Spring 2019 Ethics Reading Schedule

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1: JAN 16

• Introduction to the Course

• Welcome
• About the Course
• Succeeding in the Course
• Course Management
• Transparency in Pedagogy

2: JAN 23

• Ariely, Why We Lie (6)

• Singer, Chapter 1, "About Ethics," from Practical Ethics

• Zimbardo (lecture)

3: JAN 28

• Haidt, The Righteous Mind, Intro and Chapter 1

4: JAN 30

• Lecture on Consequentialisms
• Robert Sapolsky, from Behave, Chapter 13, "Morality and doing the Right Thing, Once You've Figured Out What that Is." pp. 478-483.

5: FEB 4

• Haidt, Chapter 3, "Elephants Rule"
• Haidt, Chapter 4, "Vote for Me (Here's Why)"

6: FEB 6

• Lecture on Non-Consequentialisms

• Robert Sapolsky, C 13, "Morality..." pp. 483-493.

• The Trolley Problem

• The Trolley Problem. Variations on the Trolley Problem: [[1]]
• Self-driving cars with Trolley problems: [2]

• The Cold Logic of Drunk People

7: FEB 11

• Haidt, Chapter 5, "Beyond WEIRD Morality"
• Haidt, Chapter 6, "Taste Buds of the Righteous Mind"

8: FEB 13

• Hibbing, John R., Kevin Smith, and John R. Alford, Predisposed: Liberals, conservatives, and the biology of political difference, Chapter 1.
• Lecture: Add notes on Phil Theories
• Robert Sapolsky, C 13, "Morality..." pp. 493-500.

9: FEB 18

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

• Haidt, Chapter 8: The Conservative Advantage

10: FEB 20

• Hibbing, John R., Kevin Smith, and John R. Alford, Predisposed, Chapter 2, "Getting Into Bedrock with Politics".

*Writing workshop with old writing

11: FEB 25

• Haidt, Chapter 9, "Why Are We so Groupish?"

12: FEB 27

• Hibbing, John R., Kevin Smith, and John R. Alford, Predisposed, Chapter 4, "Drunk Flies and Salad Greens".
• Robert Sapolsky, from Behave, Chapter 14, "Feeling Someone's Pain, Understanding Soemone's Pain, Alleviating Someone's Pain." 521-535.

13: MAR 4

• Robert Sapolsky, C 13, "Morality..." pp. 501-517.
• SW1

14: MAR 6

• Robert Sapolsky, from Behave, Chapter 14, "Feeling Someone's Pain, Understanding Soemone's Pain, Alleviating Someone's Pain." 535--552.

15: MAR 18

• Singer, "Rich and Poor"

16: MAR 20

• Sachs, Jeffrey, "Can the Rich Afford to Help the Poor?" (2006)
• Jeffrey Sachs, "The Case for Aid" p. 850

17: MAR 25

• 1W C1

18: MAR 27

• 1W C2

19: APR 1

• Benhabib Imm

20: APR 3

• 1W C4 Pt 1

21: APR 8

• Macdeo, Imm

22: APR 10

• 1W C4 Pt 2

23: APR 15

• 1W C3

24: APR 17

• H 10

25: APR 22

• Peer Assessed Paper due

26: APR 24

• H 11

27: APR 29

• H 12

28: MAY 1

• Course Conclusion