PHIL 103 Ethics
Lewis & Clark College
Summer 2025
Prof. Martinez
COURSE SCHEDULE
Week 1 - What is Ethics? Why Be Moral?
May 19 Introduction to class: What is Ethics? What is Philosophy?
May 20Gyges Ring and Why Be Moral? (Plato and Nielsen)
May 21 Egoism (Shoemaker)
May 22 Relativism (Rachels)
Week 2 Ethics and Impact: Consequentialism
May 26 Memorial Day no class
May 27 Mill Utilitarianism (J.S. Mill)
May 28 Act vs Rule Utilitarianism ( Darwall)
May 29 Rule Consequentialism (Hooker)
Week 3 Problems for Consequentialism
June 2 Hare “What is Wrong With Slavery?”
June 3 Lawson “Oppression and Slavery”
June 4 Moving to Deontology
June 5 The idea of Deontology and The Categorical Imperative (Kant Chapter 1)
Week 4 Deontology
June 9 The idea of Deontology and The Categorical Imperative (Kant Chapter 1) continued
June 10 Treating People As Ends In Themselves (O’Neill)
June 11 Problems with Treating People As Ends In Themselves (Feldman)
June 12 “The Ones Who Walk Away” Ursula K. Leguin in class assignment
Week 5 Virtue and Character Ethics
June 16 Virtue and Happiness (Aristotle Bk 1)
June 17 Virtue (Aristotle Bk 2)
June 18 Contemporary Virtue Ethics (Hursthouse)
June 19 Situationism and Problems for Virtue Ethics
Week 6 Student Guided Topics
June 23. Topic 1 & 2
June 24 Topic 3 & 4
June 25 Topic 5 & 6
June 26 Final Thoughts
Schedule
Week 1
What is ethics? Why be moral?
May 13 Introduction to class: What is Ethics? What is Philosophy?
May 14 Gyges Ring and Why Be Moral? (Plato and Nielsen)
May 15 Egoism (Shoemaker)
May 16 Relativism (Rachels)
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