PHIL 103 Ethics
Lewis & Clark College
Summer 2024
Prof. Martinez
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 No Class
May 17 Relativism (Rachels)
Week 2 Ethics and Impact: Consequentialism
May 20 NO ZOOM CLASS Uitilitarianism (J.S Mill)
May 21 Mill Utilitarianism (J.S. Mill)
May 22 Act vs Rule Utilitarianism ( Darwall)
May 23 Rule Consequentialism (Hooker)
Week 3 Problems for Consequentialism
May 27 Memorial Day No Class
May 28 Hare “What is Wrong With Slavery?”
May 29 Lawson “Oppression and Slavery”
May 30 Moving to Deontology
Week 4 Deontology
June 3 The idea of Deontology and The Categorical Imperative (Kant Chapter 1)
June 4 Treating People As Ends In Themselves (O’Neill)
June 5 Problems with Treating People As Ends In Themselves (Feldman)
June 6 Problems with Reason? (Bennet)
Week 5 Virtue and Character Ethics
June 10 Virtue and Happiness (Aristotle Bk 1)
June 11 Virtue (Aristotle Bk 2)
June 12. Contemporary Virtue Ethics (Hursthouse)
June 13 Situationism and Problems for Virtue Ethics
Week 6 Student Guided Topics
June 17. Topic 1 & 2
June 18 Topic 3 & 4
June 19 Topic 5 & 6
June 20 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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