Philosophy 103 Course Materials




Final Exam Study Guide

Singer, "All Animals Are Equal" (pdf file; html version is here)

Singer, "Famine, Affluence, and Morality"


Syllabus

Midterm Study Guide

Study Questions


     --
Vaughn, Chpt. 1, Chpt. 2, Chpts. 3 and 4, Chpts. 5 and 6
     --Plato, "Euthyphro"
     --Plato, Book II (to 368a), Book II (to finish), Book III, and Book IV of Republic

     --Aristotle, Book I, Book II, Book VII, and Books VIII and IX of Nichomachean Ethics
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Epictetus, Sections 1-30 and 31-53 of Encheiridion  
     --Hobbes, Chpts. 6, 10, 11; Chpts. 13, 14 
     --Mill, Chpts. 1 and 2, 3, 4, and 5 in Utilitarianism   
     --Kant, Preface and First Section, and Second Section of Grounding  
     --Nietzsche, from On the Genealogy of Morality   

Essay Assignments

    --On Plato's Republic (due Sept. 22nd)
    --On Mill's Utilitarianism (due Nov. 17th)
    --On Kant's Groundwork (due Dec. 3rd)
    --On Nietzsche's On the Genealogy (due Dec. 10th)

Links

       -- Link to e-text version of Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil (read Sections 257 through 260)

       --How to write a philosophy paper (a great discussion by James Pryor)

       --The Philosopher's Magazine.  The articles are interesting; the games are better.

       --Wikipedia article on Adam Czerniaków