Topic Reading
Monday, Jan.28 Introduction No reading
Wednesday, Jan. 30 Relativism No reading
Monday, Feb. 4 Relativism continued No reading
Wednesday, Feb. 6 Subjectivism No reading
Monday, Feb. 11 Subjectivism continued No reading
Wednesday, Feb. 13 FIRST TAKE-HOME EXAM ASSIGNED Wednesday, Feb. 13 Moral objectivity No reading
Monday, Feb. 18 NO CLASSES
Tuesday, Feb. 19 Plato: Introduction Gorgias, 466-481*
Wednesday, Feb. 20 FIRST TAKE-HOME EXAM DUE IN CLASS
Wednesday, Feb. 20 Plato: Ethical egoism Gorgias, 466-481
Monday, Feb. 25 Plato: Psychological egoism Gorgias, 466-481
Wednesday, Feb. 27 Plato: The nature of the good Gorgias, 466-481
Monday, March 3 Plato: Punishment Gorgias, 488-508
Wednesday, March 5 FIRST MID-TERM EXAM
Monday, March 10 Mill: Introduction Utilitarianism, Ch. II
Wednesday, March 12 Mill: Ranking pleasures Utilitarianism, Ch. II
March 17-21 SPRING BREAK
Monday, March 24 Mill: Act vs. Rule utilitarianism Utilitarianism, Ch. II
Wednesday, March 26 Mill: Why should we believe it? Utilitarianism, Ch. IV
Monday, March 31 Mill: Justice Utilitarianism, Ch. V
Wednesday, April 2 SECOND TAKE-HOME EXAM ASSIGNED
Wednesday, April 2 Mill: Problems for utilitarianism No reading
Monday, April 7 SECOND TAKE-HOME EXAM DUE IN CLASS
Monday, April 7 Russell: Introduction Ch. I Wednesday, April 9 Russell: Physical objects Ch. II
Monday, April 14 Russell: Induction Ch. VI
Wednesday, April 16 Russell: Induction (continued) Ch. VI
Monday, April 21 NO CLASSES
Wednesday, April 23 SECOND MID-TERM EXAM
Monday, April 28 Quine: Introduction Ch. III
Wednesday, April 30 Quine:Belief revision Ch. II
Monday, May 5 Quine:Scientific theorizing Ch. VI
Wednesday, May 7 Quine:Scientific theorizing (continued) Ch. VI
Monday, May 12 Concluding remarks No reading
Wednesday, May 14 REVIEW SESSION 1:30 - 3:30 Bartlett 65
Monday, May 19 10:30 - 12:30 FINAL EXAM Totman Gym
*NOTE: Page numbers for readings in Plato's Gorgias correspond to numbers in the margins of the text (which are uniform in all editions of Plato), not to the numbers at the top of the page.