Department of Philosophy

PHIL 301 (ETHICS) SYLLABUS

Instructor:    Prof. Bontekoe    Office: Sakamaki D304, 956-8783    Office Hrs: TR 1-2

Evaluation: The student's final grade will be based upon two major papers (worth 40% each), class participation, and a final term test (together worth 20%).

Required Texts:
    Christine Korsgaard, The Sources of Normativity    [SN]
    Annette Baier, Moral Prejudices            [MP]
    Ron Bontekoe, "Why Embrace the Regulative Ideals?" from The Nature of Dignity

 
Schedule of Readings:
Aug 26 - intro & SN, prologue
Aug 28 - SN, 1.1.1--1.2.4
Sep 2 - SN, 1.3.1--1.4.2
Sep 4 - SN, 1.4.3--1.5.1
Sep 9 - SN, 2.1.1--2.2.5
Sep 11 - SN, 2.2.6--2.3.9
Sep 16 - SN, 2.4.1--2.5.3
Sep 18 - SN, 3.1.1--3.3.2
Sep 23 - SN, 3.3.3--3.4.3
Sep 25 - SN, 3.4.4--3.6.1
Sep 30 - SN, 4.1.1--4.2.10
Oct 2 - SN, 4.2.11--4.3.11
Oct 7 - SN, 4.3.12--4.5.5
Oct 9 - SN, lecture 5 (Cohen)
Oct 14 - SN, lectures 6 & 7 (Geuss, Nagel)
Oct 16 - SN, lecture 8 (Williams), lecture 9 section 1
Oct 21 - SN, lecture 9 sections 2--5; Korsgaard essay due
Oct 23 - MP, pp. 1--17
Oct 28 - MP, pp. 18--32
Oct 30 - MP, pp. 33--50
Nov 6 - MP, pp. 51--74
Nov 13 - MP, pp. 95--114
Nov 18 - MP, pp. 114--129
Nov 20 - MP, pp. 152--167
Nov 25 - MP, pp. 168--182
Dec 2 - MP, pp. 268--280
Dec 4 - MP, pp. 281--293
Dec 9 - Why? pp. 268--285
Dec 11 - Why? pp. 286--302; Baier essay due
Dec 18 - final term test (one hour long, 10:00-11:00)