Tues. Oct. 14
Instructor was sick–there was no class this day
Thurs. Oct 16
1. Kant, Groundwork pp. 55-66, 144 (start halfway down the page) to 151
— The entirety of the “First section” of the book, plus excerpts from “On the Common Saying: This May be True in Theory…” and Religion Within the Limits of Reason Alone
2. recommended, but optional:
- Kant’s Groundwork, pp. 16-20 (Introduction to the text)
- Shafer-Landau, “The Kantian Perspective: Fairness and Justice.” In Shafer-Landau, Russ. The Fundamentals of Ethics. Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press, 2012. pp. 154-167
- on a password-protected section of this site due to copyright rules: https://blogs.ubc.ca/phil230/readingassignment-schedule/password-protected-readings/
3. if you want more help (also optional)
- Folse, “Comments on Kant’s Ethical Theory” http://www.loyno.edu/~folse/Kant.html
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, entry on Kant’s moral theory, sects. 2 & 3 http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/kant-moral/
Tues. Oct. 21
1. Kant, Groundwork, p. 73 (starting with first full paragraph) to last full paragraph on p. 85 (“Second Section” of the text, paragraph sections 413-426)
2. optional:
- Kant’s Groundwork, pp. 21 to top of 26 (Introduction to text)
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, entry on Kant’s moral theory, sects. 4 & 5 http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/kant-moral/
First draft of term paper due Friday, Oct. 17, 5pm. Instructions on how to submit this draft, and what should be in it, are posted under “assignment instructions” on this site.
Thurs. Oct. 23
1. Kant, Groundwork, bottom of p. 85 to last full paragraph on p. 89 (“Second Section” of the text, paragraph section 427-430)
2. optional:
- Kant’s Groundwork, pp. 26 to end of first full paragraph on p. 29 (Intro to text)
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, entry on Kant’s moral theory, sect. 6 http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/kant-moral/
We’ll be doing peer feedback on the first draft of your essays, in class, so bring your comments on the essay(s) you were reviewing!
Tues. Oct. 28
1. Kant, Groundwork, bottom of p. 89 to top of p. 93 (“Second Section” of the text, paragraph sections 431-434)
2. optional:
- Kant’s Groundwork, middle of p. 29 to top of p. 33 (Intro to text)
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, entry on Kant’s moral theory, sects. 7-10 http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/kant-moral/
Thurs. Oct. 30
1. Kant, “On a Supposed Right to Tell Lies From Benevolent Motives.” From Immanuel Kant, Kant’s Critique of Practical Reason and Other Works on the Theory of Ethics, trans. Thomas Kingsmill Abbott, B.D., Fellow and Tutor of Trinity College, Dublin, 4th revised ed. (London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1889). 8/29/2014. <http://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/360>
- As this text is in the public domain, you can access this essay from Kant in PDF form, here: Kant, “On a Supposed Right to Tell Lies” (Online Library of Liberty)
2. Korsgaard, “The Right to Lie: Kant on Dealing with Evil.” Philosophy and Public Affairs, Vol. 15, No. 4 (Autumn, 1986): 325-349. On JSTOR: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2265252
- students registered in the course, click here to access this article after logging in with your CWL: http://ezproxy.library.ubc.ca/login?url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/2265252
Third moral issue journal entry due Friday, Oct. 31, by 5pm.