Thurs., Sept. 4
Intro to the class
Tues., Sept. 9
1. Internet Encyclopedia of Ethics, entry on Moral Relativism: http://www.iep.utm.edu/moral-re/
- Read the Intro, plus sections 2a-2b, 2f-2g, 3a-3b, 3d, 4a-4d, 4g (skip 2c-2e, 3c, 4e-4f)
Optional: listen to one or both of the following podcasts on moral relativism from the Philosophy Bites podcast series
- Paul Boghossian: http://philosophybites.com/2011/10/paul-boghossian-on-moral-relativism.htm
- Simon Blackburn: http://philosophybites.com/2007/08/simon-blackburn.html
Thurs., Sept. 11
Meet in a new room! We have a new room for the rest of the term: Macmillan 166 (towards the South end of Main Mall). It’s at least a bit closer to the Arts end of campus than the Pharmacy room was.
1. Continue discussion of reading for Sept. 9
2. Wolf, Susan. “Two Levels of Pluralism.” Ethics 102.4 (July 1992): 785-798. On JSTOR: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2381554
- For students in this course–please click here to log in with your CWL, and you can access this article: http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.library.ubc.ca/stable/2381554
Optional
White, Alan. “One Way to be a Moral Relativist.” Teaching Ethics 14.2 (Spring 2014): 91-103. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2381554
This reading can be found on a password-protected page on this site, due to copyright rules: https://blogs.ubc.ca/phil230/readingassignment-schedule/password-protected-readings/
Tuesday, Sept. 16
1. Continue discussion of Wolf’s article
Optional
- Paul Boghossian article against MR in The New York Times: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/24/the-maze-of-moral-relativism/
- Wong, David. “Relativism.” A Companion to Ethics, Ed. Peter Singer. Cambridge, Mass: Basil Blackwell, 1991.
- Also posted on the password-protected section, due to copyright rules: https://blogs.ubc.ca/phil230/readingassignment-schedule/password-protected-readings/