INTRODUCTORY ETHICS

TENTATIVE CLASS SCHEDULE

SPRING 2010

2-24 PRACTICAL MATTERS/OVERVIEW

2-26 INTRODUCTION--ETHICS & 2000’S CONCEPTION OF GHL

3-1 CHINESE ETHICS—THE GREAT LEARNING

3-3 ANALECTS

3-5 ANALECTS

3-8 BUDDHIST ETHICS

3-10 DHAMMAPADA

3-12 DHAMMAPADA

3-15 PRE-SOCRATICS, SOCRATES, GREEK ALPHABET

3-17 PLATO--OVERVIEW OF REPUBLIC PLATO

3-19 PLATO--(BKS. I-II)

3-22 PLATO--(BKS. III-IV)--FIRST PAPER DUE!

3-24 PLATO--(BKS. V-VI)

3-26 PLATO--(BKS. VII-VIII) )--MIDTERM

3-29 SPRING BREAK!

3-31 SPRING BREAK!

4-2 SPRING BREAK!

4-5 EASTER BREAK!

4-7 PLATO--(BKS. IX-X) & REVIEW

4-9 PLATO OR ARISTOTLE

4-12 ARISTOTLE--(OVERVIEW OF NICOMACHEAN ETHICS & BK. I)

4-14 ARISTOTLE--(BK. I)

4-16 ARISTOTLE--(BK. II)

4-19 ARISTOTLE--(BKS. III)

4-21 ARISTOTLE--(BKS. V)

4-23 ARISTOTLE--(BKS. VI & VII)

4-26 ARISTOTLE--(BKS. VIII & IX)

4-28 ARISTOTLE--(BK. X) & REVIEW

4-30 KANT

5-3 KANT & CATEGORICAL IMPERATIVE

5-5 ML KING

5-7 AQUINAS

5-10 AQUINAS & HUMANAE VITAE

5-12 AQUINAS--AMY KUELBELBECK

5-14 DEBATE ON ARTIFICIAL CONTRACEPTION--SECOND PAPER DUE

5-19 FINAL EXAM (8:00-10:00 AM)