Nietzsche

Agenda

• Introduce Purpose Projects
• Unit Outline - Available On Right
• Watch "School of Life" Video on Nietzsche
• Nietzsche Assignment (due today)
• Discuss Main Ides

Tomorrow

• We're going outside for Ag Day!
• We'll talk about Animal Rights with Peter Singer

Homework

• By Monday, watch "School of Life" on Sarte
• Monday is a work day
• By Tuesday, read "Existentialism As A Humanism" - 20 short pages

Kierkegaard III

Agenda (Block 3)

• PowerPoint - The Ethical Life (Block 3)
• Problem of the Ethical
• Watch Scrubs - Season 5, Episode 20 - "My Lunch"
• Discussion

Agenda (Block 4)

• Review Aesthetic & Ethical
• The Problem of the Ethical
• Watch Scrubs - Season 5, Episode 20 - "My Lunch"
• Discussion
• The Religious Life

Kierkegaard II

Agenda

• Discuss Either/Or - "The Diapsalmata"
• Reading Time
• Discuss Either/Or - Judge William's Letter

Coming Up

• Tomorrow: Judge William and the Ethical Life - And Scrubs

Ethics Test / Existentialism Intro

Agenda

• Ethics Test
• Nihilism and Existentialism PowerPoint

Coming Up

• Friday: Ethics Test, PowerPoint on Existentialism & Nihilism
• Monday: Kierkegaard

Ethics Wrap-Up Day

Agenda

• Watch TED Talk - "Dan Ariely - Our Buggy Moral Code"
• Discussion
• Review For Test
• Brief Kierkegaard / Existentialism Intro
• Begin Kierkegaard Reading - "Crop Rotation" due on Monday

Coming Up

• Friday: Ethics Test, PowerPoint on Existentialism & Nihilism
• Monday: Kierkegaard

Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

Agenda

• Finish Virtue Ethics Notes
• Watch Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
• Discuss the musical in the context of virtue ethics

Coming Up

• Tomorrow:  TED Talk - A Lesson On Cheating, Ethics Review, Work Time
• Friday: Ethics Test, PowerPoint on Existentialism & Nihilism
• Monday: Kierkegaard

Ethics Part 1 & 2 Review

Have you been absent?  Miss a day or two of notes on Utilitarianism and Deontology?  Need  a review before the test?  Please look at the "For Your Consideration" page (see right bar).  My powerpoints are closely aligned with the Justice course from Harvard (read: I stole lessons from Dr. Sandel).  The entire course is on youtube.  The four links provided will allow you to catch up on missed days, and do so more effectively than reading the PowerPoint alone.

Battlestar Galactica

Agenda

• We'll spend a few days watching Battlestar Galactica to examine ethical dillemmas.
• Your assignment is on this page:
• Battlestar Ethics
• You'll write two journal entries this week.  These should be #8 and #9.  See the page above for details.
• We'll mostly be watching the show in class, but there will be times we stop to discuss the moral issues faced by the characters.

Peter Singer and Kant

Agenda

• Consequentialism
• Discuss Peter Singer's arguments about "The Drowning Child"
• Evaluate Utilitarianism
• Activity: http://slaveryfootprint.org
• Deontology
• Kant Introduction

Utilitarianism (Part 3)

Agenda

• Utilitarianism Powerpoint
• Higher & Lower Pleasures
• John Stuart Mill
• Examples
• Music
• Comedy
• Discussion 
• Drowning Child
• Why I Am Not A Utilitarian

Utilitarianism (Part 2)

Agenda

• Utilitarianism Powerpoint
• Bentham
• Queen vs. Dudley and Stephens
• Measuring Utility

Assignments

• Utilitarian Readings due Thursday (due tomorrow)

Utilitarianism (Part 1)

Agenda

• Happiness Papers - Common Problems
• Return Happiness Papers
• Turn In "In Praise of Idleness"
• Missing Work Reminder
• Today is your absolute last day
• Hand in any missing work by the end of the period
• Make up test at lunch or after school (before 2:45)
• Story Time
• "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas"
• Discussion
• Utilitarianism Powerpoint
• The Trolley Problem
• Bentham