Topic: What is Ethics?  The Moral Point of View

• Assignment:
  • Read Hinman, Chap. 1;
  • do "Ethical Inventory;"
  • begin journal entry for Thursday on ethical relativism.
  • Send ID photo to hinman at sandiego dot edu.

Resources:

• Moral Orientations: Overview
  • RealVideo with PowerPoint
  • Presentation
    
• The Moral Point of View

• RealVideo
• RealVideo with PowerPoint
• Presentation

Topic: Ethical Relativism

Assignments:

• Read Hinman, Chapter 2
• Write journal entry for next Tuesday, developing your position on ethical relativism

Resources

• Presentation on Relativism
• Ethics Updates on Relativism

Topic: Ethical Relativism

Assignments:

• Finish reading Hinman, Chapter 2
• Class presentation of journal entries

Topic: Ethics & Religion

Assignments:

• Read Hinman, Chapter Three
• Write a journal entry for Tuesday on your view about whether morality is necessarily dependent on religion.

Resources

• Presentation Ethics and Religion

Topic: Ethics & Religion

Assignments:

• Finish reading Hinman, Chapter Three
• Present your journal entry in class.

Resources

• Presentation on Divine Command

Topic: Psychological Egoism

Assignments:

• Read Hinman, Chapter Four
• Write essay for Tuesday on your positon on ethical egoism

Resources

• Presentation on Psychological Egoism

Topic: Ethical Egoism

Assignments:

• Finish reading Chapter Four
• Present your journal entry on ethical egoism

Resources

• Presentation on Ethical Egoism
• Ethics Updates on Egoism

Topic: The Ethics of Consequences: Utilitarianism

Assignments:

• Read Hinman, Chapter 5
• Write a journal entry on your position on utilitarianism

Resources

• Presentation on Utilitarianism
• Ethics Updates on Utilitarianism

No class--attend an event in the Stockdale Ethics Symposium

• Nancy Sherman (Georgetown and Woodrow Wilson) will be giving a talk at IPJ on Tuesday, October 10th, at 4 PM on stoicism. Her latest book, An Ethic for Warriors, is on this topic.
  
  
• At 6 PM in Shiley Theater on the same day, Richard Armitage will deliver the Stockdale Lecture on Ethics and Leadership.
  
  
• On Wednesday, Nancy Sherman will be giving a paper at 4 PM (again, in IPJ) on physician responsibility at Guantanamo Bay.
  
  

Topic: The Ethics of Consequences: Utilitarianism

Assignments:

• Hinman, Chapter 5
• Review material from previous classes

Topic: Mid-term Exam

• Possible long essay questions
• Previous Mid-term

Assignments:

• Study hard
• Turn in all journal entries for first half of semester with Journal Entry Cover Sheet

Topic: No class

Topic: Return of Mid-term Exam; Introduction to Kant and Deonotlogy

Assignments:

• Read Hinman, Chapter Six
• Write journal entry on your position onf what is right and what is wrong in Kant's moral philosphy

Resources

• Presentation on Kant and Duty

Topic: Kant

Assignments:

• Present your journal entry in class

Resources

• Ethics Updates on Kant

Topic: Human Rights

Assignments:

• Read Hinman, Chapter Seven
• Write journal entry on importance of human rights

Resources

• TBA

Topic: Human Rights

Assignments:

• Finish Hnman, Chapter Seven
• Present journal entry on human rights

Resources

• Ethics Updates on Human Rights

Topic: Theories of Justice

Assignments:

• Read Hinman, Chapter Eight
• Write journal entry on what justice means to you.

Resources

• Presentation on Justice
• Ethics Updates on Justice

Topic: Ethics of Character

Assignments:

• Read Hinman, Chapter Nine
• Write journal entry on what virtue is most improtant to you

Resources

• Presentation on Virtue and Character
• Ethics Updates on Character and Virtue Ethics

Topic:Ethics of Character; Glory

Assignments:

• Finish Hinman, Chapter Nine
• Present journal entry in class

Resources

• TBA

Topic: Ethics of Character

Assignments:

• View the movie Glory

Resources

• TBA

Topic: No class--Thanksgiving

Topic: Gender and Ethical Theory

Assignments:

• Read Hinman, Chapter Ten
• Write journal entry on how gender affects your understanding of the moral life.

Resources

• Presentation on Gender
• Ethics Updates on Gender and Ethical Theory

Topic: Gender and Ethical Theory

Assignments:

• Finish reading Hinman, Chapter Ten
• Present journal entry in class

Topic: Race, Ethnicity and Ethical Theory

Assignments:

• Read Hinman, Chapter Eleven
• Write a journal entry describing the ways in which your race and/or ethnicifty affects your understanding of moral theory.

Resources

• Presentation on Race & Ethicnicity
• Ethics Updates on Race, Ethicnicity and Moral Theory

Topic: Race, Ethnicity and Ethical Theory

Assignments:

• Finish Hinman, Chapter Eleven
• Present journal entry in class.

Topic: Toward a Global Ethic of Peace; Ethics in the 21st Century

Assignments:

• Read Hinman, Chapter Twelve
• Write journal entry on the increasingly global nature of moral issues

Topic: Concluding Comments; Review for Final Exam

Assignments:

• Present journal entry in class.

Possible long essay final exam questions:

1. Kant and Aristotle present very different ideals about excellence in the moral life. Explain, compare, and contrast their differing views of moral excellence in the moral life. Critically evaluate their positions from your own standpoint.
   
2. Write an essay about the movie Glory, showing ways in which it illustrates Aristotles theory of the virtues.  (A list of characters will be provided.)
   

Final Exam:

• 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
• Turn in journal entries for second half of course