CMP Reading and Exam Schedule: Spring 2008
Monday	Wednesday	Friday
February 4 Elements of Moral Philosophy: 4: Does Morality Depend on Religion? cont.	February 6 Elements of Moral Philosophy 6: The Utilitarian Approach	February 8 Anscombe: Mr. Truman’s Degree Φ Elements of Moral Philosophy 6: The Utilitarian Approach, cont.
February 11 Elements of Moral Philosophy 6: The Utilitarian Approach, cont. Anscombe: Mr. Truman’s Degree Φ	February 13 Noonan: An Almost Absolute Value in History Φ	February 15 Warren: On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion Φ 1. Martin 2. Miller
February 18 Elements of Moral Philosophy 8: Are There Absolute Moral Rules?	February 20 Elements of Moral Philosophy 9: Kant and Respect for Persons	February 22 No class today – Midsouth Philosophy Conference in Memphis
February 25 Hardin: Lifeboat Ethics: The Case against Helping the Poor Φ 1. Kroger 2. Looney	February 27 Singer: The Singer Solution to World Poverty Φ 1. Malone 2. Sherman	February 29 EXAM #1
March 3 Watchmen #1: At Midnight, All the Agents... #2: Absent Friends	March 5 Watchmen #3:  The Judge of All the Earth #4:  Watchmaker	March 7 Dworkin: Pornography Happens to Women Φ Dworkin & MacKinnon: Antipornography Civil Rights Ordinance Φ 1. Moore 2. Pitts
March 10 Watchmen #5:  Fearful Symmetry #6:  The Abyss Gazes Also	March 12 Watchmen #7:  A Brother to Dragons #8:  Old Ghosts	March 14 American Civil Liberties Union: The Case Against the Death Penalty Φ 1. Brown 2. Smith
March 17 Watchmen #9:  The Darkness of Mere Being #10:  Two Riders were Approaching	March 19 Watchmen #11:  Look on My Works, Ye Mighty... #12:  A Stronger Loving World	March 21 Van den Haag: The Ultimate Punishment: A Defense Φ 1. Wilkerson 2. Williams
March 24- 28 Spring Break
Schedule Modifications in Red
March 31 Van den Haag: The Ultimate Punishment: A Defense Φ 1. Wilkerson 2. Williams Elements of Moral Philosophy 10: The Idea of a Social Contract	April 2 Elements of Moral Philosophy 10: The Idea of a Social Contract Nickel and Dimed Serving in Florida, p. 1-49	April 4 Nickel and Dimed Serving in Florida, p. 1-49 Nickel and Dimed Scrubbing in Maine, p. 50-86 1. Jones 2. Joseph 3. Sutton
April 7 Nickel and Dimed Scrubbing in Maine, p. 50-86 1. Jones 2. Joseph 3. Sutton Elements of Moral Philosophy 11: Feminism and the Ethic of Care	April 9 Nickel and Dimed Scrubbing in Maine, p. 86- 119 1. Duke 2. Thessing 3. Watkins	April 11 Nickel and Dimed Selling in Minnesota, p. 120-150 1. Davis 2. Jordan 3. Tolson
April 14 Elements of Moral Philosophy 12: The Ethics of Virtue	April 16 Nickel and Dimed Selling in Minnesota, p. 150-191 1. Dotson 2. Lemaire 3. Sails	April 18 Nickel and Dimed Evaluation, p.192-221 1. Alexander 2. Curry 3. Mills
April 21 Elements of Moral Philosophy 2:The Challenge of Cultural Relativism	April 23 McGinn: Apes, Humans, Aliens, Vampires, and Robots Φ	April 25 Reading Day
April 28 EXAM #2 (8:00-10:00)	Φ: Text linked via course web page