Philosophy 361 Course Materials


On this page you will find all distributed course materials for Philosophy 361: course syllabus, critical reading project assignment, paper assignments, and any other distributed materials. 

Course Syllabus

 Course syllabus with links to electronic reserve reading. N.B., Some of these links are to the JSTOR (Journal Storage Project) database. They will take you to the article only if you are connected to the University ethernet. If you are connecting from outside the University, and have a University uniqname, go to www.lib.umich.edu, click on "Networked Electronic Resources," search for "JSTOR" and click on the link. This will take you through a University Library authorization process. Once you clear that, it will take you to the JSTOR page. Then, click "search," and put the author's name in the search form and select "Philosophy". That will take you to a list of articles from which you can select the relevant one.

Critical Reading Project

Assignment for 9/10

Assignment for 9/17

Assignment for 9/24

Assignment for 10/1

Assignment for 10/8

Assignment for 10/15

Assignment for 10/22

Assignment for 10/29

Assignment for 11/05

Assignment for 11/12

Assignment for 11/19

Assignment for 12/3

Assignment for 12/10


Paper Assignments

First Paper Assignment

Second Paper Assignment  

Final Exam Study Questions


Lecture Outlines

These outlines only give the barest sketch of the topics covered in a lecture and are no substitute for lecture notes or  for attendance and active participation at lecture. Please note also that attendance at and participation in all aspects of the course, including lecture, is a requirement of the course and counts 10% of the grade.

Introduction

Mill I

Mill II

Mill III

Mill IV

Mill V

Metaethics: The Fundamental Questions

 Meta(ethical) Naturalism

Theological Voluntarism

Ideal Judgment Theories

Relativism

Noncognitivism

Kant I

Kant II

Kant III

Kant IV

Kant V

Kant VI

Nietzsche I

Nietzsche II

Aristotle I

Aristotle II

Aristotle III

Aristotle IV

Aristotle V
 
Gilligan I

Gilligan II