Thursday, August 25, 2011

Course Schedule

*This schedule is tentative and will probably change a lot*

August 31—September 2: Intro to Class / Doing Philosophy
Wednesday: Introduction to Class (no reading)
Friday: Introduction to Doing Philosophy (no reading)

September 5—9: Arguments
Monday: LABOR DAY (no class)
Wednesday: Understanding Arguments (handout)
Friday: Evaluating Arguments (group work) (no reading)

September 12—16: Arguments & Utilitarianism
Monday: Argument wrap-up (no reading)
Wednesday: QUIZ #1; Intro to Ethical Theories (no reading)
Friday: Utilitarianism explained (pgs. 862-870)

September 19—23: Utilitarianism, Kant,& Ross
Monday: Utilitarianism evaluated (pg. 870)
Wednesday: Kantian Ethics (pgs. 870-876)
Friday: Ross’s Seven Duties (pgs. 876-881)

September 26—30: Natural Law Theory & Virtue Ethics
Monday: Natural Law Theory (pgs. 885-891)
Wednesday: Virtue Ethics (pgs. 905-907)
Friday: FUN FRIDAY #1: Self-Improvement (no reading)

October 3—7: Virtue Ethics & Feminist Ethics
Monday: Virtue Ethics (handout)
Wednesday: Ethics of Care / Feminist Ethics (pgs. 907-914)
Friday: Review for Test #1

October 10—14: Test #1 & Abortion
Monday: TEST #1
Wednesday: Abortion | Warren: Human vs. Person (pgs. 482-490)
Friday: Abortion | Warren (continued) (pgs. 454-461)

October 17—21: Abortion
Monday: Abortion | Warren (no new reading) (Sample Consensus Session #1)
Wednesday: Abortion | Marquis (pgs. 461-465) (Sample Consensus Session #2)
Friday: Abortion wrap-up (no new reading)

October 24—28: Embryonic Stem Cells
Monday: Stem Cells intro (pgs. 249-259) & Pontifical Academy (pgs. 324-325)
Wednesday: Stem Cells |Hyun; CONSENSUS SESSION #1 (pgs. 316-319)
Friday: Stem Cells | Magill & Neaves; CONSENSUS SESSION #2 (pgs. 319-323)

October 31—November 4: Genetic Screening & Cloning
Monday: Genetic Screening | McMahan (pgs. 281-284)
Wednesday: Genetic Screening | Davis; CONSENSUS SESSION #3 (pgs. 285-294)
Friday: Cloning | Kass; CONSENSUS SESSION #4 (pgs. 401-406, 341-346)

November 7—11: Cloning & Reproduction
Monday: Cloning | Strong; CONSENSUS SESSION #5 (pgs. 406-411)
Wednesday: Reproduction | Hanscombe; CONSENSUS SESSION #6 (pgs. 406-409, 369-377)
Friday: FUN FRIDAY #2: Heterosexism (pgs. 406-409)

November 14—18: Impaired Infants & Euthanasia
Monday: Impaired Infants | Engelhardt; CONSENSUS SESSION #7 (pgs 543-548)
Wednesday: Impaired Infants | Robertson (pgs. 536-543); group work
Friday: Euthanasia | Callahan CONSENSUS SESSION #8 (pgs. 596-600)

November 21—25: Euthanasia
Monday: Euthanasia | Rachels; CONSENSUS SESSION #9 (pgs. 585-589, 578-585)
Wednesday: Euthanasia| Lee (pgs. 589-593) and Oregon (pgs. 573-578)
Friday: THANKSGIVING BREAK (no class) (woo?)
carpe diem, lazy bones

November 28—December 2: Animal Research & Race and Gender
Monday: QUIZ #2; Animal Research | Singer (pgs. 196-203)
Wednesday: Animal Research | Cohen; CONSENSUS SESSION #10 (pgs. 203-209)
Friday: FUN FRIDAY #3: Sexism & Racism (pgs. 745-750, 788-792)

December 5—9: Race and Gender & Economics of Health Care
Monday: Race and Gender | Dula; CONSENSUS SESSION #11 (pgs. 798-804)
Wednesday: Health Care Economics| Old vs. New (675-684)
Friday: Health Care Economics | Daniels; CONSENSUS SESSION #12 (pgs. 713-716)

December 12—16: The Economics of Health Care
Monday: Health Care Economics | Sreenivassan (pgs. 716-724); group work
Wednesday: Health Care Economics | Wrap-up (pgs. 689-694)
Monday: TERM PAPER DUE; review for Test #2

December 19: Test #2

Monday: TEST #2 (noon-12:50 p.m.)

We Should Greet Each Other This Way
Important Dates
August 30th: Last day to drop a course & receive a 100% refund.
September 14th: Last day to drop a course & receive a 50% refund.
September 21st: Last day to sign up to audit a course.
December 2nd: Last day to withdraw from Fall classes.

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