We are one class behind now on account of the snow last week, so we will be discussing the readings on primate ethics for class on Tues.2/2

THUR. 1/27 (3) Themes from primate ethics: reciprocity

"Perhaps, in being so impressed by diversity [in different ethical practices] we overlook the more significant common elements in ethics." - Peter Singer, Ethics Reader, p. 57.

Evidence of reciprocity as a cross-cultural and cross-species phenomenon.

Reading for class on Thurs. 1/27: Ethics Reader, pp. 67-92.

TUE 1/25 (2) Origins of ethics – Questions about human nature

Readings for Tues. Jan. 25th:

From Section A of Peter Singer's Ethics Reader, please read the following selections:

• Introduction (pp.17-20)

• (1) Plato, Morality as Advantage of Stronger (pp. 21-26)

• (3) Mencius, Are Humans Good by Nature? (pp. 27-29)

• (4) Thomas Hobbes, On the Natural Condition (pp. 29-35)

• (5) J. J. Rousseau, The Natural State of Man (pp. 35-36)

• (9) C. Darwin, Origin of the Moral Sense (pp. 43-48)

PH 111 Ethics Course Information

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Credits: 3 HRS

Course #: 11684 - PHL* K111

Course Section: T4

Time: Tues/Thurs. 2:30-3:45 PM

Place: Room D-104

Instructor: Dr. Justin Good

Email: vood@cummings-good.com

Tel: (617) 733-9270

Office Hours: Room D-205 / Before and after class and by appointment