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Section I: Introduction – sociocultural presuppositions

Introduction

Jan 14    Introduction for the second term
Jan 16    Paul Ricoeur: Freedom and Nature (Life: Birth)
Jan 18     Ernst Cassirer: An Essay on Man (II and VI)

Cultural greetings from afar

Jan 21    NO CLASS – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Jan 23    The Code of Hammurabi
Jan 25    The Instructions of Phahhotep and Kegemni

Cultural greetings from afar II

Jan 28    The Laws of Manu (VII and VIII)
Jan 30     The Analects of Kǒng Fūzǐ (I-II, IV, XII-XIII)
Feb 1    The Great Law

The first reflection due on Sat Feb 2 at 6:00pm
(“My sociocultural presuppositions and their validity”)



Section II: Perspectives on ethics

Following the moral Law: Kant’s deontological approach

Feb 4    Kant: Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals (Preface & I)
Feb 6    Kant: Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals (II)
Feb 8    Kant: Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals (II continued)

Aiming at a good and happiness: Aristotle’s teleological approach

Feb 11    Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics (I)
Feb 13    Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics (II)
Feb 15    Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics (VI and X.vi-viii)

The utility principle: JS Mill’s consequentialist approach

Feb 18    John Stuart Mill: Utilitarianism (I and II)
Feb 20    John Stuart Mill: Utilitarianism (III and IV)
Feb 22    John Stuart Mill: Utilitarianism (V)

Applied ethics: the question of the environment

Feb 25     Lynn White, Jr.: The Historical Roots of Our Ecological Crisis
Feb 27     Eugene C. Hargrove: Philosophical Attitudes
March 1    Robin Attfield: The Stewardship Tradition

The second reflection due on Fri March 1 at 6:00pm
(“The moral constitution of my everyday choices”)


Section III: Perspectives on society and the state

SPRING BREAK March 4-8: NO CLASSES

The question of an ideal State

March 11    Plato: Republic (368a-379a, 410a-435c)
March 13    Plato: Republic (445c-473e)
March 15    Plato: Republic (543a-592b)

The Spirit and its becoming as a State

March 18    G.W.F. Hegel: Philosophy of Right (III.1)
March 20    G.W.F. Hegel: Philosophy of Right (III.2)
March 22    G.W.F. Hegel: Philosophy of Right (III.3 selections)

The General Will

March 25    Jean-Jacques Rousseau: The Social Contract or Principles of Political Right (I)
March 27    Jean-Jacques Rousseau: The Social Contract or Principles of Political Right (II)
March 29    NO CLASS – Good Friday

Egalitarian fairness and Libertarian rights

April 1    NO CLASS – Easter Monday
April 3    John Rawls: A Theory of Justice (selections)
April 5    Robert Nozick: Anarchy, State, and Utopia (Distributive Justice)

From Communitarism to societal prisons

April 8    Charles Taylor: Atomism
April 10    Michel Foucault: Panopticism
April 12    Max Weber: Politics as a Vocation

The third reflection due on Tue April 16 at 6:00pm
(“My idea of an ideal society”)



Section IV: Perspectives on the absurdity of life experience

Human alienation and social institutions: life as a trial

April 15    NO CLASS – Patriot’s Day
April 17     Franz Kafka: The Trial (Ch. 1-2)
April 19    Franz Kafka: The Trial (Ch. 3-4)

Human alienation and social institutions: life as a trial

April 22    Franz Kafka: The Trial (Ch. 5-6)
April 24    Franz Kafka: The Trial (Ch. 7)
April 26    Franz Kafka: The Trial (Ch. 8)

Review

April 29    Franz Kafka: The Trial (Ch. 9-10)
May 1    Review session – prepared questions must have been emailed by Monday April 29