Philosophy 433    	History of (Modern) Ethics 		Darwall 	Winter 2000		

SYLLABUS

Readings (available from Shaman Drum Bookshop, 313 S. State Street):

Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan (Chs. 1-17,21)
Francis Hutcheson,  An Inquiry into the Origin of our Idea of Virtue  (Secs. 1-3, parts of 4 and 5,7)
Joseph Butler, Sermons and "Dissertation on Virtue" (all)
David Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature (Bk. III:  Pt. I; Pt. II, secs. 1-6; Pt. III)
Jean Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract (Bks. I and II)
Immanuel Kant, Critique of Practical Reason  (all or almost all)
Selections from Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Groundwork of Natural Right, and G.W.F. Hegel, 
Phenomenology of Spirit and Philosophy Right
Jeremy Bentham, The Principles of Morals and Legislation (Chs. I-V,X,XVII)
Friedrich Nietzsche, On the Genealogy of Morals (all or almost all)

Stephen Darwall, The British Moralists and the Internal ‘Ought’:  1640-1740 (required for 
graduate students, recommended for undergraduates)

J. B. Schneewind, The Invention of Autonomy (recommended)

Schedule of Readings and Classes:

January 	5		Introduction (grads: Darwall, ch. 1, Schneewind, 1-25)
		7-19		Hobbes  (note:  no class on 1/17, MLK Day)  (grads: Darwall, ch. 3)
		21-31		Hutcheson (grads: Darwall, ch. 8)	
February	2-11		Butler (grads: Darwall, ch. 9)
		14-25		Hume	(grads: Darwall, ch. 10)
March		6-8		Rousseau
                13-22		Kant
                24-29 Readings from Fichte and Hegel on recognition
                31-		Bentham
April	           5		Kant
                10-14           Nietzsche

		
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 7.  There will also be a 
fortnightly discussion section for graduate students.