Consequentialism schedule

Thurs. Sept. 18

1. Consequentialism & utilitarianism—general intro

• Read Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy on consequentialism: section 1 only (1a through 1f; the rest is optional)   http://www.iep.utm.edu/conseque/

 

First moral issue journal entry due Friday, Sept. 19, by 5pm. See “Assignment instructions” on this page for how to do it.

 

Tues. Sept. 23

Mill, Utilitarianism

1. Chapter 1 and part of Chapter 2: pp. 1-8 (both of the following are the same text, just in different formats)

• Mill, Utilitarianism (MS Word version)
• Mill, Utilitarianism (PDF version)

 

2. optional: Listen to one or more of the following podcasts about Mill’s Utilitarianism, sometime this week or next week

• Philosophy Bites podcast, Roger Crisp: http://philosophybites.com/2007/07/roger-crisp-on-.html
• Nigel Warburton: http://www.philclassics.libsyn.com/john_stuart_mill_utilitarianism
• Marianne Talbot: http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/utilitarianism-mill-and-utility-calculus-audio

 

Thurs. Sept. 25

1. Mill, Utilitarianism (See Tues., Sept. 23 for link)

• finish chapter 2, pp. 9-12
• read chapter 4, pp. 16-20

 

3. Optional:

• chapter 3 of above document, pp. 13-16
• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, entry on Mill’s Moral and Political Philosophy, section on Mill’s “proof” of the principle of utility (to go with chpt. 4 of Utilitarianism): http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/mill-moral-political/#ProUti

 

Tues. Sept. 30

Mill, Utilitarianism (See Tues., Sept. 23 for link)

• Chapter 5, pp. 20-25

 

Thurs. Oct. 2

Later consequentialism

1. Timmons, Mark. “Contemporary Utilitarianism.” Moral Theory: An Introduction. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2002. pp. 131-150.

• posted on password-protected part of this site, due to copyright rules: https://blogs.ubc.ca/phil230/readingassignment-schedule/password-protected-readings/

 

2. Nozick, Robert. “The Experience Machine.” Anarchy, State and Utopia. New York: Basic Books, 1974. pp. 42-45.

• posted on password-protected part of this site, due to copyright rules: https://blogs.ubc.ca/phil230/readingassignment-schedule/password-protected-readings/
  

 

Second moral issue journal entry due Friday, Oct. 3, by 5pm.

 

Tues. Oct. 7

Rule Utilitarianism

1. Brandt, Richard. “Some Merits of One form of Rule Utilitarianism” (in Brandt, Morality, Utilitarianism, and Rights. Cambridge UP, 1992)

• posted on password-protected section of this site, due to copyright rules: https://blogs.ubc.ca/phil230/readingassignment-schedule/password-protected-readings/

 

Thurs. Oct. 9

In-class exam on moral relativism and consequentialism.