Ethics - Reading List
MERCER SPRING 2022
PHI-204-010 Ethics Reading Assignment |
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“Fundamentals
Of Ethics” by Russ Shafer-Landau 3rd Edition
ISBN: 978-0-19-977355-8 |
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27-Jan |
FIRST CLASS |
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3-Feb |
1. Hedonism: Its Powerful
Appeal |
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10-Feb |
2. Is Happiness All That
Matters? |
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17-Feb |
3. Getting What You
Want |
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24-Feb |
4. Problems for the
Desire Theory |
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3-Mar |
5. Morality and
Religion |
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10-Mar |
6. Natural Law |
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17-Mar |
7. Psychological
Egoism |
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17-Mar |
8. Ethical Egoism |
MIDTERM |
24-Mar |
9. Consequentialism: Its
Nature and Attractions |
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24-Mar |
10. Consequentialism: Its
Difficulties |
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31-Mar |
11. The Kantian
Perspective: Fairness and Justice |
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31-Mar |
12. The Kantian
Perspective: Autonomy and Respect |
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7-Apr |
13. The Social Contract
Tradition: The Theory and Its Attractions |
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7-Apr |
14. The Social Contract
Tradition: Problems and Prospects |
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14-Apr |
15. Ethical Pluralism:
Absolute Moral Rules |
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21-Apr |
16. Ethical Pluralism:
Prima Facie Duties and Ethical Particularism |
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21-Apr |
17. Virtue Ethics |
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28-Apr |
18. Feminist Ethics |
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28-Apr |
19. Ethical
Relativism |
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5-May |
20. Moral Nihilism |
Give Final |
5-May |
21. Eleven Arguments
against Moral Objectivity |
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12-May |
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Final Due |
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