Professional Ethics (Fall 2007)
Reading for Tu 9/4: Philosophical Terms and Methods (The glossary is recommended, every other section is required.) You must click on each section, even the bullet points, to get the entire reading.
Thu 9/6: Quiz on Philosophical Terms and Methods.
Tu 9/11: L. Pojman, "Who's to Judge?"
Thu. 9/13: Go over quizzes. Group Work.
Tu: 9/18. J.S. Mill, "Utilitarianism."
Th: 9/20. O'Neill, "A Simplified Account of Kant's Ethics." and Rachels "The Ethics of Virtue"
Tu: 9/25. Case Study. The Parable of the Sadhu
Th: 9/27. Rawls, "An Egalitarian Theory of Justice"
Tu: 10/2 Nozick "The Entitlement Theory" AND Friedman "Capitalism and Freedom"
Th: 10/4 Singer. "Rich and Poor"
Tu: 10/9 Arthur. "The case against Singer"
Th: 10/11 The Trial of the American Consumer.
Tu: 10/16 Friedman, "The Social Responsibility of a Corporation is to maximize its profits."
Th: 10/18 Freeman, "A Stakeholder Theory of the Modern Corporation" pp. 55-61 (up to "Let me be more specific") AND "Rethinking the Social Responsibility of Business: a Debate"
Tu: 10/23 No class, Fall Break
Th: 10/25 No class.
Tu: 10/30 Environmentally friendly media (Group work)
Th: 11/1 Robert Frank, "How Not to Buy Happiness." and "Cash on the Table"
Tu: 11/6 Kashden and Klein, "Comment on Frank." and Election Day Debate (Come prepared with answers).
Th: 11/8 MIDTERM
Tu. 11/13. Bhide and Stevenson, "Why be Honest if Honesty Doesn't Pay" AND Carr, "Is Business Bluffing Ethical?"
Th. 11/15 Bowie, "The Ethics of Bluffing and Poker."
Tu: 11/20 Arrington, "Advertising and Behavior Control."
Tu: 11/27. Deborah Epstein, “Can a ' Dumb- Ass' Woman Achieve Equality in the Workplace?” and Eugene Volokh, “What Speech does ‘Hostile Work Environment' Harassment Law Restrict?”
Th: 11/29 Steele "Affirmative Action: The Price of Preference." AND Bergman “Does Affirmative Action Hurt Its Intended Beneficiaries?
Tu: 12/4 How to Write a Philosophy Paper and Trial Preparation.
Th: 12/6 The Trial of the Friends Writers.
Tu: 12/11 Pollan. "An Animal's Place."
Th: 12/13 Evaluations, Final Exam Review, and Course Summary.
Mon. 12/17. FINAL EXAM. 4-6 PM.
Wed. 12/19. Final paper due, 5PM. My office. No late papers accepted.