SES # | TOPICS | |
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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 |