Evolving Schedule of Readings
Classic Statements
-- 1/18 --
Plato, Republic, selection web
Agamemnon dilemmaweb
"Sophie's Choice"
[spoiler; don't view if you haven't read the book or seen the movie]
web
Sartre, Existentialism as a Humanism selection web
John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism, selection web
-- 1/25 --
Immanuel Kant, Metaphysics of Morals selection web
W.D. Ross, The Right and the Good chapter 2 reserve
Recent Discussion
-- 2/1 --
Bernard Williams, "Ethical Consistency" reserve
-- 2/8 --
Bernard Williams, "Consistency and Realism" reserve
-- 2/15 --
Alan Donagan, "Moral Dilemmas, Genuine and Spurious: A Comparative Anatomy" Mason
Alan Donagan, "Consistency in Rationalist Moral Systems" reserve
-- 2/22 --
Ruth Barcan Marcas, "Moral Dilemmas and Consistency" reserve
Ruth Barcan Marcas, "More about Moral Dilemmas" Mason
-- 2/29 --
Terrance McConnell, "Moral Dilemmas and Consistency in Ethics" reserve
Terrance McConnell, "Moral Residue and Dilemmas Mason
-- 3/7 --
Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, "Moral Dilemmas and Rights" Mason
-- 3/14 --
Mary Mothersill, "The Moral Dilemmas Debate": Mason
-- 3/28 --
Norman O. Dahl, "Morality, Moral Dilemmas, and Moral Requirements Mason
David O. Brink, "Moral Conflict and Its Structure" Mason
-- 4/4 --
Simon Blackburn, "Dilemmas: Dithering, Plumping and Grief" Mason
-- 4/11 --
Peter Railton, "The Diversity of Moral Dilemma" Mason
-- 4/18 --
Thomas E. Hill, Jr., "Moral Dilemmas, Gaps, and Residues: A Kantian Perspective" Mason
-- 4/25 --
Christopher W. Gowans, "Moral Theory, Moral Dilemmas, and Moral Responsibilities" Mason
-- 5/2 --
H. E. Mason, "Responsibilities and Principles: Reflections on the Sources of Moral Dilemmas" Mason

This schedule is subject to change.


Richard Lee, rlee@comp.uark.edu, last modified: 2 April 2000