Moral Problems and the Good Life

Calendar

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