Philosophy 2133 F
Virtue Theory
Fall 2007
Larkin 200 Professor Gopal Sreenivasan
Tuesday 12-3 Jackman Building 425
Provisional
September 11 Introduction. No reading.
S 18 Adams, A Theory of Virtue
(
Hurka, “Virtuous Acts, Virtuous Dispositions,” Analysis 66 (2006): 69-76
S 25 Hurka, Virtue, Vice, and Value (
October 2 Hursthouse, On Virtue Ethics (
O 9
Driver, Uneasy Virtue (
O 16
O 23 Ross and Nisbett, The Person and the Situation (1991), chh. 1 & 5
Doris, Lack of Character (
Harman,
“Moral Philosophy
Meets Social Psychology,” Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society 99
(1999): 315-331
O 30
November 6 Sreenivasan, “Errors About Errors: Virtue Theory and Trait Attribution,” Mind 111 (2002): 47-68
N 13 McDowell, “Virtue and Reason,” Monist (1979): 331-50
Badhwar, “The Limited Unity of Virtue,” Noûs 30 (1996): 306-29
Irwin, “Practical Reason Divided: Aquinas and his Critics” in Cullity and Gaut (eds.) Ethics and Practical Reason (1997), ch. 7
N 20
N 27 Sreenivasan, Emotion and Virtue, ch. 3
December 4
Sreenivasan, ch. 11
Most of the readings will be available, at least one week in advance, as something to photocopy. The rest, i.e. some of the journal articles, will be available online.
If you are definitely interested in the
topic, I recommend that you simply buy the
Grades
If you would like a grade in this course, you will have to write a term paper (20 pages). In that case, you must observe the following dates:
October 30: One page topic proposal, due by e-mail attachment.
November 23: Draft of term paper, due by e-mail attachment.
December 17: Final version of term paper, due on dead trees.
You will get comments back on your draft, to which you should attend in preparing the final version. You will get the comments at least one week before the final deadline and at most two weeks before.
Office hours
Tuesdays 4-5. I will also hold office hours by appointment.
11 September, 2007