MERCER SPRING 2022 PHI-204-010 Ethics Reading Assignment

“Fundamentals Of Ethics” by Russ Shafer-Landau 3rd Edition  ISBN: 978-0-19-977355-8

27-Jan

FIRST CLASS

3-Feb

1. Hedonism: Its Powerful Appeal 

10-Feb

2. Is Happiness All That Matters? 

17-Feb

3. Getting What You Want 

24-Feb

4. Problems for the Desire Theory 

3-Mar

5. Morality and Religion 

10-Mar

6. Natural Law 

17-Mar

7. Psychological Egoism 

17-Mar

8. Ethical Egoism 

MIDTERM

24-Mar

9. Consequentialism: Its Nature and Attractions 

24-Mar

10. Consequentialism: Its Difficulties 

31-Mar

11. The Kantian Perspective: Fairness and Justice 

31-Mar

12. The Kantian Perspective: Autonomy and Respect 

7-Apr

13. The Social Contract Tradition: The Theory and Its Attractions 

7-Apr

14. The Social Contract Tradition: Problems and Prospects 

14-Apr

15. Ethical Pluralism: Absolute Moral Rules 

21-Apr

16. Ethical Pluralism: Prima Facie Duties and Ethical Particularism 

21-Apr

17. Virtue Ethics 

28-Apr

18. Feminist Ethics 

28-Apr

19. Ethical Relativism 

5-May

20. Moral Nihilism 

Give Final

5-May

21. Eleven Arguments against Moral Objectivity 

12-May

Final Due