Evolving Schedule of Readings
Tentative

-- 1/13 --
AquinasWhether it is lawful to kill a man in self-defense?web
AristotleNicomachean Ethics, selections from books III & VIweb
-- 1/20 --
MillMotive and Intention (from Utilitarianism)web
KantFoundations of the Metaphysics of Morals, selectionsweb
-- 1/27 --
HarmanPractical Reasoningreserve
SearleWhy There is No Deductive Logic of Practical Reasonreserve
-- 2/3 --
BratmanIntention and Means-Ends Reasoningreserve
-- 2/10 --
QuinnActions, Intentions, and Consequences: The Doctrine of Double EffectWoodward or web
-- 2/17 --
Fischer et al.Quinn on Double Effect: The Problem of ClosenessWoodward or web
WoodwardThe Importance of the Proportionality Condition to the Doctrine of Double Effect: A Response to Fischer, Ravizza, and CoppWoodward
FootThe Problem of Abortion and the Doctrine of Double Effect Woodward or web
-- 2/24 --
FootMorality, Action, and OutcomeWoodward
AnscombeMedalist's Address: Action, Intention, and "Double Effect"Woodward
-- 3/3 --
NagelAgent-Relative MoralityWoodward
BennettForeseen Side Effects versus Intended ConsequencesWoodward
-- 3/10 --
BennettForeseen Side Effects versus Intended Consequences, continuedWoodward
-- 3/17 --
DavisThe Doctrine of Double Effect: Problems of InterpretationWoodward
ScanlonContractualism and Utilitarianismreserve
-- 3/31 --
ScanlonIntroductionScanlon
ScanlonThe Illusory Appeal of Double EffectScanlon
-- 4/7 --
CooneyAffirmative Action and the Doctrine of Double EffectWoodward
JordanThe Doctrine of Double Effect and Affirmative ActionWoodward
CooneyAffirmative Action Revisited: A Response to Professor JordanWoodward
ScanlonThe Significance of IntentScanlon
-- 4/14 --
ScanlonMeans and EndsScanlon
-- 4/21 --
MartinSuicide and Self-Sacrifice Woodward
BeaboutMorphine Use for Terminal Cancer Patients: An Application of the Principle of Double EffectWoodward
ScanlonBlameScanlon
-- 4/28 --
AnscombeWar and MurderWoodward
WaltzerDouble EffectWoodward
DundonNuclear Power, Challenging Non-Utilitarian EthicsWoodward
 

This schedule is subject to change.


Richard Lee, rlee@uark.edu, last modified: 14 April 2010