Philosophy 101

Tentative Schedule of Weekly Readings and Assignments

Weeks 1-3: Introduction and Socratic Dialogues

Jan. 15th --No reading
Jan. 17th --Milgram, "The Perils of Obedience" (internet)

Jan. 22nd --Vaughn, Chpts. 1 and 2
Jan. 24th --Plato, "Euthyphro" (pp. 450-58)

Jan. 29th --"Apology" (pp. 517-29)
Jan. 31st -- "Crito" (online)

Feb. 5th --Vaughn, Chpts. 3 and 4
Feb. 7th --Descartes, Meditations I and II in Meditations on First Philosophy (pp. 50-56)
                  --Vaughn, Chpts. 5 and 6

Feb. 12th --Meditation III (pp. 56-63)
Feb. 14th --Meditations IV and V (pp. 63-69)

Feb. 19th --Meditation VI (pp. 69-76)
Feb. 21st --no reading

Feb. 26th --Hobbes, from Leviathan (pp. 636-47)
Feb. 28th --Hobbes, from Leviathan (pp. 647-53)
                 --Locke, from Second Treatise on Government, Chpt. 2 (pp. 653-56)

Mar. 4th --Finish Locke, from Second Treatise on Government (pp. 656-64)
Mar. 6th --reread Locke

Mar. 11th --Hume, Parts II-III of Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion (pp. 719-27)
Mar. 13th --Parts IV-VII of Dialogues... (pp. 727-735)

Mar. 18th --Parts. X and XI of Dialogues... (pp. 735-744)
Mar. 20th --Review Hume

March 24-28: Spring Break (no classes)

Apr. 1st --Mill, "Social Liberty" (pp. 664-677)
Apr. 3rd --Thoreau, "Civil Disobedience" (online)

Apr. 8th --Perry, A Dialogue on Personal Identity and Immortality (pp. 321-334)
Apr. 10th --Parfit, "Personal Identity" (pp. 334-345)

Apr. 15th --Review Parfit
Apr. 17th --Rawls, "The Original Position and the Principles of Justice" (pp. 684-93)

Apr. 22nd --Rawls, "Definition and Justification of Civil Disobedience" (on reserve)
Apr. 24th --Mackie, "Evil and Omnipotence" (pp. 757-63)

Apr. 29th --Van Inwagen, "The Magnitude, Duration and Distribution of Evil: A Theodicy"
                      (pp. 764-71)
May 1st --

May 5-9: Finals Week