CSULA Philosophy 152 - Human Values, Summer 2009

Instructor: Brian Talbot
Office Hours: Thursdays, 11:30am - 12:45pm and by appointment
Office Location: ET-A421

Schedule

Readings will generally be posted on this course website at least one class before they are due, although they will sometimes be passed out in class. Click on the links below to download the readings. Where the readings below differ from the readings listed on the syllabus given out in class, read what is here.

There is homework due every class meeting for which reading is assigned (additional homework may also be given out in class).

NOTE: When you bring homework to class, please bring two copies (or write the answers down somewhere that you keep). We will talk about the homework in class, so you will want a copy of your own to look at after you turn it in.

June 23 - No reading due today

June 25 - No reading due today

June 30 - Read "Famine, Affluence, and Morality" by Peter Singer for today.
Click here for the homework on this reading (due on this date).

July 2 - No reading due today

July 7 - Read "The Ultimate Punishment" by Ernest van den Haag for today.
Click here for the homework on this reading (due on this date).

July 9 - No reading due today.

July 14 - Read "Is Adultery Immoral" by Richard Wasserstrom for today.
Click here for the homework on this reading.

CLICK HERE FOR THE FIRST PAPER ASSIGNMENT

July 16 - No reading due today.

July 21 - Read "A Defense of Abortion" by Judith Jarvis Thomson for today.
Click here for the homework on this reading.

CLICK HERE FOR THE GRADING STANDARDS FOR THE FIRST PAPER ASSIGNMENT

July 23 - No reading due today.

July 28 - No reading due today. I will have office hours today, rather than this thursday.

July 30 - First paper due. No reading due today.

August 4 - No reading due today.
Click here for the homework due today.

August 6 - No reading due today.

August 11 - Read "Should Feminists Oppose Prostitution?" by Laurie Shrage for today.
Click here for the homework due today.

CLICK HERE FOR THE SECOND PAPER ASSIGNMENT.

August 13 - No reading due today.

August 18 - No reading due today. INSTEAD, please listen to this episode of "This American Life." After you click on that link, you will be able to find a free mp3 to download. It is one hour long. Listen to it, and then do the homework below.
Click here for the homework due today.
I WILL ALSO HAVE EXTRA OFFICE HOURS TODAY, FROM 11:30 - 12:45 (in addition to my normal office hours on Thursday).

August 20 - No reading due today.

August 25 - Bring a draft of your final paper, or at least an outline, to class today. In addition, bring the grading standards for the second paper.

August 27 - Second paper due today. CLICK HERE FOR THE GRADING STANDARDS FOR THIS PAPER. Note that the grading standards were changed on August 20th. No reading due.
THIS MUST BE TURNED IN BY EMAIL TO ME BY 10AM TODAY. IT MUST BE SAVED IN .DOC FORMAT.

September 3 - Final exam, 8:00 am (room where class normally is). Bring a blue book.
Click here for the review sheet for the final exam.