Texts: James Rachels, The Elements of Moral Philosophy
Frans de Waal, Good Natured
Paul Bloom, Just Babies
Week
1
1/19
2
1/25
2/1
4
2/8
5
2/15
6
2/22
7
2/29
8
3/7
9
3/14
10
3/21
11
3/28
12
4/4
13
4/11
13
4/18
14
4/25
15
5/2
Topics
Introduction to Ethics
Relativism
Subjectivism
Morality and Religion
Egoism and Altruism
Utilitarianism
Kantian Ethics
Social contract theory
SPRING
BREAK
Evolutionary
Ethics
Evolutionary ethics
Evolutionary ethics
Evolutionary ethics
Moral development
Moral development
Moral development
Summing up
Core Reading
Rachels, Ch. 1
Rachels, Ch. 2
Rachels, Ch. 3
Rachels, Ch. 4
Rachels, Ch. 5
Rachels, Ch. 7
Rachels, Ch. 8
Rachels, Ch. 9
Rachels, Ch. 10
Rachels, Ch. 6
De Waal, Prologue, Ch. 1
De Waal, Ch. 2
De Waal, Ch.3, 4
De Waal, Ch. 5, 6
Bloom, Ch. 1, 2
Bloom, Ch. 3, 4
Bloom, Ch. 5,6
Bloom, Ch. 7
Supplements
Simon Blackburn on moral relativism (Phil Bites - 14 min podcast)
Justin McBrayer, Facts and Opinions (NYT article 3-2-15)
Westacott, Who really believes the ten commandments?
Singer, "The Singer solution to world poverty"
Peter Singer on the Colbert Report
Philosophy Bro's version of Singer's argument
Warburton on J.S. Mill's Utilitarianism (13 min. podcast)
IEP article on J. S. Mill's Ethics
Explanation of Kant's Categorical Imperative (handout)
Warburton on Kant's ethics (14 minute podcast)
IEP article on Kant's Metaphysics (Section 8 on his ethics)
SEP article on Kant's Moral Philosophy
Ogden Nash, Two poems about duty
F. De Waal, Moral Behavior in Animals (16 min. TED talk)
News item on de Waal's research (2 min video)
Japanese macaques in hot springs (3 min. video)
Elephants grieving? (3 min. video)
Chimp cooperation (2 min video)
Steven Pinker, "The Moral Instinct" (NYT article)
Guilty dog (youtube compilation)
"In praise of feeling bad about yourself" (poem)
Capuchin monkey cooperation and fairness (video clip)
Chimps cooperating to catch a monkey (4 min video)
Video clip from 'Trainspotting'
de Waal on empathy (5min. video)
de Waal talking to Rcihard Dawkins (7 min. video)
Paul Bloom, webinar on the subject of Just Babies (45 min)
Kohlberg's stages of moral development
Paul Bloom,"Can prejudice ever be a good thing?"
Jonathan Haidt, "Moral roots of liberals & conservatives" (TED talk)
Last class is on Monday, May 2nd
Final Exam times:
Section 1 (10:20 class) Sat. May 7th, 1:15 - 3:15
Section 2 (11:20 class) Wed. May 4th, 1:15 - 3:15 AU Spring 2016 Final Exam Schedule