|
|
|
|
Date
|
Topic
|
| Part I The Contract | |
| Sept. 5 | Introduction |
| 10 |
Hebrew Bible, Genesis, 1:1 - 13:18, 15:1 - 18:33, 20:1 - 25:10& Exodus, 1:1 - 11:9, 13:17 - 20:22, 31:18 - 34:35 |
| Top | |
| Justice and Ethics | |
| 12 | Plato, Republic, Books 1 - 4 |
| 17 |
Plato, Republic, Books 5 - 8 |
| 19 | Plato, Republic, Books 9 - 10 |
| 24 | Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Books 1 - 2, 5 (chs. 1-7), 10 (chs. 6-9) |
| 26 | Aristotle, Politics, Books 1, 2 (chs. 1-5), 7 (ch. 1), 8 (ch. 1) |
| Oct.1 | Film, Abbas Kiarostami, Close-up |
| Top | |
| Religion and Spirituality | |
| 3 | New Testament, Mathew, Luke, Romans |
| 5 | FIRST PAPER DUE BY 12PM IN HAMILTON 809 |
| 8 | Augustine, City of God, Books 1 (chs. 18, 29-26), 4 (chs. 1-4), 5, 8 (chs. 1-12) |
| 10 | Augustine, City of God, Books 12 (chs. 1-28), 14, 15, 19, 22 (chs. 6, 24, 29-30) |
| 15 | Quran, Surahs, 1 - 3, 7, 17 - 19 |
| 17 | Quran, Surahs, 4, 26, 56, 75, 109, 112, 114 & selections from al-Ghazali’s Niche of Lights [Reserves] |
| 19 | Lecture, Jonathan Spence, "China and the West: Cultural Contacts, Cultural Collision" at 11am |
| 22 | MIDTERM EXAM |
| Top | |
| Part II Sources of Authority | |
| 24 | Part I, Question 1,2; Part II Question 2, 182. al-Ghazali, Deliverance from Error [CCWeb] |
| 29 | Ibn Khaldun, The Muqaddimah, Book 1, Ch. 1 (pg. 45-69), Ch. 2, Ch. 3 (pg. 123-166) |
| 31 | Machiavelli, "Letter to Vettori" and The Prince in Selected Political Writings |
| Nov. 5 | Election day holiday |
| 7 | Machiavelli, The Discourses, Preface, Book I, Book II (chs. 1-3, 15, 29), Book III (chs. 1, 8-9, 22-31) |
| 12 |
Las Casas, Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies & Sepulveda, Democrates Alter; Or, On the Just Causes for War Against the Indians |
| 14 | Luther, "Freedom of the Christian Man," "Commentary on St Paul's Epistle" |
| 16 | SECOND PAPER DUE BY 12PM IN HAMILTON 809 |
| 19 | Galileo, "Letter to Grand Duchess Christina" [CCWeb] & Descartes, Meditations on First Philosophy |
| Top | |
| The Contract Revisited | |
| 21 | Hobbes, Leviathan, Part I |
| 26 | Hobbes, Leviathan, Part II |
| 28 | Hobbes, Leviathan, Part III |
| Dec. 3 | Locke, Second Treatise of Government, Chs. 1 - 13 |
| 5 | Locke, Second Treatise of Government, Chs. 14 - 19 & Hume "On the Original Contract" [CCWeb] |
| 7 | THIRD PAPER DUE BY 12PM IN HAMILTON 809 |
| 10 | Review |
| 14 | FINAL EXAM |
| Break | Assignment: Kant, "What is Enlightenment?" |
| Top | |