PHI 1700: Global Ethics (Spring 2020) - Lauren R. Alpert

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giphy.gifSyllabus  (updated 3/26/20)

Receipts / Grades Sheet 

Schedule an Online Appointment

Extra Credit Opportunities:

  • Each student may earn up to 5% added to their final grade via Extra Credit.
  • Each Event Attendance Report is worth up to 2.5% (depending on the effort put into completing your report thoughtfully). You may submit multiple Event Attendance Reports. The last day to submit these reports is May 18th.
    • Watch one of these videos/events and submit an Event Attendance Report:
      •  “The Ethical Hurdles of Medicine in Sports”
      • “Belonging: On Disability, Technology, and Community”
      • Wednesday, April 22nd, 6:00 pm – 7:15 pm, via Zoom: Olufemi Taiwo, “The Problem with Identity Politics is Elite Capture”
        • To get the link to the Zoom meeting, RSVP here!

Schedule & Assignments:

  • “RR” = text for reading response
  • **LINK DUE** = links to access the Syllabus Quiz & Reading Responses, immediately to the right of the date on which they are due
  • **Access LINK** = links to Exams, found under the date on which the exam becomes available (typically one week before the due date)
MONDAY WEDNESDAY
 1 Jan. 27th  2 Jan. 29th
Intro to the Class/Intro to Moral Philosophy Philosophical Methods
Session 1 Slides (updated 3:55pm, 1/27/20) Session 2 Slides

  • “All About Arguments”
 3 Feb. 3rd  **SYLLABUS QUIZ DUE**  4 Feb. 5th
Moral Metaphysics & Epistemology Moral Metaphysics & Epistemology
Sessions 3, 4, & 5 Slides (updated with minor edits 11:30am, 2/5/20)

  • Harman, Gilbert. “Ethics and Observation”
 (see Feb. 3rd for slides)

  • Harman (continued)
  • Rachels, James. “The Challenge of Cultural Relativism”
 5 Feb. 10th  **Reading Response #1 DUE** NO CLASS Feb. 12th
Moral Metaphysics & Epistemology
(see Feb. 3rd for slides)

  • Rachels (continued)
  • RR: Rovane, Carol. “Moral Dispute or Cultural Diff.?”
NO CLASS Feb. 17th  6 Feb. 19th
Rationalism vs. Sentimentalism
Session 6 Slides

  • Smith, Adam. A Theory of Moral Sentiments (excerpts)
  • Bloom, Paul. “The Baby in the Well”
 7 Feb. 24th  8 Feb. 26th
Free Will & Moral Responsibility Free Will & Moral Responsibility
Session 7 & 8 Slides

  • Churchland, Patricia. “The Big Questions: Do We Have Free Will?”
 (see Feb. 24th for slides)

  • Churchland (continued)
  • Strawson, Galen. “Your Move: The Maze of Free Will”

**Access Exam #1**
 9 Mar. 2nd 10 March 4th
Moral Responsibility, Situationism Catch-Up Day
Session 9 & 10 Slides

  • Milgram, Stanley. Obedience to Authority (excerpts)
 screening & discussion: Black Mirror, “White Bear”
11 Mar. 9th EXAM #1 DUE 12 Mar. 11th
Justice, Authoritarianism Justice, Authoritarianism, Epistocracy
Sessions 11 & 12 Slides

  • Plato. The Republic (excerpts)
  • Brennan, Jason. “Can Epistocracy, or Knowledge-Based Voting, Fix Democracy?”
 see Tuesday for slides

CLASS ONLINE! Log onto Blackboard, find “Blackboard Collaborate Ultra”, then “Session #” -> “Join Session #“

  • Brennan (continued)
NO CLASSES March 12th-18th : Instructional Recess (switch to Distance Learning)
13 March 23rd 14 Mar. 25th
Authoritarianism, Contractarianism Contractarianism, Liberalism
Sessions 13 & 14 Slides

  • Hobbes, Thomas. The Leviathan (excerpts)
  • Rousseau, Jean Jacques. “Discourse on the Origin of Inequality” (excerpt)
15 March 30th 16 April 1st
Care Ethics Justice as Fairness
Session 15 Slides

  • Held, Virginia. “Non-Contractual Society: A Feminist View”
 Session 16 Slides

  • Rawls, John. A Theory of Justice (excerpts)
17 April 6th **Reading Response #2 DUE** 18 Tuesday Apr. 7th (Weds. schedule)
Justice as Fairness Catch up Day
Sessions 17 & 18 Slides

  • Rawls (cont.)
  • Young, Iris Marion. “Political Responsibility and Structural Injustice” (if there’s time, for those who are interested)
  • RR: Gutting, Gary & Anderson, Elizabeth. “What’s Wrong with Inequality?”

**Access Exam #2**
NO CLASSES April 8th-19th: Spring Break
MONDAY WEDNESDAY
19 April 20th EXAM #2 DUE 20 April 22nd
Virtue Ethics Virtue Ethics
Sessions 19 & 20 Slides (updated 4/20/20)

  • Aristotle. Nicomachean Ethics (excerpts)
  • Aristotle (continued)
21 April 27th 22 April 29th **Reading Response #3 DUE**
Consequentialism Consequentialism
Sessions 21 & 22 Slides

  • Mill, John Stuart. Utilitarianism (excerpts)
  • Nozick, Robert. “The Experience Machine
  • RR #3: Rini, Regina. “Enhanced Consequentialism…?”
23 May 4th 24 May 6th
Deontology Deontology
Sessions 23 & 24 Slides

  • O’Neill, Onora. “A Simplified Account of Kant’s Ethics” 
  • O’Neill (continued)

**Access Exam #3**
25 May 11th 26 May 13th
Catch-Up Day Catch-Up Day
NO LECTURE: Class session will function as optional office hours / Q&A session

  • OPTIONAL insight into “The Trolley Problem”, for those who are interested
 NO LECTURE: Class session will function as optional office hours / Q&A session
May 18th   EXAM #3 DUE May 20th
NO CLASS (Reading Week)

All Late Work Due

 NO CLASS

Last Day to Meet for “Office Hours”

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