Tuesday, February 18 Plantinga—“The Free Will Defense” pgs. 157-160 Hick—“The Soul-Making Defense” pgs. 160-164 Essay assignment 8: Essay question 5 on pg. 165 Thursday, February 20 Plato—“Euthyphro” pgs. 484-485
Rachels—“The Challenge of Cultural Relativism” (available under ‘Course Materials’ on Blackboard) Essay assignment 9: Essay question 4 on pg. 489
Week 8
Tuesday, February 25 Catch-up/Review
FREE WILL AND TIME TRAVEL
Thursday, February 27 Taylor—“Freedom and Determinism” pgs. 343-356
Essay assignment 10: Essay question 5 on pg. 361 NO CLASS—DR. MCCAIN WILL BE AT A CONFERENCE
Week 9
Tuesday, March 4 Exam 2
Thursday, March 6 van Inwagen—“The Incompatibility of Free Will and Determinism” pgs. 404-408 Essay assignment 11: Essay question 3 on pg. 408
Week 10
Tuesday, March 11
Frankfurt—“Alternate Possibilities and Moral Responsibility” (available under ‘Course Materials’ on Blackboard)
Essay assignment 12: In your own words explain what Frankfurt’s example is supposed to be a counterexample to and why it matters for the free will debate. Also, explain why you think Frankfurt is correct/incorrect.
Thursday, March 13 Lewis—“The Paradoxes of Time Travel” (available under ‘Course Materials’ on Blackboard)
Essay assignment 13: In your own words explain the ‘grandfather paradox’. Be sure to explain what is paradoxical about it.
Week 11
Tuesday, March 18
Vranas—“What Time Travelers May Be Able To Do” (available under ‘Course Materials’ on Blackboard) Essay assignment 14: What is the argument that Vranas is responding to? How does Vranas respond to the argument that he is discussing? Do you think his response is convincing?
Thursday, March 20 Exam 3
Week 12
Tuesday, March 25 NO CLASS—SPRING BREAK
Thursday, March 27 NO CLASS—SPRING BREAK
MIND/BODY AND APPLIED ETHICS (ABORTION)
Week 13
Tuesday, April 1 Descartes—“Discourse on Method” pgs. 263-264