Spring 2015 Ethics Reading Schedule

Return to Ethics

Tuesday, January 13, 2015

• Introduction to Course

Thursday, January 15, 2015

• Ariely, ""Why We Lie""

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

• Cooper, Chapter 1; Haidt, ""The Divided Self"

Thursday, January 22, 2015

• Haidt, The Righteous Mind, Intro and Chapter 1

Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Begin Rubric norming exercise - Group Short Answer

• Cooper, Chapter 5; Singer, Chapter 1, ""About Ethics""

Thursday, January 29, 2015

• Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics, Book 1 (you can skip Section 6)

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

• Haidt, Chapter 2

Thursday, February 5, 2015

• Haidt, Chapter 3

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

• Aristotle, Book 2;
• Haidt, "Out-Take" on Virtue Ethics (4 pages);

Thursday, February 12, 2015

Begin SA #1 - Peerceptiv

• Aristotle, Book 3
• Bloom, Ch. 5, "Bodies"

Tuesday, February 17, 2015

• de Waal, Intro and 5-21.
• Haidt, Chapter 4

Thursday, February 19, 2015

• de Waal, 21-42;
• Bloom, Ch 1, "The Moral Life of Babies"

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

• de Waal, 42-58; Bloom, Ch 2, "Empathy and Compassion"

Thursday, February 26, 2015

• Korsgaard, ""Morality and the Distinctiveness of Human Action"

Begin SA #2 - Peerceptiv

• Are prosocial emotions, such as sympathy, compassion, and empathy the basis of moraity? How relevant are they to contemporary human morality?

Tuesday, March 3, 2015

• Singer, ""Morality, Reason, and the Rights of Animals"" (in de Waal) (140-151)

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

• Haidt, Chapter 5 & 6

Thursday, March 19, 2015

• Haidt, Chapter 7

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

• Sandel, Chapter 3: Libertarianism; Haidt, Chapter 8

Thursday, March 26, 2015

Begin SA #3 - Peerceptiv

• Sandel, Chapter 2: Utilitarianism

Thursday, April 2, 2015

• Sandel, Chapter 5: Kant

Tuesday, April 7, 2015

• Sandel, Chapter 6: Rawls; Singer, "Rich and Poor"

Thursday, April 9, 2015

• Singer, ""A Changing World"; Sachs, "Can the Rich Help the Poor?"

Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Begin SA #4 - Peerceptiv

• Singer, ""One Atmosphere"

Thursday, April 16, 2015

• Haidt, Chapter 9

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Begin Critical Analysis Paper

• Haidt, Chapter 10

Thursday, April 23, 2015

• Haidt, Chapter 10; Haidt, Chapter 11

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

• Haidt, Chapter 12; Bloom Chapter 6

Thursday, April 30, 2015

• Eco, ""When the Other Appears on the Scene""; Bloom, Chapter 7