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Introduction |
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| I. Reason to Believe: Does God Exist? |
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Existence of God: Ontological Argument |
Feinberg and Shafer-Landau, "Part I: Introduction" (RR, pp. 2-6)
Anselm, "The Ontological Argument," from Proslogium. (RR)
Rowe, "The Ontological Argument" (RR) |
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Problem of Evil |
Dostoevsky, "Rebellion," from The Brothers Karamazov (RR)
Mackie, "Evil and Omnipotence" (RR) |
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Freewill Defense |
Van Inwagen, "The Magnitude, Duration, and Distribution of Evil: A Theodicy" (RR) |
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Pascal's Wager |
Pascal, "The Wager" (RR)
Blackburn, "Miracles and Testimony" (RR) |
| II. Reason to Believe: Just the Facts, Ma'am? |
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Ethics of Belief: Evidentialism v. Pragmatism |
Clifford, "The Ethics of Belief" (RR)
James, "The Will to Believe" (RR) |
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Social Context of Belief: Ideology |
Marx and Engels. "Critique of Religion" (CP)
Schmitt, Carl. "Ideology." (CP) |
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Racism and Irrationality |
Appiah, Kwame Anthony. "Racisms." In Anatomy of Racism, edited by David Goldberg, 3-17. Minneapolis: Minnesota University Press, 1990. ISBN: 0816618046. (CP) |
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Scientific Reason or Scientific Faith? |
David Hume, An Inquiry Concerning Human Understanding (excerpt in RR)
recommended: Salmon, "An Encounter with David Hume" (RR) |
| III. Personal Identity and Immortality |
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Personal Identity I |
Perry, "A Dialogue on Personal Identity and Immortality: First Night" (RR) |
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Personal Identity II |
Perry, "A Dialogue on Personal Identity and Immortality: Second Night" (RR) |
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Personal Identity III |
Perry, "A Dialogue on Personal Identity and Immortality: Third Night" (RR) |
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"Ethical Identity" |
Rorty, A.O. and D. Wong "Aspects of Identity and Agency." In Identity, Character, and Morality: Essays in Moral Psychology, edited by O. Flanagan and A.O. Rorty, p. 19. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1990. ISBN: 26061155. (CP)
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Who Am I?: Some Sources of Identity |
Appiah, Kwame Anthony. "Would That Still be Me?" Journal of Philosophy 87, no. 10 (1990): 493-499. (CP)
Fausto-Sterling, Anne. "How to Build a Man." In Constructing Masculinity, edited by Maurice Berger, Brian Wallace and Simon Watson, pp. 127-135. New York, NY: Routledge, 1995. ISBN: 0415910536. (CP) |
| IV. Freewill, Determinism, and Responsibility |
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Hard Determinism |
Feinberg and Shafer-Landau, "Part IV: Introduction" (RR pp. 456-462)
Holbach, "The Illusion of Free Will" (RR) |
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Compatibilism I |
Ayer, "Freedom and Necessity," from Philosophical Essays (RR)
Stace, "The Problem of Freewill," from Religion and the Modern Mind (RR) |
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Libertarianism |
Chisholm, "Human Freedom and the Self" (RR)
Kane, "Free Will: Ancient Disputes, New Themes" (RR) |
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Moral Luck |
Nagel, "Moral Luck" (RR) |
| V. Morality and Right Conduct |
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Moral Variation Across Cultures |
Rachels, "The Challenge of Cultural Relativism," from The Elements of Moral Philosophy (RR) |
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Ethical Egoism |
Nietzsche, "Master and Slave Morality," from Beyond Good and Evil (RR)
Rachels, "Ethical Egoism," from The Elements of Moral Philosophy (RR) |
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Utilitarianism |
Mill, "Utilitarianism," chapters 1-2 (RR) |
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Morality's Demands |
Singer, "Famine, Affluence, and Morality" (RR) |
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Kantianism |
Feldman, "Kant I and II" (CP)
O'Neill, "Kantian Approaches to Some Famine Problems" (RR) |
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Virtue Ethics |
MacIntyre, Alasdair. "Tradition and the Virtues." In After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory. 2nd ed. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 1984. (CP)
Blum, Lawrence. “Friendship, Beneficence and Impartiality.” In Friendship, Altruism and Morality, Boston: Routledge, 1980, pp. 43-66. ISBN: 0710093322.
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Ethical Subjectivism |
Shafer-Landau, "Ethical Subjectivism" (RR) |