(updated – 12/06/2017)
| PHI 336.001 Fall 2017 Schedule MWF 2:00 am - 2:50 pm, 204 Whitehall Classroom Bldg |
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| Day | Date | Class | due on day listed Reading/Homework |
| Click Canvas Reading Quiz links to take the online reading quiz. Goto Canvas: Files: Quiz Archive to print out the reading questions. |
"Handout" = Canvas:Files:Handouts "Library" = Canvas:Files:Library |
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| 8/23 | Wed | First Day Introductions & "Thinking Like a Mountain" | Leopold - Thinking Like a Mountain Practice Quiz: Practice Quiz (in class) Handout: Syllabus |
| 8/25 | Fri | Why Environmental Ethics? (Syllabus, Thinking Like a Mountain, General Discussion) |
Syllabus Quiz: 00 Syllabus (due today, but must be completed by 8/30 at 1:59pm) |
| Ethics - Basic Theories | |||
| 8/28 | Mon | The Possibility of an Ecological Ethic (Leopold) I | Leopold: The Land Ethic, pp. 201-214 Canvas Reading Quiz: 01 Leopold |
| 8/29 Last day to add | |||
| 8/30 | Wed | An Ecological Ethic (Leopold) II | Leopold: The Land Ethic, pp. 214-226 Canvas Reading Quiz: 02 Leopold Handout: First Assignment - Ethical Action |
| 9/1 | Fri | No Class | |
| 9/4 | Mon | Labor Day - Academic Holiday | |
| 9/6 | Wed | Discuss Ethical Action assignment in light of an ecological ethic | |
| 9/8 | Fri | Virtue Ethics I (Aristotle) | Library: Aristotle - NicoEthics, pp. 17-22 (to #13) Canvas Reading Quiz: 03 Aristotle |
| 9/11 | Mon | Virtue Ethics II | Library: Aristotle - NicoEthics, pp. 22-25 Canvas Reading Quiz: 04 Aristotle Assignment: Collaboration Document - Fill in Ethical Action Decision Record |
| 9/13 | Wed | An environmental virtue ethics | Library: Cafaro - Thoreau, Leopold, Carson Canvas Reading Quiz: 05 Cafaro |
| 9/15 | Fri | Discuss Ethical Action assignment in light of virtue ethics | |
| 9/18 | Mon | Ethics of Duty (Kant) I | Library: Kant - Groundwork (pp. 46-51) Canvas Reading Quiz: 06 Kant Handout: Kant's Ethics of Duty Recommended: * Runes' Dictionary of Philosophy * Trullinger - Conspectus |
| 9/20 | Wed | Duty Ethics (Kant) II | Library: Kant - Groundwork (pp. 51-56 - to line) Canvas Reading Quiz: 07 Kant |
| 9/22 | Fri | Ethics of Duty (Kant) III | Library: Kant - Groundwork (pp. 56-64) Canvas Reading Quiz: 08 Kant |
| 9/25 | Mon | open - continue with Kant's ethics of duty | Kant - Groundwork (re-read the whole thing) |
| 9/27 | Wed | Indirect Duties to Animals (Kant) | Library: Kant - Indirect Duties Canvas Reading Quiz: 09 Kant |
| 9/29 | Fri | Animal Rights | Library: Regan - Animal Rights Canvas Reading Quiz: 10 Regan |
| 10/2 | Mon | Discuss Ethical Action assignment in light of the ethics of duty | |
| 10/4 | Wed | The Principle of Utility (Bentham) (Guest: Oliver Froehling, read Oaxaca Summer Program) |
Library: Bentham - On the Principle of Utility Canvas Reading Quiz: 11 Bentham |
| 10/6 | Fri | Animal Liberation | Library: Singer - Animal Liberation (to dotted line) Canvas Reading Quiz: 12 Singer |
| 10/9 | Mon | Discuss Ethical Action assignment in light of utilitarianism | |
| 10/11 | Wed | Ecofeminist Critique (Plumwood) Ecology, Animals, Ethics |
Library: Plumwood - Animals and Ecology (to dotted line) Canvas Reading Quiz: 13 Plumwood |
| 10/13 | Fri | Taking Stock and Exam Prep | Handout: Study Guide for Midterm Ethical Action Journal Due (11:59pm) |
| 10/16 Midterm | |||
| 10/16 | Mon | Test on Ethical Theories | |
| 10/18 | Wed | Mid-Semester Student Feedback (Bill Burke, CELT) | Leopold Writing Assignment |
| 10/20 | Fri | No Class | Ethical Action Paper Due (due 10/20 at 2:00pm) Leopold Reading Assignment |
| 10/23 | Mon | No Class | |
| 10/25 | Wed | Review & Recap: Ethical Theory | Leopold Writing Assignmment Due (11:59pm) |
| American Lands - Social & Political Contexts | |||
| 10/27 | Fri | Background: John Locke on private property | Library: Locke - Of Property (excerpt) Canvas Reading Quiz: 14 Locke |
| 10/29 | Sun | Revised Deadline | Leopold Paper Extension (due 11:59pm) |
| 10/30 | Mon | First study: the Hetch Hetchy controversy | Library: Smith - Value of a Tree Canvas Reading Quiz: 15 Smith |
| 11/1 | Wed | See the EA Paper Meeting Schedule for 11/1-2 (in Pages) | |
| 11/1 | Wed | open | n/a |
| 11/2 | Thurs | See the EA Paper Meeting Schedule for 11/1-2 (in Pages) | |
| 11/3 | Fri | Second study: The Wilderness Act | Library: Wilderness Act |
| 11/6 | Mon | William Cronon's critique: the social construction of nature | Library: Cronon - Trouble with Wilderness (excerpt) Canvas Reading Quiz: 16 Cronon |
| 11/8 | Wed | Public land protection in the US: the federal system | |
| 11/10 Last day to withdraw | |||
| 11/10 | Fri | open | Handout: Study Guide for Test #2 |
| 11/13 | Mon | Test on American Lands: Social and Political Contexts | |
| Sustainable Development - Concept & Critique | |||
| 11/15 | Wed | Brundtland: historical background & thesis | Library: Gudmusson et. al. - Sustainable Development Canvas Reading Quiz: 17 Gudmusson |
| 11/17 | Fri | John Elkington's triple bottom line theory | Library: Elkington - Making Capitalism Sustainable Canvas Reading Quiz: 18 Elkington |
| 11/20 | Mon | Review & Recap Test #2 | |
| 11/22 | Wed | Thanksgiving Break - Academic Holiday | |
| 11/24 | Fri | Thanksgiving Break - Academic Holiday | |
| 11/27 | Mon | Winona LaDuke & traditional ecological knowledge | Library: LaDuke - Traditional Ecological Knowledge (excerpt) Canvas Reading Quiz: 19 LaDuke |
| 11/29 | Wed | Pope Francis' environmental letter | Library: Encyclical Summary Canvas Reading Quiz: 20 Encyclical |
| 12/1 | Fri | Wendell Berry's concept of two economies | Library: Berry - Two Economies Canvas Reading Quiz: 21 Berry |
| 12/4 | Mon | The contemporary problem: human action today | Library: Jonas - Altered State of Human Action (excerpt) |
| 12/6 | Wed | open discussion | |
| 12/8 | Fri | Test preparation | Handout: Study Guide for Test #3 |
| 12/11 | Mon | Test on Sustainable Development - Concept & Critique: 3:30pm - 4:20pm | |