Spring 2016 Ethics Reading Schedule
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Return to Ethics
JAN 12
- Introduction to Course
JAN 14
- Ariely, ""Why We Lie""
JAN 19
- Cooper, Chapter 1; Haidt, ""The Divided Self"
JAN 21
- Haidt, The Righteous Mind, Intro and Chapter 1
JAN 26
- Cooper, Chapter 5;
- Singer, Chapter 1, ""About Ethics""
JAN 28
- Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics, Book 1 (you can skip Section 6)
FEB 2
- Haidt, Chapter 2
FEB 4
- Haidt, Chapter 3
FEB 9
- Haidt, "Out-Take" on Virtue Ethics (4 pages);
FEB 11
- de Waal, Intro and 5-21.
- Haidt, Chapter 4
FEB 16
- de Waal, 21-42;
FEB 18
- de Waal, 42-58; Bloom, Ch 2, "Empathy and Compassion"
FEB 23
- Korsgaard, ""Morality and the Distinctiveness of Human Action"
FEB 25
- Singer, ""Morality, Reason, and the Rights of Animals"" (in de Waal) (140-151)
MAR 1
- Haidt, Chapter 5 & 6
MAR 3
MAR 15
MAR 17
- Haidt, Chapter 7
MAR 22
- Sandel, Chapter 3: Libertarianism
- Haidt, Chapter 8
MAR 24
- Sandel, Chapter 2: Utilitarianism
MAR 29
- Sandel, Chapter 5: Kant
MAR 31
APR 5
- Sandel, Chapter 6: Rawls
- Singer, "Rich and Poor"
APR 7
- Sachs, "Can the Rich Help the Poor?"
APR 12
- Singer, "A Changing World";
- Singer, "One Atmosphere"
APR 14
- Haidt, Chapter 9
APR 19
- Haidt, Chapter 10
APR 21
- Haidt, Chapter 11
APR 26
- Haidt, Chapter 12
APR 28
- Eco, ""When the Other Appears on the Scene""; Bloom, Chapter 7
FINAL WEEK
- Final exam: