Introduction_to_Philosophy_ Hettinger_Spring

	Syllabus Schedule of Assignments Paper Assignment Suggestions for writing your philosophy paper Final Exam Study Questions	Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Study Questions for Midterm Exam Philosophy Courses Fall 2011 Why Major/Minor in Philosophy?
Class Notes	Readings for Class	Miscellaneous	Miscellaneous
Final Exam	Final Exam Study Questions
Monday, April 25: Rachels' Own Moral Theory	Rachels, CH 13, What Would a Satisfactory Moral Theory Be Like? EMP 173-183
Virtue Ethics and Environmental Ethics	Virtue Ethics and Environmental Ethics	Virtue Ethics and Environmental Ethics	Virtue Ethics and Environmental Ethics
Wednesday/Friday, April 20/22: Cafaro, Environmental Vice	Philip Cafaro, “Gluttony, Arrogance, Greed, and Apathy: An Exploration of Environmental Vice”		The 29th Day
Monday, April 18: Rachels, Ethics of Virtue	Rachels, CH 12, The Ethics of Virtue, EMP 158-172
Feminism and Feminist Ethics	Feminism and Feminist Ethics	Feminism and Feminist Ethics	Feminism and Feminist Ethics
Wednesday, April 13 and Friday, April 15: Mill, Subjection of Women	John Stuart Mill, “The Subjection of Women”	Today is Equal Pay Day for Women	David Benatar, Second Sexism
Monday, April 11: Rachels, Feminist Care Ethics	Rachels, CH 11, Feminism and the Ethics of Care: EMP 146-157 Biased Called Persistent for Women in Sciences
Metaphysics: Mind and Body, Personal Identity, and Free Will	Metaphysics: Mind and Body, Personal Identity, and Free Will	Metaphysics: Mind and Body, Personal Identity, and Free Will	Metaphysics: Mind and Body, Personal Identity, and Free Will
Friday, April 8:	Papers due, 3pm, 14 Glebe inside mailbox (or bring to class) No new reading
Wednesday, April 6 & 8th Nagel, Free Will	Thomas Nagel, “Free Will”	SCIENCE \| March 22, 2011 Findings: Do You Have Free Will? Yes, It's the Only Choice By JOHN TIERNEY People pragmatically intuit that regardless of whether free will exists, our society depends on everyone's believing it does.	Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy on Free Will, Determinism, Compatibalism, Incompatiblist (Nondeterministic) Theories of Free Will
April 1 & 4: Dennett, Where Am I?	Daniel Dennett, “Where Am I?”		Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy on Personal Identity
Mar 28 & 30: Nagel, Mind & Body	Thomas Nagel, “The Mind-Body Problem”		Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy on Dualism Physicalism
Kantian Ethics of Respect and Punishment	Kantian Ethics of Respect and Punishment	Kantian Ethics of Respect and Punishment	Kantian Ethics of Respect and Punishment
Mar 25: Utilitarian and Retributivist Vies of Punishment	Rachels, CH 10, Retributivist (Kantian) and Utilitarian Views of Punishment, EMP 139-145		Bike! Bike! Southeast (this weekend here in Charleston)
Mar 23: Kant and Respect for Persons	CH 10, Kant and Respect for Persons, EMP 136-139
Mar 21: Kant's Ethics and Absolute Moral Rules	Rachels, CH 9, Are There Absolute Moral Rules? EMP 124-135		Free Quiz opportunity Talia Bettcher, "Trapped in the Wrong Theory" Tuesday, March 22, 3:15, 86 Wentworth Street, Alumni Hall, School of Education
Utilitarianism	Utilitarianism	Utilitarianism	Utilitarianism
Friday, Mar 18: PAPER PROPOSAL DUE (send by email to: hettingern@cofc.edu) Paper Assignment	No new reading (finish CH 8)		Gorrilla Girls, Friday 7pm, Beatty Center
Wednesday, Mar 16: Rachels, Debate over Utilitarianism	Rachels, CH 8, Debate over Utilitarianism, EMP 109-123
Monday, Mar 14: Rachels, Utilitarianism	Rachels, CH 7: The Utilitarian Approach, EMP 97-108
March 7, 9, 11: Spring Break
Social and Political Philosophy	Social and Political Philosophy	Social and Political Philosophy	Social and Political Philosophy
Wed/Fri, March 2/4: Feinberg's Liberty Limiting Principles	Feinberg's A Ride on the Bus	Supreme Court upholds Anti-Gay Church Right to Protest Military Funerals
	Joel Feinberg, "Hard Cases for the Harm Principle"
Feb 25 & 28: Rachels, Social Contract	Rachels, CH 6, The Idea of a Social Contract, EMP 80-96
Feb 23: Midterm Exam (see study questions above right)
Egoism	Egoism	Egoism	Egoism
Feb 18 & 21: Rachels on Psychological Egoism (and Ethical Egoism)	Rachels, part of CH 5, Ethical Egoism, EMP 69-79 Rachels, part of CH 5, Psychological Egoism, EMP 62-69	about Raoul Wallenberg	Tara Smith, "Can Selfishness be Moral?" Student comments on Tara Smith
Philosophy of Religion	Philosophy of Religion	Philosophy of Religion	Philosophy of Religion
Feb 16: Rachels, Religion and Morality	Rachels, Ch. 4, Does Morality Depend on Religion? EMP 48-61	Walter Sinnot-Armstron on Morality without God	Youtube: Does Science Make Belief in God Harder or Easier?
Feb 14: Hick's Theodicy	John Hick,"The Problem of Evil" and John Hick, "Evil and the Infinite Future Good"	about John Hick	Religious Diversity/Pluralism
Feb 11: Dostoevsky on the Problem of Evil Possible Theodicies	Fyodor Dostoevsky, "The Sufferings of Little Children"	Dostoevsky
Feb 9: Pojman, Faith, Hope, Doubt	Louis Pojman, “Faith, Hope, and Doubt”
Feb 7: James, The Will to Believe	William James, “The Will to Believe”	Darwin Week (talks on relation of religion and science--free quiz opportunity)	About William James
Feb 4: Cutting, Philosophy and Faith	“Can Nonbelievers Be Saved?” “More Atheists Shout from the Rooftops” Gary Cutting, “Philosophy and Faith”	Secular Humanists of the Lowcountry CofC Chapter of Atheist-Humanist Alliance
Feb 2: Russell, Why I am not a Christian	Bertrand Russell, "Why I am Not a Christian"	about Bertrand Russell
Jan 31: Taylor, God	Richard Taylor, "God"	Stanford Encyclopedia on Cosmological Argument	Kalam Cosmological Argument
Jan 28: Rachels, Ch 3: Subjectivism		Recent newspaper articles on homosexuaity Before his Death, Ugandan Gay Rights Activist Explained Hostile Climate Americans Role Seen in Uganda Anti-Gay Push Some Conservatives Boycott Conference Over Gay Group's Role
Jan 24-26: Rolston, Does Aesthetic Appreciation of Landscapes need to be Science-Based?	Rolston, "Does an Aesthetic Appreciation of Landscape Need to be Science-Based?"	Environmental Aesthetics (Carlson, Stanford Encyclopedia article)
Jan 21: Rachels, Ch 2: Cultural Relativism Brief outline of above
Jan 19:	Battle Over Patriotism Curriculum Men Stoned to Death for Adultery The Ritual: Disfiguring, Hurtful, Wildly Festive Village by Village, Circumcising a Ritual Do Korean Men Still Beat Their Wives? Definitely Benatar, Cultural Value Can't Justify Cruel Slaughter	Articles on Patriotism Female Genital_Cutting:_Tolerating_the Intolerable by_Xiaorong Li	More information on "Female Circumcision" (and Male) Blog "Circumcision Fact Sheet"
Jan 14: Rachels Ch 1: What is Morality?	Rachels, Ch 1	Ethics of Genetic Tests for Would Be Parents (NPR audio) Thompson, "A Defense of Abortion"	Philosopher attack ads (humor) Descartes Kant
Future Assignments	Future Assignments	Future Assignments	Future Assignments
	33. Apr 6: Same as above
	Apr 11: Class web page: John Stuart Mill, “The Subjection of Women”
	Apr 18: Class web page: Philip Cafaro, “Gluttony, Arrogance, Greed, and Apathy: An Exploration of Environmental Vice”

	Do Korean Men Still Beat Their Wives? Definitely	Feinberg's A Ride on the Bus
	Wikipedia on Homosexuality
	Americans' Role Seen in Uganda Anti-Gay Push	David Benatar, "Second Sexism"
	Philosophy of Religion
	Cutting, Philosophy and Faith
	Cutting, On Dawkin's Atheism: A Response
	Crane, Mystery and Evidence

	feminism