Florence Summer 2014 Ethics Reading Schedule

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Monday May 19, 2014

• Course Introduction

Tuesday May 20, 2014

• Ariely, "Why We Lie"
• Watch Girlfriend in a coma (file) and make a list of all the moral problems and ethical questions treated

Wednesday May 21, 2014

• Haidt, Righteous Mind (RM), Intro and Chapter 1, "Where Does Morality Come From?"

Thursday May 22, 2014

• Haidt, "The Divided Self"

Monday May 26, 2014

• Haidt, Chapter 2, "The Intuitive Dog and It's Rational Tail"

Tuesday May 27, 2014

• Haidt, Chapter 3, "Elephants Rule"

Wednesday May 28, 2014

• Reading on Euthanasia
• Luchetti, Marco, "Eluana Englaro, chronical of a death foretod: ethical consideration on the recent right-to-die case in Italy

Thursday, May 29, 2014

• Bellocchio, Marco, Bella Addormentata

Monday June 2, 2014

• Holiday

Tuesday June 3, 2014

• Haidt, Chapter 4, "Vote For Me"

Wednesday June 4, 2014

• Haidt, Chapter 5, "Beyond WEIRD Morality"

Thursday June 5, 2014

• Haidt, Chapter 6, "Taste Buds of the Righteous Mind"

Monday June 9, 2014

• Haidt, Chapter 7, "The Moral Foundations of Politics"

Tuesday June 10, 2014

• Haidt, Chapter 9, "Why are we so Groupish?"

Wednesday June 11, 2014

• Haidt, Chapter 10, "The Hive Switch"

Thursday June 12, 2014

• Sandel, Utilitarianism
• Singer, One World, Chapter 1, "A Changing World"

Monday June 16, 2014

• Sandel, Rawls

Tuesday June 17, 2014

• Singer, "Rich and Poor"
• Sachs, Jeffrey, from The End of Poverty, Chapter 15, "Can the Rich Afford to Help the Poor?"

Wednesday June 18, 2014

• Abortion
• http://www.rte.ie/blogs/european/2013/06/14/conscientious-objection-a-controversial-issue-in-italys-abortion-regime

Thursday June 19, 2014

• Italian immigration policy?
• Romani?

Monday June 23, 2014

• Hold

Tuesday June 24, 2014

• Holiday

Wednesday June 25, 2014

• Haidt, Chapter 12, "Can't We all Disagree more Constructively?"
• Review

Thursday June 26, 2014

• Exam