PHIL 4111: Ethical Theory
Tu: 9/4. Sayre McCord, "Moral Realism"
Th. 9/6. No class
Tu: 9/11. Quinn, "Theological Voluntarism.
Th: 9/13. Sturgeon, "Ethical Naturalism"
Tu: 9/15: Blackburn, "Antirealist Expressivism and Quasirealism."
Th: 9/17 Blackburn cont'd
Tu: 9/25 Dreier, "Moral Relativism and Moral Nihilism"
Th: 9/27 Smith "The Moral Problem" (Handout)
Tu: 10/2 Slote, "Moral Sentimalism and Moral Psychology."
Th: 10/4 Discussion about Doris and Nichols. "How to Build a Person" and "Sentimental Pluralism"
Tu: 10/9 Singer, "Ethics and Intuitions."
Th: 10/11 Kitcher, "Biology and Ethics."
SAT: 10/13 Class Rescheduled, 11:00 AM Student Activities Conference Room Kitcher.
Tu: 10/16 Introduction and Chapter One. Joyce, The Evolution of Morality.
Th: 10/18 Chapter Two, Joyce.
Tu: 10/23 No class, Fall Break
Th: 10/25 No class.
Tu: 10/30 Chapters 3 and 4. Joyce.
Th: 11/. Cont'd
Tu: 11/6 Chapter Five, Joyce
Th: 11/8 Chapter Six, Joyce. (Graham presents).
Tu: 11/13 Joyce Chapter 7
Th: 11/15 Depaul. "Intuitions and Moral Inquiry."
Tu: 11/20 Haidt et al, "Affect, Culture, and Morality, or Is it Wrong to Eat your Dog."
Tu: 11/27. Loeb, D. "Moral Realism and the Argument from Disagreement"
Th: 11/29 Doris and Plakias, "How to Argue about Disagreement"
Tu: 12/4 Greene, J. The Secret Joke of Kant's Soul