| SES # | TOPICS | KEY DATES |
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| 1 | Introduction | |
| I. Value and the good life | ||
| 2 | Hedonism | |
| 3 | Desire satisfaction and the good | |
| 4 | Objective goods | Argument analysis 1 due |
| 5 | Immortality | |
| 6 | Three moral theories | |
| 7 | Film: "The Global Banquet: Politics of Food" | Paper 1 due |
| 8 | Film: "Skin Deep" | |
| II. The moral community | ||
| 9 | Animal rights | |
| 10 | Consuming animals | |
| 11 | The value of nature | |
| 12 | Environmentalism | Argument analysis 2 due |
| III. Obligations to others | ||
A. Global justice |
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| 13 | The distant needy | Last day to submit paper 1 revisions (two days after Ses #13) |
| 14 | Famine relief | |
| 15 | Addressing structural injustice | |
B. Racism, sexism and speech |
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| 16 | Racism: attitudes and structures | Paper 2 due |
| 17 |
Affirmative action Guest lecture: Adam Hosein, MIT Linguistics and Philosophy |
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| 18 | Racist speech | |
| 19 | Hate speech | |
| 20 | Free speech and pornography | |
| 21 | Pornography and equality | Last day to submit paper 2 revisions |
C. Sexual morality and marriage |
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| 22 | Film: "Tying the Knot" | |
| 23 | Sexual morality | |
| 24 | Homosexuality | Paper 3 due two days after Ses #24 |
| 25 | Gay and lesbian marriage | |
| 26 | Final lecture, exam questions distributed | |