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CHAPTERS00:45 Tagging Along 01:56 A Fogged Up Mirror 03:31 Moral Remix 04:44 Getting to the Starting Line 07:13 Stuck with Something 08:58 Thinking Differently 10:32 A Lo Fi Beat 12:10 I Got Some Gems 13:26 Always a Student

READING “On the Shortness of Life,” excerptsCHAPTERS 00:02:14 Introduction 00:08:35 Stoic Ontology 00:13:32 Stoic Epistemology 00:18:04 Stoic Ethics 00:21:31 The Problem 00:24:22 Cause 1: Engrossment 00:35:53 Cause 2: Relationship to Time 00:44:44 Cause 3: Anxiety 00:48:40 Cause 4: Expectancy 00:51:12 Cause 5: Ambition 00:53:51 The Solution 01:03:32 ConclusionCorrection: The passage I read at 34:45 is from Chapter 17, not Chapter 10.NOTES Seneca Lecture Listening Notes

READING “Duties Concerning Islands”CHAPTERS 04:14 Introduction 13:29 The Problem 19:10 Taking the Problem Seriously 22:56 Contractual Thinking 29:12 Treatment of Animals 35:10 Non-contractual Cases 40:34 Repurposing ‘Duties’ 48:58 Answering Her Question 52:18 ConclusionNOTES Mary Midgley Lecture Listening Notes

READING “Telling Patients the Truth” (Stewart) & “Whose Body Is It Anyway?” (Gawande)CHAPTERS 00:05:42 Introduction 00:08:41 Respect for Persons 00:27:40 Utility 00:46:02 Kindness 00:50:36 Wrapping up Stewart 00:52:51 Gawande’s Contributions 01:04:48 ConclusionNOTES Robert Scott Stewart Lecture Listening Notes

READING The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison, excerpt from chapter 2CHAPTERS 05:35 Introduction 07:54 Inspiration & Goal of the Book 14:06 The Typical Crime & Typical Criminal 25:49 Impact of the Typical Crime Model 32:30 1st Objection 42:47 2nd Objection 44:08 3rd Objection 52:32 4th Objection 58:05 ConclusionNOTES Jeffrey Reiman Lecture Listening Notes

READING “The Singer Solution to World Poverty”CHAPTERS 02:32 Introduction 06:55 Singer’s Utilitarianism 09:28 Dora’s Story 16:25 Bob’s Story 28:54 Three Questions 38:45 Effective Altruism 47:42 Moral Norms Objection 50:50 Endless Giving Objection 55:19 ConclusionNOTES Peter Singer Lecture Listening Notes

READING "Political Responsibility and Structural Injustice"CHAPTERS 00:05:16 Introduction 00:09:41 Why Sandy's Situation a Structural Injustice 00:13:50 What Structure Is 00:22:53 Why Structure is the Subject of Justice 00:30:46 What the Liability Model Is 00:38:07 Limits of the Liability Model 00:43:52 Political Responsibility Model 00:53:47 Kinds & Degrees of Responsibility 01:03:03 ConclusionNOTES Iris Marion Young Lecture Listening Notes

READING “Civil Disobedience,” excerptsCHAPTERS 0:01:16 Introduction 0:07:47 How this Essay came to Be 0:09:58 What Civil Disobedience Is 0:11:14 Being Individuals vs. Being Citizens 0:17:30 Critique of Government 0:29:59 Ideal Government 0:38:22 Limits of Voting 0:41:55 Ways to Take Action 0:44:27 Letter From Birmingham Jail 0:58:41 ConclusionNOTES Henry David Thoreau Lecture Listening Notes

READING Caring: A Relational Approach to Ethics & Moral Education, excerpts from chapter 4CHAPTERS 0:02:42 Introduction 0:08:57 What is this feeling? 0:15:53 Am I obligated? 0:27:28 Why should I care for one I dislike? 0:30:57 Is my obligation guided by principles? 0:40:22 What are we trying to accomplish? 0:44:58 Is such a view “unprincipled”? 0:47:21 How do we assess right and wrong? 0:52:10 Why should I commit to not causing pain? 0:58:23 Is care tenderminded? 1:03:42 ConclusionNOTES Nel Noddings Lecture Listening Notes

READING Utilitarianism excerpts from chapter 2CHAPTERS 03:38 Introduction 06:36 Need for Moral Theory 09:47 Structure of Moral Theory 11:08 The Highest Good 13:58 Impartiality 22:23 Criterion for Right and Wrong 27:03 The Tendency of Acts 28:52 Objections 35:38 Morality & the Community 41:15 Cultivation 46:12 Suffering 51:44 ConclusionNOTES John Stuart Mill Lecture Listening Notes

READING Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, excerpts from Section IICHAPTERS 00:01:59 Introduction 00:03:15 Autonomy & Reason 00:08:20 Deontology & approaches to ethical theory 00:10:30 Hypothetical & Categorical Imperative 00:19:24 First Formulation 00:24:10 Second Formulation 00:32:38 Examples from the text 00:38:45 Perfect & Imperfect Duties 00:43:00 Good Will, Emotions, and more on Duty 00:49:38 Strengths & Questions for Kant 01:00:09 ConclusionNOTES Immanuel Kant Lecture Listening Notes

READING Nicomachean Ethics, Book I, chapters 1-5, 7-13CHAPTERS 0:02:20 Introduction 0:07:10 Greek views of human nature 0:10:36 Akrasia 0:15:26 Unqualified knowledge 0:21:35 Starting point of ethics 0:26:19 Framework for ethics 0:30:11 Eudaimonia 0:36:26 Nature of virtue 0:45:06 Habituation 0:57:14 Role of circumstance 1:01:00 Practical wisdom 1:02:27 Conclusion NOTES Aristotle Lecture Listening Notes

READING Republic, Book II, 357-362CHAPTERS 02:22 Introduction 05:59 Allegory of the Cave 10:23 Analogy of the Divided Line 27:58 Meno’s Paradox 34:26 The Ring of Gyges 46:55 ConclusionNOTES Plato Lecture Listening Notes

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