Philosophy 433  History of (Modern) Ethics  Darwall   Winter 2004 
 
SYLLABUS
 
Required Readings (available from Shaman Drum Bookshop, 313 S. State Street):
 
Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan (Chs. 1-17, 21) (HL)
Francis Hutcheson, An Inquiry into the Origin of our Idea of Virtue (Secs. 1-3, parts of 
 and 5,7) (HI) (available online: http://www.lib.umich.edu/reserves/)
Joseph Butler, Sermons and “Dissertation on Virtue” (BS) (BD)
David Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature (Bk. II.iii.3; Bk. IIIi.1-III.ii.6) (HT)
Jean Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract (Bks. I and II) (RS)
Immanuel Kant, Critique of Practical Reason (KC)
Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Foundations of Natural Right (§1-§4) (FF)
Jeremy Bentham, The Principles of Morals and Legislation (Chs. I-V, X) (BP)
Friedrich Nietzsche, On the Genealogy of Morals (NG)
 
Stephen Darwall, The British Moralists and the Internal ‘Ought’: 1640-1740 (required 
 for graduate students) (DB)
 
Course Requirements: For undergraduates: one short paper (5-7 pages), one longer paper (10-15 pages), final exam.
 
For graduate students: one short paper (5-7 pages), one longer paper (10-15 pages) + one rewrite, final exam. The initial draft of the longer paper will be due on April 6. There will also be a biweekly discussion section for graduate students.

Jan 6 Intro Grads: DB, ch 1

8 Hobbes I HL, intro, chs 1-5

13 Hobbes II HL, chs 6-9, Grads: Darwall, “Normativity and Projection in Hobbes’s Leviathan,” Philosophical Review 109 (2000): 313-347; available online: http://80-www.nlx.com.proxy.lib.umich.edu/Journals/phr.htm

15 Hobbes III HL, chs 10-15, Grads: DB, ch. 3

20 Hobbes IV HL, chs 16-17, 21

22 Hutcheson I HI, intro, secs 1-2

27 Hutcheson II HI, secs 2-3, Grads: DB, ch. 8

29 Hutcheson III HI, secs 4-6

Feb 3 Hutcheson IV HI, sec 7

5 Butler I BS, pref, sermons 1-3, GR

10 Butler II BS, sermons 4-5, Grads: DB, ch. 9

12 no class

17 Butler III BD

19 Hume I HT, II.iii.3

Mar 2 Hume II HT, III.i.1-2

4 Hume III HT, III,ii.1-2, Grads: DB, ch. 10

9 Hume IV HT, III.ii.3-6

11 Rousseau I RS, Bks I-II

16 Kant I KC, Pref and intro

18 Kant II KC, ch 1

23 Kant III KC, ch 2

25 Kant IV KC, ch 3

30 Fichte I FF, §1-§4

Apr 1 Bentham I BP, chs 1-5

6 Bentham II BP, ch 10

8 Nietzsche I NG, ch 1

13 Nietzsche II NG, ch 2

15 Nietzsche III NG, ch 3

20 Summing Up

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