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Philosophy 110A

Reading List and Academic Dates

Subject to change.

 

Week

 

Monday

 

Wednesday

 

Friday

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 Sept. 8th (First day of classes)

1

 Sept. 11th

Hessler & Willott, pp. 232-233.

 Sept. 13th

Gita Sen, pp. 248-253.

First half.

 Sept. 15th

Gita Sen, pp. 248-253.

Second half.

2

 Sept. 18th

Warren, pp. 234-239.

 Sept. 20th

Warren, pp. 239-242, Easterbrook, A Moment on Earth, pp. 4-5, Thinking Like a Mountain, pp. 6-7.

 Sept. 22nd

Warren, pp. 239-242, Easterbrook, A Moment on Earth, pp. 4-5, Thinking Like a Mountain, pp. 6-7.

Web reading: Brief note on environmental history.

3

 Sept. 25th

Lynn White Jr., pt 1, pp. 7-12 (traditional views).

 

 Sept. 27th

Lynn White Jr., pt. 2, pp. 12-14 (alternative Christian view).

 Sept. 29th

Aldo Leopold, The Land Ethic, pt. 1, pp. 27-38.

 4

 Oct. 2nd

Aldo Leopold, The Land Ethic, pp. 28-33.

 Oct. 4th

Test Number One

 Oct. 6th

Bullshit #1 (PETA) (Media Review 1)

 5

 Oct. 9th (Thanksgiving Holiday)

 Oct. 11th

Peter Singer, pt. 1

 Oct. 13th

Peter Signer, pt. 2

6

 Oct. 16th

Joel Feinberg, pt. 1, pp. 50-55.

 Oct. 18th

Joel Feinberg, pt. 2, pg. 55-58.

 Oct. 20th

Devall & Sessions, Deep Ecology, pp. 120-125.

7

 Oct. 23rd

Bookchin, Versus Deep Ecology, pt. 1, pp. 126-132.

 Oct. 25th

Bookchin, Versus Deep Ecology, pt. 2, pp. 132-136.

 Oct. 27th

Species Extinction podcast.

 8

 Oct. 30th

(Media Review 2)

Sagoff, Animal Liberation and Environmental Ethics, pp. 38-43.

 Nov. 1st

Test # 2

 Nov 2nd

Bullshit #2 (Recycling) (Media Review 3)

 9

 Nov. 6th

Garret Hardin, The Tragedy of the Commons, pt. 1, 331-335. (Up to "Pollution")

 Nov. 8th

Garret Hardin, The Tragedy of the Commons, pt. 2, 335-340.

 Nov. 10th

Kelman, Cost-Benefit Analysis, pt. 1, pp. 455-462.

 10

 Nov. 13th

Kelman, Cost-Benefit Analysis, pt.2, pp. 455-462. Leonard & Zeckhauser, Cost Benefit Analysis Defended, pp. 462-466.

 Nov. 15th

Leonard & Zeckhauser, Cost Benefit Analysis Defended, pp. 462-466.

 Nov. 17th

Joel Feinberg, Future Generations, pp. 266-267.

11 

 Nov. 20th

Wolf, Population, Development, and the Envrionment, pt. 1, pp. 267-271.

 Nov. 22nd

Wolf, Population, Development, and the Envrionment, pt. 2, pp. 271-273. Willott, Recent Population Trends, pp. 275-281.

 Nov. 24th

Willott, Recent Population Trends, pp. 275-281.

 12

 Nov. 27th

Climate change web readings.

 Nov. 29th

Climate change Web readings. Climate change podcast

 Dec. 1st

Climate change web readings.

 13

 Dec. 4th

Philosophy Fair

 Dec. 6th (Last day of classes)

Philosophy Fair

 

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