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Nature of Morality

5/19 - 5/20

• Plato, Euthyphro's indictment from Euthyphro (web)
• Lee, "The Realm of the Moral" (web)

• Bentham, "The Principle of Utility" from Principles of Morals and Legislation (F 310-312)
• Mill, from Utilitarianism (F 313-326)

• Rachels, "Active and Passive Euthanasia" (F 391-395)

• Rachels, "The Challenge of Cultural Relativism" from Elements of Moral Philosophy (F 12-21)

• Lee, "Kantian Ethical Theory" (web)
• Watkins, "Kant's Categorical Imperative" (F 268-277)

• Aquinas, "Whether it is Lawful to Kill Oneself" from Summa Theologica (F 375-377)
• Hume, "Of Suicide" (F 377-382)

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The Place of God in Morality

6/3

• Nielsen, "God and the Basis of Morality" (F 70-78)

• Curd, "Ross's Intuitionist Theory of Duty" (F 286-296)

• Thomson, "A Defense of Abortion" (F 423-434)

• Feinberg, "Psychological Egoism" (F 89-101)

• Hobbes, "The State of Nature and Laws of Nature" from Leviathan (F 182-194)
• Murphy, "Hobbes' Social Contract Theory" (F 194-203)

• Bedau, "The Case Against the Death Penalty" (F 444-451)

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Emotivism

6/17

• Ayer, "Emotivism" from Language, Truth, and Logic (F 126-131)

• Aristotle, "Moral Virtues" from Nicomachean Ethics Bk. 2 (F 144-151)

• Kant, "Duties Toward Animals" from Lectures on Ethics (F 463-464)
• Regan, "The Case for Animal Rights" (P 464-472)

• Lackey, "Pacifism" (W 6-20)
• O'Brien, "The Conduct of Just and Limited War" (W 20-33)
• Khatchadouorian, "The Morality of Terrorism" (W 33-46)

This schedule is subject to change.