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Introduction |
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| I. Value and the good life |
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Hedonism |
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Desire satisfaction and the good |
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Objective goods |
Argument analysis 1 due |
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Immortality |
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Three moral theories |
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| 7 |
Film: "The Global Banquet: Politics of Food" |
Paper 1 due |
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Film: "Skin Deep" |
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| II. The moral community |
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Animal rights |
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Consuming animals |
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The value of nature |
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Environmentalism |
Argument analysis 2 due |
| III. Obligations to others |
A. Global justice
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The distant needy |
Last day to submit paper 1 revisions (two days after Ses #13) |
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Famine relief |
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Addressing structural injustice |
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B. Racism, sexism and speech
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Racism: attitudes and structures |
Paper 2 due |
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Affirmative action
Guest lecture: Adam Hosein, MIT Linguistics and Philosophy
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Racist speech |
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Hate speech |
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Free speech and pornography |
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Pornography and equality |
Last day to submit paper 2 revisions |
C. Sexual morality and marriage
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Film: "Tying the Knot" |
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Sexual morality |
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Homosexuality |
Paper 3 due two days after Ses #24 |
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Gay and lesbian marriage |
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Final lecture, exam questions distributed |
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