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University of California, Davis
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Aristotle
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- The title and course description for this course have changed since previous offerings.
This is a listing of class reading assignments and other information. Most assignments are taken from the course text, Moral Philosophy: A Reader. One is found on-line by clicking on the link provided.
| Month | Day | Topic | Pages/Source |
| April | 1 | General Introduction | ix-xiii |
| 3 | Defense of Moral Relativism | 53-59 | |
| 8 | Defense of Ethical Objectivism | 38-52 | |
| 10 | Defense of Ethical Egoism | 79-85 | |
| 15 | Critique of Ethical Egoism | 86-93 | |
| 17 | Sociobiology, Egoism and Reciprocity | 94-110 | |
| 22 | Moral Distinctions | On Line | |
| 24 | Beyond Good and Evil | 123-130 | |
| 29 | Beyond Good and Evil | 123-130 | |
| May | 1 | Classical Hedonism | 120-122 |
| 6 | Value Pluralism | 143-147 | |
| 8 | Utilitarianism | 158-163 | |
| 13 | Rule-Utilitarianism | 164-174 | |
| 15 | Critique of Utilitarianism | 175-185 | |
| 20 | Foundations of Ethics | 218-225 | |
| 22 | Foundations of Ethics | 225-231 | |
| 27 | What Makes Acts Right? | 261-270 | |
| 29 | Reconciliation of Ethical Theories | 271-278 | |
| June | 3 | Virtue Ethics | 301-311 |
| 5 | Critique of Virtue-Based Ethics | 316-322 | 7 | FINAL EXAMINATION | 8:00-10:00 A.M. |