Materials for PHL 303-01, Great Traditions in Ethics

New Quizzes (Fall 2011)

• PHL 303-01, Quiz 3, due December 9, 2011
• PHL 303-01, Quiz 2, due November 28, 2011
• PHL 303-01, Quiz 1, due October 17, 2011 

Group work will be posted during the semester.

• Group work on Martin Buber's I and Thou and Lau Tzu's Tao Te Ching
• Group work on Aristotle on Friendship
• Epistemology and the Republic - group work for PHL 303

Old Quizzes (Spring 2011)

• PHL 303-01,Quiz 1, due March 21, 2011 
• PHL 303-01,Quiz 2, due Wednesday, April 27, 2011
• PHL 303-01 Quiz 3, due Monday, May 16, 2011

Notes, handouts, syllabi

• PHL 303-01, Great Traditions in Ethics Syllabus for Fall 2011 
• [M. Kagan notes for Issues in Ethics that include some notes on ethical theories (Note: This document is approximately 20 pages long.)
• [M. Kagan addition to notes for Issues in Ethics (on Capital Punishment) last updated June 24, 1996
• [M. Kagan's notes on and reconstruction of Ayn Rand's Ethical Egoism, and links to other Rand/Objectivism material ]
• [Some Notes on Ethical Egoism]
• ["One Way to Write a Philosophy Paper"] (provides a brief outline of one of the standard ways to go about writing a philosophy paper)
• [Materials for PHL 336--Asian Philosophy] includes some notes and links on Confucianism and Taoism
• [Philosophies of Judaism: Useful and Interesting Links]  includes some notes and links on Buber

Links to some internet resources

• Jowett's translation of  Plato's Republic at http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/republic.html
• Ross's translation of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics at http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/nicomachaen.html
• The Analects of Confucius, translation with commentary by A. Charles Muller at http://www.acmuller.net/con-dao/analects.html
• Lau Tzu's Tao Te Ching:  Daode Jing , translated by Charles Muller, 12/12/09 revision at http://www.acmuller.net/con-dao/daodejing.html
• Feminist Ethics:  Rosemarie Tong's article on Feminist Ethics from the on-line Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

    This excellent overview provides historical background, gives bibliographic and internet linking information, distinguishes and discusses different approaches.  It also includes a very useful presentation of issues related to feminist ethics of care (e.g., Carol Gilligan and Nel Noddings).

• Hatrack River - The Official Web Site of Orson Scott Card
• [Links to some classic texts on Civil Disobedience]

Group Work

• Group work on Aristotle on Friendship
  
• Epistemology and the Republic - group work for PHL 303

• PHL 303-01, Great Traditions in Ethics Syllabus for Fall 2011 
• Back to M. Kagan's page