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1 | Date | # | Primary Text | Articles | Optional Readings | Presenter 1 | Presenter 2 | |||
2 | 9/6 | 1 | Introduction | Ancient philosophy in the 21st century | Annas 2004 | Frede 1987 | ||||
3 | Case study: Virtue ethics | Frede 2013, Chappell 2013 | ||||||||
4 | 9/13 | 2 | NE 1: Aristotle’s ethics | Introducing Aristotelian ethics | Kraut 2010, Devereux 2008, Williams 2006: 1-21 | |||||
5 | Human flourishing, nature and action | Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1 | Crisp 1998: 1-18, Williams 2006: 30-53 | Burnyeat 1980 | ||||||
6 | 9/20 | 2 | NE 1: Continued [see class 2, above] | |||||||
7 | 9/27 | 3 | Platonic and Aristotelian metaphysics | The metaphysical and psychological basis of Aristotle’s ethics | Aristotle, Physics 2.1-4 | Irwin 1980b (“Basis”), Korsgaard 2009: 1-44 | ||||
8 | Platonic and Aristotelian metaphysics: a primer | Plato, Parmenides 132A-C (with Ar. Metaph. 1.6); Aristotle, Metaphysics 7.1-5; | Plato, Phaedo 72E ff.; Cohen 2012, Harte 2010, Koslicki 2008 | |||||||
9 | 10/4 | 4 | NE 2.1-3.5: Excellence (aretē) | Excellence of character as a mean | Nic. Eth. 2 | Urmson 1980 | Jeremy Dawson: Urmson 1980 | Graham Moore: Parmenides 132A-C (with Ar. Metaph. 1.6). | ||
10 | Excellences as voluntary choice | Nic. Eth. 3.1-5 | Irwin 1980a (“Responsibility”) | |||||||
11 | 10/11 | 5 | NE 3.6-4: The specific excellences of character | Courage and temperance | Nic. Eth. 3.6-12 | |||||
12 | Generosity, open-handedness, munificence, greatness of soul, an excellence related to honour, mildness, and three social excellences | Nic. Eth. 4 | ||||||||
13 | 10/18 | 6 | NE 5: Justice | Justice: an Aristotelian meta-excellence? | Nic. Eth. 5 | Williams 1980 | ||||
14 | Platonic Justice | Plato, Republic 2-4 | Lorenz 2008; Reeve 2006: 3-41, 118-67 | |||||||
15 | 10/25 | 7 | NE 6: Practical wisdom (phronēsis) | Aristotle’s virtues of thought | Nic. Eth. 6 | Reeve 2008, Nussbaum 1990 | Republic 5-6, Reeve 2006: 43-115 | |||
16 | Platonic forms and epistemology | Plato, Republic 5-7 | Plato, Theaetetus 151E-187A | |||||||
17 | 11/1 | 8 | NE 7: Self-control and the lack of it | Socrates and Aristotle on akrasia | Nic. Eth. 7.1-10 | Rorty 1980a | Plato, Protagoras 351A-358D, Devereux 2008 | |||
18 | Pleasure | Nic. Eth. 7.11-14 | Annas 1980 | |||||||
19 | 11/8 | 9 | NE 8-9: Friendship | Friendship and Love | Nic. Eth. 8-9 | Cooper 1980 | Katherine Cheng: Cooper 1980 | Rodrigo Valencia | ||
20 | 11/15 | 10 | NE 10: Eudaimonia | Pleasure | Nic. Eth. 10.1-5 | Parmis Aslanimehr | Kyle da Silva - The virtuous person | |||
21 | 11/22 | 11 | Happiness | Nic. Eth. 10.6-9 | Cooper 2012: 70-143 | Aristotle, Politics 1, Crocker 1992, Wallach 1992 | Richard Wu:Cooper 2012 | Kinley Gillette: Nic. Eth. 10.7-8 | ||
22 | 11/29 | 12 | Class cancelled | |||||||
23 | 12/6 | 13 | Review and research presentations [Class if necessary] | Jack Beaulieu: Theaetetus 151E-187A | ||||||