Moral Problems and the Good Life

Lecture Notes

SES #	TOPICS
1	Introduction
I. Value and the good life
2	Hedonism (PDF)
3	Desire satisfaction and the good (PDF)
4	Objective goods (PDF)
5	Immortality (PDF)
6	Three moral theories (PDF)
7	Film: “The Global Banquet: Politics of Food”
8	Film: “Skin Deep”
II. The moral community
9	Animal rights (PDF)
10	Consuming animals (PDF)
11	The value of nature (PDF)
12	Environmentalism (PDF)
III. Obligations to others
A. Global justice
13	The distant needy (PDF)
14	Famine relief (PDF)
15	Addressing structural injustice (PDF)
B. Racism, sexism and speech
16	Racism: attitudes and structures (PDF)
17	Affirmative action Guest lecture: Adam Hosein, MIT Linguistics and Philosophy
18	Racist speech (PDF)
19	Hate speech (PDF)
20	Free speech and pornography (PDF)
21	Pornography and equality (PDF)
C. Sexual morality and marriage
22	Film: “Tying the Knot”
23	Sexual morality (PDF)
24	Homosexuality
25	Gay and lesbian marriage (PDF)
26	Final lecture, exam questions distributed