Spring 2017 Ethics Reading Schedule

Return to Ethics

JAN 18

• Introduction to Course

JAN 23

• Ariely, ""Why We Lie""

JAN 25

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

JAN 30

• Haidt, The Righteous Mind, Intro and Chapter 1

FEB 1

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

FEB 6

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

FEB 8

• Haidt, Chapter 2

FEB 13

• Haidt, Chapter 3
• Haidt, "Out-Take" on Virtue Ethics (4 pages);

FEB 15

• In-class treatment of 1st round topics and additional applied ethics lecture. Student Posts to wiki.

FEB 20

• President's Holiday - No class!

FEB 22

• In-class treatment of 1st round topics and additional applied ethics lecture. Student Posts to wiki.

FEB 27

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

MAR 1

• de Waal, 21-42;

MAR 6

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

MAR 8

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

MAR 22

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

MAR 29

• Haidt, Chapter 5 & 6

APR 3

• Haidt, Chapter 7

APR 5

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

APR 10

• Sandel, Chapter 2: Utilitarianism

APR 12

• Sandel, Chapter 5: Kant

APR 19

• Sandel, Chapter 6: Rawls

APR 24

• Singer, "Rich and Poor"
• Sachs, "Can the Rich Help the Poor?"

APR 26

• Topic Day

MAY 1

• Singer, "A Changing World";
• Singer, "One Atmosphere"

MAY 3

• Haidt, Chapter 9

APR 26

• Haidt, Chapter 10

APR 28

• Haidt, Chapter 11

MAY 1

• Haidt, Chapter 12

MAY 3

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