TENTATIVE CLASS SCHEDULE WEEK 1 August 28th. Introduction Syllabus Course overview. Definition of Ethics and Morality. Reading: (Short Euthyphro Essay #1). Gensler: pp. 1-7 Ethics: A contemporary Introduction Rational Foundations of Morality: Religion, Natural Law Theory and Utilitarianism Reading: Darrel J. Fasching, Comparative Religious Ethics Sandel, Chapter 2 pp. 31-57 Justice: “The Greatest Happiness Principle” WEEK 2 September 4th Reading Discussion Ethical Theories Reading: The Routledge Companion to Ethics: Ethics, Science and Religion Gensler, pp. 8 55 Ethics, – WEEK 3 September 11th Reading Discussion Sept. 11th th. Short Essay #1 on “Euthypro” due Ethical Theories continued. Reading: Gensler, 56-65 Ethics, and of Gyges. Daniel Batson’s Experiment Plato’s Ring Plato, (Short The Republic Essay #2) Reading Quiz #1 WEEK 4 September 18th Reading Discussion Teleological and Deontological Ethics (Aristotle, Kant, Moore,) Reading: Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics Immanuel Kant, Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals Sandel, Chapter is the pp. 103-140 Justice, 5 “What Matters Motive”
TENTATIVE CLASS SCHEDULE WEEK 1 August 28th. Introduction Syllabus Course overview. Definition of Ethics and Morality. Reading: Euthyphro (Short Essay #1). Gensler: Ethics: A contemporary Introduction pp. 1-7 Rational Foundations of Morality: Religion, Natural Law Theory and Utilitarianism Reading: Darrel J. Fasching, Comparative Religious Ethics Sandel, Justice: Chapter 2 “The Greatest Happiness Principle” pp. 31-57 WEEK 2 September 4th Reading Discussion Ethical Theories Reading: The Routledge Companion to Ethics: Ethics, Science and Religion Gensler, Ethics, pp. 8 – 55 WEEK 3 September 11th Reading Discussion Sept. 11th th. Short Essay #1 on “Euthypro” due Ethical Theories continued. Reading: Gensler, Ethics, 56-65 Daniel Batson’s Experiment and Plato’s Ring of Gyges. Plato, The Republic (Short Essay #2) Reading Quiz #1 WEEK 4 September 18th Reading Discussion Teleological and Deontological Ethics (Aristotle, Kant, Moore,) Reading: Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics Immanuel Kant, Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals Sandel, Justice, Chapter 5 “What Matters is the Motive” pp. 103-140
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