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Philosophy 162F

Schedule

Notes:

  • This schedule may change. This will be announced on the website and in class.
  • The cases associated with each chapter may be discussed in the lecture where the chapter is introduced.

 

Lecture

Content

Date

1

Introduction

  • Course requirements
  • Other administrativia
  • What is philosophy?
  • What is ethics?
  • Morality vs. Conscience, Law, Approaches to Morality
  • Relativism
  • Moral Disagreements
  • Egoism

May 2

2

Normative Ethical Theory

  • Utilitarianism
  • Kantianism
  • Rights theories Virtue Ethics
  • Feminist ethics and the ethics of care
  • The Case Method

May 4

3

Chapter 2: The Purpose of the Corporation

  • Stockholder Management vs. Stakeholder Management
  • Friedman
  • Freeman
  • First assignment due.

May 9

4

Chapter 2: The Purpose of the Corporation

  • Which view is right?
  • Hasnas
  • Boatright

May 11

5

Chapter3 : Corporate Character and Individual Responsibility

  • Moore
  • Velasquez

May 16

6

Chapter 3: Corporate Character and Individual Responsibility

  • Boisjoly et al.
  • Belkin

May 18

 

May Long Weekend

May 23

7

Chapter 7: Marketing and the Disclosure of Information

  • Arrington
  • Bishop
  • Holley
  • Carson

May 25

8

Conference Week: No Class

May 30

9

Conference Week: No Class

June 1

10

Chapter 5: Ethical Treatment of Employees

  • Werhane and Radin
  • Epstein
  • Kupfer
  • Wicks, Sever, Harty, Gajewski, Marcus-Smith

June 6

11

Chapter 5: Ethical Treatment of Employees

  • Michael Davis
  • Duska

June 8

12

Chapter 10: Social and Economic Justice

  • Rawls
  • Nozick

June 13

13

Final Class

  • Justice: Friedman
  • Justice: Groarke
  • Review
  • Essay due
  • Economics reporting journal due

June 15

 

Final Exam

June 17, 6 pm., Room TC 348A.


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