Philosophy of Human Nature
Fall Quarter 2001
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Reading Schedule
| Week I | ||
| September | 10 | Introduction to Course
Movie: Do We Have Free Will? |
| 12 | Free Will & Responsibility
Read: The Stoics on Free Will (Chapter 2 of Pereboom) |
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| 14 | Free Will & Responsibility
Read: David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Sect. VII (Chapter 7 of Pereboom) |
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| Week II | ||
| 17 | Free Will & Responsibility
Read: A. J. Ayer, "Freedom and Necessity", (Chapter 10 of Pereboom) |
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| 19 | Free Will & Responsibility
Read: Roderick Chisholm, "Human Freedom and the Self" (Chapter 12 of Pereboom) |
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| 21 | Free Will & Responsibility
Read: Harry Frankfurt, "Alternate Possibilities and Moral Responsibility" (Chapter 13 of Pereboom) |
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| Week III | ||
| 24 | Free Will & Responsibility
Read: Harry Frankfurt, "Freedom of the Will and The Concept of a Person" (Chapter 14 of Pereboom) (We didn't do this--we had a review day instead) |
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| 26 | Free Will & Responsibility
Read: Derk Pereboom, "Determinism al Dente" (Chapter 18 of Pereboom) |
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| 28 | Discuss Compulsion | |
| Week IV | ||
| October | 1 | Punishment
Read: Clarence Darrow (CP #12), Karl Menninger (CP #4), Richard Wasserstrom (CP #5) |
| 3 | Punishment
Read: Walter Berns (CP #6), C.S. Lewis (CP #7), James Broyles (CP #8) |
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| 5 | Punishment
Read: Clarence Darrow's Summation to the Judge ("The Crime of Compulsion") (CP #1) |
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| Week V | ||
| 8 | No Class Today--Columbus Day | |
| 9 | Take-Home Midterm Due Today by 3:00 p.m. | |
| 10 | Death Penalty
Read: Clarence Darrow (CP #10) Robert E Crowe, "Capital Punishment is a Safeguard for Society" (In The Death Penalty: Opposing Viewpoints, Chapter 1, reading 5) Clarence Darrow, "The Futility of the Death Penalty" (In The Death Penalty: Opposing Viewpoints, Chapter 1, reading 6) |
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| 12 | Death Penalty
Read: Hugo Adam Bedau (CP #9) |
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| Week VI | ||
| 15 | Death Penalty
Read: The Death Penalty: Opposing Viewpoints Chapter 1, readings 1-4 |
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| 17 | Death Penalty
Read: The Death Penalty: Opposing Viewpoints Chapter 2, readings 1-4 |
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| 19 | Death Penalty
Read: The Death Penalty: Opposing Viewpoints Chapter 2, readings 5-8 |
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| Week VII | ||
| 22 | Death Penalty
Read: The Death Penalty: Opposing Viewpoints Chapter 3, readings 1-4 |
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| 24 | Death Penalty
Read: The Death Penalty: Opposing Viewpoints Chapter 3, readings 5-8 |
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| 26 | Discuss The Sea Wolf | |
| Week VIII | ||
| 29 | Nietzsche | |
| 31 | Nietzsche | |
| November | 2 | Nietzsche
"A reflection on the Columbine Report" (CP #2) |
| Week IX | ||
| 5 | Nietzsche/Discuss Rope | |
| 7 | Homosexuality
Read: Richard D. Mohr (CP #13), Burton Leiser (CP #14), James A. Gould (CP #15) |
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| 9 | Homosexuality
Read: Gerald Dalcourt (CP #16), Jospeh Sartorelli (CP #17), Gerald Dalcourt (CP #18) and James A. Gould (CP #19) Discuss Swoon |
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| Week X | ||
| 12 | Group Project Presentation Day 1 | |
| 14 | Group Project Presentation Day 2 | |
| 16 | Group Project Presentation Day 3 | |
| Exam Week | ||
| 20 | 1:30-3:30 Final Exam |