Course Weekly Lecture Plan

Week	Topic
1	1. Week INTRODUCTION:
2	2. Week WHAT IS ETHICS, WHY BE ETHICAL? Mark Timmons: An Introduction to Moral Theory (Ch. 1) Plato: The Immoralist's Challenge (15)
3	3. Week META ETHICS: ETHICAL OBJECTIVISM AND RELATIVISM Mark Timmons: “Moral Relativism” (Ch. 3) Julian Baggini & Peter Fosl: “Subjectivism “2.15 G. E. Moore: “The Subject Matter of Ethics” (6)
4	4. Week NORMATIVE ETHICS THE GROUNDS OF NORMAtIVE ETHICS Julian Baggini & Peter Fosl: “The Grounds of Ethics”
5	5. Week ETHICS & RELIGION Mark Timmons: “Divine Command Theory (Ch. 2) Julian Baggini & Peter Fosl: Divine command 2.6 Plato: Euthyphro (23)
6	6. Week NATURAL LAW THEORY AND CONTRACTRIANISM Mark Timmons: “Natural Law Theory” (Ch. 4) Julian Baggini & Peter Fosl: Natural Law 1.15 and Contractarianism 2.2. Thomas Hobbes: Leviathan (62) A Theory of Justice: John Rawls (64)
7	7. Week DOCUMANTARY FILM 1. Term paper due
8	8. Week ETHICS AND UTILITARIANISM Mark Timmons: “Classical Utilitarianism” (Ch. 5) Mark Timmons: “Contemporary Utilitarianism” (Ch. 6) Julian Baggini & Peter Fosl: Consequentialism. 2.1 John Stuart Mill: Utilitarianism (48)
9	9. Week DEONTOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO ETHICAL THEORY Mark Timmons: “Kant’s Moral Theory” (Ch. 7) Julian Baggini& Peter Fosl Deontological ethics 2.4 Immanuel Kant: Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals (55)
10	10. Week VIRTUE ETHICS Mark Timmons: “Virtue Ethics” (Ch. 9) Julian Baggini & Peter Fosl: Virtue ethics 2.16 Aristotle: The Nature of Virtue: (66).
11	MORAL PLURALISM AND MORAL PARTICULARISM Mark Timmons: “Moral Pluralism” (Ch. 8) Mark Timmons: “Moral Particularism” (Ch. 10-11) Julian Baggini & Peter Fosl: Particularism 2.10 W. D. Ross: What Makes Right Actions Right? (72)
12	12. Week: APPLIED ETHICS EQUALITY AND IT’S IMPLICATIONS: Race, Ethnicity and Gender. Readings: Lawrence Hinman: Contemporary Moral Issues: Diversity and Consensus The Arguments Catharine MacKinnon, "What Is Sexual Harassment?" Susan Moller Okin, "Is Multiculturalism Bad for Women?"
13	13. Week ETHICS AND WORLD POVERTY Readings: Lawrence Hinman: Contemporary Moral Issues: Diversity and Consensus The Arguments Garrett Hardin, "Lifeboat Ethics: The Case against Helping the Poor." Peter Singer, "Rich and Poor ."
14	14. Week EQUALITY FOR ANIMALS AND ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS Lawrence Hinman: Contemporary Moral Issues: Diversity and Consensus Equality for Animals The Arguments. Tom Regan, "The Case for Animal Rights." Peter Singer: “All Animals are Equal” (43) Environmental Ethics. The Arguments. Holmes Rolston III, "Challenges in Environmental Ethics." Aldo Leopold “Land Ethic”

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