| -- 1/13 -- | ||
| Aquinas | Whether it is lawful to kill a man in self-defense? | web |
| Aristotle | Nicomachean Ethics, selections from books III & VI | web |
| -- 1/20 -- | ||
| Mill | Motive and Intention (from Utilitarianism) | web |
| Kant | Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals, selections | web |
| -- 1/27 -- | ||
| Harman | Practical Reasoning | reserve |
| Searle | Why There is No Deductive Logic of Practical Reason | reserve |
| -- 2/3 -- | ||
| Bratman | Intention and Means-Ends Reasoning | reserve |
| -- 2/10 -- | ||
| Quinn | Actions, Intentions, and Consequences: The Doctrine of Double Effect | Woodward or web |
| -- 2/17 -- | ||
| Fischer et al. | Quinn on Double Effect: The Problem of Closeness | Woodward or web |
| Woodward | The Importance of the Proportionality Condition to the Doctrine of Double Effect: A Response to Fischer, Ravizza, and Copp | Woodward |
| Foot | The Problem of Abortion and the Doctrine of Double Effect | Woodward or web |
| -- 2/24 -- | ||
| Foot | Morality, Action, and Outcome | Woodward |
| Anscombe | Medalist's Address: Action, Intention, and "Double Effect" | Woodward |
| -- 3/3 -- | ||
| Nagel | Agent-Relative Morality | Woodward |
| Bennett | Foreseen Side Effects versus Intended Consequences | Woodward |
| -- 3/10 -- | ||
| Bennett | Foreseen Side Effects versus Intended Consequences, continued | Woodward |
| -- 3/17 -- | ||
| Davis | The Doctrine of Double Effect: Problems of Interpretation | Woodward |
| Scanlon | Contractualism and Utilitarianism | reserve |
| -- 3/31 -- | ||
| Scanlon | Introduction | Scanlon |
| Scanlon | The Illusory Appeal of Double Effect | Scanlon |
| -- 4/7 -- | ||
| Cooney | Affirmative Action and the Doctrine of Double Effect | Woodward |
| Jordan | The Doctrine of Double Effect and Affirmative Action | Woodward |
| Cooney | Affirmative Action Revisited: A Response to Professor Jordan | Woodward |
| Scanlon | The Significance of Intent | Scanlon |
| -- 4/14 -- | ||
| Scanlon | Means and Ends | Scanlon |
| -- 4/21 -- | ||
| Martin | Suicide and Self-Sacrifice | Woodward |
| Beabout | Morphine Use for Terminal Cancer Patients: An Application of the Principle of Double Effect | Woodward |
| Scanlon | Blame | Scanlon |
| -- 4/28 -- | ||
| Anscombe | War and Murder | Woodward |
| Waltzer | Double Effect | Woodward |
| Dundon | Nuclear Power, Challenging Non-Utilitarian Ethics | Woodward |
This schedule is subject to change.