Tues., Nov. 4
1. Intro to Virtue Ethics: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy on VE, sections 2a-2d, 3a only: http://www.iep.utm.edu/virtue/#H2
2. Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book I, sections 1-4, 7-8, 10, 13. Available in any of these places (or you might find another on the web too; just make sure it’s translated by WD Ross):
https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/a/aristotle/nicomachean/contents.html
http://www.constitution.org/ari/ethic_00.htm
http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/nicomachaen.html
You can get a Kindle edition for about $2 on Amazon.ca, if you’d like: http://www.amazon.ca/Nicomachean-Ethics-Aristotle-ebook/dp/B00BBSYI8A/
3. optional: podcasts on Aristotle’s ethics–you can listen to these anytime this week or next, if you wish
- podcast about Aristotle’s ethics, with Julia Annas (about 40 mins): https://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/elucidations/2014/03/26/episode-57-julia-annas-discusses-virtue-ethics/
- History of Philosophy Without any Gaps podcast, by Peter Adamson (about 20 mins): http://historyofphilosophy.net/aristotle-ethics
- Philosophy Bites podcast, interview with Terence Irwin (about 17 mins): http://philosophybites.libsyn.com/terence_irwin_on_aristotle_s_ethics
Thurs., Nov. 6
1. Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics (see above for links to this text)
- Book II, sections 1-4, 6-7, 9
2. Optional:
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Aristotle’s Ethics, sections 2, 3.1, 4, 5.1, 5.2 http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/aristotle-ethics/
Second draft of term paper due Monday, Nov. 10, by 5pm on Connect. Note new due date from what it says on the syllabus–it was due Nov. 6.
See “assignment instructions” for how to write and submit draft 2.
Tues., Nov. 11
Remembrance day: no classes
Thurs., Nov. 13
1. Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics
- Book III, sections 5-7, 9-12
- Book VII, sections 7-9
2. optional:
- Nicomachean Ethics Book VI, sections 1, 5, 9, 12-13
- NE Book X, sections 4-6
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Aristotle’s Ethics, sections 6, 7,8 http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/aristotle-ethics/
- History of Philosophy Without any Gaps, by Peter Adamson, part 2 of his podcast on Aristotle’s Ethics: http://historyofphilosophy.net/aristotle-friendship
We’ll be doing peer feedback on draft 2 of the essays on Thurs. Nov. 13, so bring your comments on the essay(s) you reviewed!
Tues., Nov. 18
Later virtue theory
Hursthouse, Rosalind. “Virtue Theory and Abortion.” Philosophy and Public Affairs 20.3 (Summer 1991): 223-246. On JSTOR: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2265432
- UBC students can access this article here: http://ezproxy.library.ubc.ca/login?url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/2265432
Thurs., Nov. 20
Later virtue theory, cont’d
Nussbaum, Martha. “Non-Relative Virtues: An Aristotelian Approach.” Midwest Studies in Philosophy 13.1 (1988). 32-53. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1475-4975.1988.tb00111.x/abstract
- UBC students can access this article here: http://ezproxy.library.ubc.ca/login?url=http://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/j.1475-4975.1988.tb00111.x
Term paper due Friday, Nov. 21, by 5pm. See “assignment instructions” for how to write and submit the final essay