Ethical Choice

Philosophy 200

Rex Gilliland

Office: Norton 265 Phone: 226-7718

Home Phone: 930-0754

Email: rgillila@bsc.edu

Phil-Sci 305 MW 2:40 - 4:10 pm

Office Hours: TTh 12:00 – 2:30 pm

and by appointment

Syllabus Writing Center Information

Tentative Schedule Click on dates for reading questions. All changes in red.

W 2/6 Introduction: What is Ethics?

1. Normative Ethical Theories

M 2/11 Basic ethical concepts, Normative theories (Virtue ethics, Kant’s ethics, utilitarianism, ethical egoism, care ethics, divine command theory, natural law, Confucianism, Moism, Legalism, ethical relativism)

Handout

W 2/13 Normative theories cont.; Take home quiz, due noon Friday 2/15 Copy of Quiz

M 2/18 Mill 6-17 (Reading Packet)

W 2/20 Mill 17-25 (Reading Packet); Group Project #1

M 2/25 Kant 7-12 (Reading Packet)

W 2/27 Kant 12-17 (Reading Packet)

M 3/4 Plato and Aristotle (Reading Packet) Handout

W 3/6 Exam #1 Study Guide

2. Applied Ethics: Moral Issues

M 3/11 Moral Issue #1: Sexual Morality – Introduction 150-156 Handout

W 3/13 Mappes 163-176 – Voluntary informed consent

M 3/18 Ericsson (Reading Packet) – The morality of prostitution

W 3/20 Punzo 157-162 – Sexuality and self-perfection; Group Project #2

3/25 – 3/29 Spring Break

M 4/1 West 177-181 – The harms of consensual sex for women

W 4/3 Martin 182-188 – Is homosexuality unnatural?

M 4/8 Exam #2 Study Guide

W 4/10 Moral Issue #2: Capital Punishment – Introduction 104-110 Handout

M 4/15 Primoratz 125-130 – Retribution

W 4/17 Nathanson 132-138 – Retribution cont.

M 4/22 Glover 138-141; van den Haag 142-143 – Deterrence

W 4/24 Work on Group Presentations

M 4/29 Dieter 144-148 – The burdens of capital punishment

W 5/1 Exam #3 Study Guide

M 5/6 Group Presentations

W 5/8 Group Presentations