Fall 2003 Philosophy 120 (sec. 4)
MW
Ethics
Rex Gilliland
Classroom: Engleman C104
Office: Engleman D210
Office Hours: MWF
MW 3:
and by appointment.
Phone: 392-6783
Email: gillilandr1@southernct.edu
Schedule
W 9/3 Introduction: What is Ethics?
1. Normative Ethical Theories
M 9/8 Basic ethical concepts, Normative theories (Ethical relativism, egoism, care ethics, divine command theory, natural law)
W
9/10 Normative theories cont.
M 9/15 Mill 6-17; Take home quiz due
W
9/17 Mill 17-25; Group Project
#1
M 9/22 Kant 7-12
W 9/24 Kant 12-17
M 9/29 Plato and Aristotle
W
10/1 Exam #1 Study Guide
2. Applied Ethics: Moral Issues
Drug Control and
Addiction
10/6 Introduction 267-272
10/8 Spiegel 273-277 – Marijuana and drug laws
10/13 Szasz 278-284 – Is there a right to self-medicate?
10/15 Goodin 284-292 – Irrationality, addiction, and the restriction of smoking
10/20 Nadelmann 292-299 – The harms of criminalization
10/22 Wilson 299-304 – The harms of legalization
10/27 Shapiro 304-310 – The cause of addiction
10/29 Exam #2 Study Guide
Sexual Morality
11/3 Introduction 157-164
11/5 Mappes 170-183 – Voluntary informed consent
11/10 Erickson (photocopy) – The morality of prostitution
11/12 Punzo 164-169 – Sexuality and self-perfection
11/17 West 184-188 – The harms of consensual sex for women
11/19 Corvino 189-196 – Is homosexuality unnatural or harmful?
11/24 Work on Group Presentations
11/26 Thanksgiving
12/1 Knight and Rauch (photocopies) – The harms and benefits of same-sex marriage and civil unions
12/3 Exam #3 Study Guide
12/8 Group Presentations
12/10 Group Presentations
Final Exam W
12/17