAN 28
- Present and evaluate Piaget's and Kohlberg's theories of development.
- What is the problem of relativism (include forms of relativism and subjectivism) and what is Singer's argument against them?
- What kinds of reason giving "count" as ethical for Singer?
