INDV 102: Personal Morality

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INDV 102 Personal Morality

• Sections 48-59
• Professor Michael Gill

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INDV 102 Personal Morality

• The syllabus can be found at
• http//www.u.arizona.edu/gillm/INDV201022008.ht
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• Or you can go directly to my page
• http//www.u.arizona.edu/gillm/
• and then click on INDV 102 Personal Morality.

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• Or you can get there by going to the
• Philosophy Department homepage,
• by clicking on Faculty
• then going to Michael Gill
• then going to INDV 102 Personal Morality.
• You can also get there by doing a Google search
  on Michael B. Gill.

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• Morality Ethics

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• PHILOSOPHY
• Ontology
• Epistemology
• Morality Ethics
• Aesthetics
• Logic

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• PHILOSOPHY
• Philo
• Sophia

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• PHILOSOPHY
• What is wisdom?

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• What is morality/ethics?
• The study of virtue and vice,
• the study of good and bad,
• the study of right and wrong.
• The study of how we ought to live.
• What kind of study is this?

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• Is morality objective like science and math?
• Is it subjective like taste?
• Is it something inbetween?

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• How are you going to make morally fraught
  decisions?
• Give to charity or spend on yourself?
• Obey or disobey a questionable order?
• Eat animals or do not?

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• What policies should we as a society have?
• Should we have capital punishment?
• Should we allow euthanasia?
• Should we enforce environmental restrictions?

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• Goals of this course
• To clarify our thinking about these particular
  moral issues.
• To develop an awareness of the relationships
  between these issues.
• To attain a deeper understanding of morality in
  general.

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• Main topics of this course
• Euthanasia
• Capital Punishment
• Obligations to the poor and hungry
• Obligations to animals
• Environmental obligations

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• Important Logistical Matters

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• Gills Office Social Sciences 205
• Gills office hours Tuesdays and Thursdays,
  1200 to 130, and by appointment.
• Phone [phone]
• Email gillm_at_email.arizona.edu.
• Please use email only for logistical matters if
  you have any substantive questions or comments,
  come into my office and speak with me in person.

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• You are expected to know and strictly follow the
  University of Arizona Code of Academic Integrity.
   Read the Code thoroughly, if you have not
  already done so. You can find it at
• http//w3.arizona.edu/7Estudpubs/policies/cacaint
  .htm
• Any violation of academic integrity any
  instance of cheating is grounds for the
  unconditional failure of the course and possible
  expulsion from the University.

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• Code of Conduct
• Students are expected to behave appropriately and
  to treat others with respect. While in class,
  please turn off all electronic equipment that
  includes cell phones and computers. Refrain from
  eating, reading the newspaper, and disruptive
  whispering.  Arrive on time and remain until the
  end of class. If you fail to abide by these
  instructions, you will be asked to leave.

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• Text
• Disputed Moral Issues A Reader, edited by Mark
  Timmons (Oxford University Press)

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• Grading Summary
• First Exam 20
• Second Exam 20
• Paper 20
• Final Exam 35
• Attendance Participation 5

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• Midterm Exams
• There will be two midterm exams one on Monday,
  February 11 and one on Monday, March 3.
• They will be multiple choice exams. Each exam
  will be worth 20 of your final grade.

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• Writing Assignment
• You will hand in a 3-5 page paper on Friday,
  March 28.
• You will receive the assignment for this paper on
  Wednesday, March 12.
• The paper will count for 20 of your grade.

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• Final Exam
• There will a final exam on Friday, May 16, from
  800 to 1000am.
• You must bring a bluebook in order to take the
  exam.
• The exam will consist of a combination of
  multiple choice, short answer, and essay
  questions.
• The final exam will count for 35 of your grade.

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Friday Sections

• Section Time Place Leader
• 48 9-950 Harv 411 Bukoski
• 49 10-1050 M Lng 205 Bukoski
• 50 11-1150 Gitt 207 Bukoski

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Friday Sections

• Time Place Leader
• 51 9-950 S Sci 312 Sanderman
• 52 10-1050 C Ctr 309 Sanderman
• 53 11-1150 Harv 411 Sanderman

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Friday Sections

• Time Place Leader
• 54 9-950 Educ441a Clausen
• 55 10-1050 Engr 307 Clausen
• 56 11-1150 PAS 318 Clausen

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Friday Sections

• Time Place Leader
• 57 9-950 C Ctr 309 Daly
• 58 10-1050 Engr 307 Daly
• 59 11-1150 Educ441a Daly

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• This Friday attend your discussion section.
• Upcoming Monday no class
• Upcoming Wednesday (a week from now) read pp.
  241-243 of Disputed Moral Issues Suicide as a
  Violation of a Duty to Oneself, by Immanuel Kant.