WEEK 1
August 27
Ptah-hotep
— @Fordham
— @sofiatopia with introduction
— more background @infiteloom
August 29
Pyramid Texts
Osirian Revolution
Eloquent Peasant
Negative Confessions / Scroll / Text
Amenemope
Database Supplement: (“Egyptian ethics”) Kiros, Teodros. “Moral Economy: An Original Economic Form For The African Condition.” Socialism & Democracy 21.3 (2007): 171-179. Academic Search Complete. Web. 26 Aug. 2012.
WEEK 2
September 3 – Labor Day (no class)
September 5 – WORKSHOP #1. Due at beginning of class: one page presentation of Ethical Criteria covered recently. We will have a workshop activity based on the material.
• Use about three quotations, using MLA style of format and citation (see Purdue OWL for MLA reminders).
• Simply describe in a fair and sympathetic way what the teachings appear to say about ethical life from the point of view of the text.
WEEK 3
September 10
Mesopotamia
Hammurabi
Torah
Proverbs
Database Supplement: Høyrup, Jens. “The Roles Of Mesopotamian Bronze Age Mathematics Tool For State Formation And Administration – Carrier Of Teachers’ Professional Intellectual Autonomy.” Educational Studies In Mathematics 66.2 (2007): 257-271. Academic Search Complete. Web. 1 Sept. 2012.
Database Supplement: Kamugisha, Aaron. “Critical Notice: Orientalism, Western Republicanism, And The Ancient Polis: Patricia Springborg’s ‘Western Republicanism And The Origental Prince’ And The Canon Of Political Thought.” Philosophical Forum 38.2 (2007): 173-198. Philosopher’s Index. Web. 1 Sept. 2012.
Database Supplement: Springborg, Patricia. Western Republicanism And The Oriental Prince. Austin: Univ of Texas Pr, 1992. ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials. Web. 1 Sept. 2012.
Database Supplement: Spiegel, Allen D., and Christopher R. Springer. “Babylonian Medicine, Managed Care And Codex Hammurabi, Circa 1700 B.C.” Journal Of Community Health 22.1 (1997): 69. Academic Search Complete. Web. 3 Sept. 2012.
See also: Jan Assman at Amazon / Marc van de Mieroop /
September 12
Classical China
Confucius
Mencius
Xunxi
Laotzu
Chuangtzu
Zhou Dunyi
Database Supplement: (“Confucian ethics”) Woods, Peter R, and David A Lamond. “What Would Confucius Do? Confucian Ethics And Self-Regulation In Management.” Journal Of Business Ethics 102.4 (2011): 669-683. Philosopher’s Index. Web. 26 Aug. 2012.
Database Supplement: Hobson, John M. The Eastern Origins Of Western Civilisation [Electronic Resource] / John M. Hobson. n.p.: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004., 2004. Texas State – Alkek Library’s Catalog. Web. 1 Sept. 2012.
WEEK 4
September 17 – WORKSHOP #2. Due at beginning of class: one page development of a Case or Scenario where a contemporary stakeholder in a professional capacity is faced with a difficult ethical choice going forward.
• The thing of main importance is that there is some felt tension about what to do involving at least two courses of action.
• Your case or scenario should involve some set of facts in the contemporary world relevant to stakeholders acting in a professional capacity, and therefore should include at least one citation to an authoritative source for the facts.
September 19
Hinduism (sacred-texts.com)
Gandhi (Gita: kirtimukha.com) / (Hind Swaraj: mkgandhi.org)
WEEK 5
September 24
Buddhism (accesstoinsight.org/ptf/dhamma)
Thich Nhat Hanh (plumvillage.org/mindfulness-trainings) / (Interview with Oprah)
Database Supplement: (“Buddhism feminism”) Powers, John, and Deane Curtin. “Mothering: Moral Cultivation In Buddhist And Feminist Ethics.” Philosophy East And West 44.1 (1994): 1-18. Philosopher’s Index. Web. 26 Aug. 2012.
September 26 – WORSHOP #3. Due at the beginning of class. Three paragraphs, or about two pages in MLA format:
1. In paragraph one, present a case or scenario where a contemporary stakeholder in a professional capacity is faced with a difficult ethical choice going forward. (see guidelines from Workshop #1).
2. In paragraph two, present ethical criteria from some text that we have studied since the last ethical criteria exercise. In this second paragraph do not make any reference to the case that you developed in the first paragraph (see guidelines from Workshop #2).
3. In the third paragraph show how the criteria in paragraph two would guide choice for the stakeholder in paragraph one. This is not the place to introduce new quotes or criteria from the text. Nor is this the place to unveil facts not revealed in the case or scenario. Given the facts in paragraph one, if the stakeholder were to be guided by the criteria in paragraph two, how would the stakeholder choose to act. What would the stakeholder do. If the criteria themselves generate a debate between two alternatives, what would be the best resolution of the debate according to the criteria themselves? In any event, the stakeholder must make a choice going forward, in a way that honors the integrity of the criteria as developed in paragraph two. We’ll call this an application of criteria to case or scenario.
WEEK 6
October 1
Popol Vuh
Database Supplement: (“popul vuh”) Arata, Luis O. “Interactions From Text To Cosmos In The Popol Vuh.” Mitológicas 19.(2004): 9-17. Academic Search Complete. Web. 26 Aug. 2012.
(“narrative and ethic”) Urbanski, Steve. “The Identity Game: Michel Foucault’s Discourse-Mediated Identity As An Effective Tool For Achieving A Narrative-Based Ethic.” Open Ethics Journal 5.(2011): 3-9. Academic Search Complete. Web. 1 Oct. 2012.
(“semiotic and ethic”) BORTHAISER, Nóra. “Can You Sing With All The Voices Of The Mountains?” — Environmental Ethics In American Animation —.” Philobiblon: Transylvanian Journal Of Multidisciplinary Research In Humanities 14.(2009): 91-107. Academic Search Complete. Web. 1 Oct. 2012.
(“semiotic and ethic”) Sevilla, Jorge Conesa. “The Realm Of Continued Emergence: The Semiotics Of George Herbert Mead And Its Implications To Biosemiotics, Semiotic Matrix Theory, And Ecological Ethics.” Sign Systems Studies 33.1 (2005): 27-52. Academic Search Complete. Web. 1 Oct. 2012.
October 3
Dekanawidah / Iroquois Constitution
Black Elk
DeLoria
Database Supplement: “If You Think About It, You Will See That It Is True.” By: Deloria, Jr., Vine, Noetic Sciences Review, Autumn93, Issue 27. This article is excerpted from his paper viewing “The Metaphysical Foundations of Modern Science”.
Aftandilian, Dave. “What Other Americans Can And Cannot Learn From Native American Environmental Ethics.” Worldviews: Environment Culture Religion 15.3 (2011): 219-246. Academic Search Complete. Web. 26 Sept. 2012.
De Lissovoy, Noah. “Decolonial Pedagogy And The Ethics Of The Global.” Discourse: Studies In The Cultural Politics Of Education 31.3 (2010): 279-293. Academic Search Complete. Web. 26 Sept. 2012. “Lovingness, in contrast to caring (as it has been developed in the educational context) implies, as ethical principle, a basic negation of the system of domination, rather than a modulation of its conditions” (289).
Stuckey, Priscilla. “Being Known By A Birch Tree: Animist Refigurings Of Western Epistemology.” Journal For The Study Of Religion, Nature & Culture 4.3 (2010): 182-205. Religion and Philosophy Collection. Web. 26 Sept. 2012. [With references to Latour. Note: we recall that Dekanawidah authenticated himself by falling with a tree.]
WEEK 7
October 8 – WORKSHOP #4. Due: 1-2 page development of case or scenario (no criteria or application required, citations to facts are required).
October 10
Plato’s Alcibiades
Phaedrus (esp. the 3rd speech)
Symposium (esp. speeches by Aristophanes and Socrates)
Database Supplement: (“Plato ethics”) Carlsson, Ulrika. “Love As A Problem Of Knowledge In Kierkegaard’s ‘Either/Or’ And Plato’s ‘Symposium’.” Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal Of Philosophy 53.1 (2010): 41-67. Philosopher’s Index. Web. 26 Aug. 2012.
WEEK 8
October 15 – Plato’s Republic (esp. Bks. IV & VII)
Database Supplements: (“Plato Republic ethic”) Reid, Heather L. “Sport And Moral Education In Plato’s ‘Republic’.” Journal Of The Philosophy Of Sport 34.2 (2007): 160-175. Philosopher’s Index. Web. 26 Aug. 2012.
(“Plato Professional Ethic”) Henderson, Michele, M. Gregory Oakes, and Marilyn Smith. “What Plato Knew About Enron.” Journal Of Business Ethics 86.4 (2009): 463-471. Business Source Complete. Web. 4 Oct. 2012.
Bragues, George. “The Ancients Against The Moderns: Focusing On The Character Of Corporate Leaders.” Journal Of Business Ethics 78.3 (2008): 373-387. Business Source Complete. Web. 4 Oct. 2012.
Blomquist, Robert F. “The Pragmatically Virtuous Lawyer?.” Widener Law Review 15.1 (2009): 93-158. Academic Search Complete. Web. 4 Oct. 2012.
Klein, Sherwin. “Platonic Virtue Theory And Business Ethics.” Business & Professional Ethics Journal 8.(1989): 59-82. Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson). Web. 4 Oct. 2012.
October 17 – WORKSHOP #5. Due: Two paragraphs (1-2 pages) of criteria and application (using cases previously developed). In the title of your paper, please state your purpose. For example: “Applying Plato to Contemporary Nursing.” In the first full paragraph develop ethical criteria from one of the texts covered since our last criteria exercise. Do not mention anything about the particular case that you have in mind. In the second paragraph remind the reader briefly of some case that we have developed during prior workshops in this class and then apply to that case or scenario the criteria that you have just developed. Please remember this is not the place to introduce new criteria or facts. Just apply the criteria to the case or scenario in order to produce a choice that honors the ethical teaching that you are presenting today. If you have found a source of cases for professional ethics, you may attach the published case and use it with proper citation.
WEEK 9
October 22
Aristotle’s Ethics
Database Supplement: (“Aristotle profession”) Stovall, Preston. “A Professional Virtue And Professional Self-Awareness: A Case Study In Engineering Ethics.” Science And Engineering Ethics 17.1 (2011): 109-132. Philosopher’s Index. Web. 26 Aug. 2012.
October 24
al-Kindi
Averroes
Maimonides
Aquinas
Database Supplement: (“natural law ethic”) Gregg, Samuel. “Health, Health Care, And Rights: A New Natural Law Theory Perspective.” Notre Dame Journal Of Law, Ethics And Public Policy 25.2 (2011): 463-479. Philosopher’s Index. Web. 26 Aug. 2012.
WEEK 10
October 29 – Zuckerman Talk (no class for undergrads)
• Graduate Students: 4-page (plus works cited) Midterm Proposal Due
• See guidelines for 8-section final. For each section discuss materials that you have collected and how you will use them.
• Alternatively, print out a model journal article and show (in detail, with extensive citations) how you will prepare a comparable final paper suitable for submission.
October 31 – WORKSHOP #6. Due: 1-2 page development of case or scenario involving professional ethics in global media (no criteria or application today).
Database Supplement: (“media ethic”) Calvert, Clay, and Mirelis Torres. “Staring Death In The Face During Times Of War: When Ethics, Law, And Self-Censorship In The News Media Hide The Morbidity Of Authenticity.” Notre Dame Journal Of Law, Ethics And Public Policy 25.1 (2011): 87-121. Philosopher’s Index. Web. 26 Aug. 2012.
WEEK 11
November 5
Epicurus
Marx
Mill
Care
Database Supplement: (“consequentialist ethic”) Peterson, Martin. “Can Consequentialists Honour The Special Moral Status Of Persons?.” Utilitas: A Journal Of Utilitarian Studies 22.4 (2010): 434-446. Philosopher’s Index. Web. 26 Aug. 2012.
Donleavy, Gabriel D. “No Man’s Land: Exploring The Space Between Gilligan And Kohlberg.” Journal Of Business Ethics 80.4 (2008): 807-822. Philosopher’s Index. Web. 5 Nov. 2012. “The fourth section places Gilligan within the early development of Care Theory. It is contrasted with the ethics of right and justice Gilligan attributes to males.”
Ekeberg, Vigdis. “Mature Care And The Virtue Of Integrity.” Nursing Philosophy: An International Journal For Healthcare Professionals 12.2 (2011): 128-138. Philosopher’s Index. Web. 5 Nov. 2012.
November 7
Epictetus (law, reason, pleasure)
Aurelius
Kant
Database Supplement: (“deontology”) Barazzetti, Gaia, Stefania Radaelli, and Roberta Sala. “Autonomy, Responsibility And The Italian ‘Code Of Deontology For Nurses’.” Nursing Ethics: An International Journal For Health Care Professionals 14.1 (2007): 83-98. Philosopher’s Index. Web. 26 Aug. 2012.
WEEK 12
November 12 – WORKSHOP #7. Due: Two paragraphs (1-2 pages) of criteria and application (applying recent texts to cases previously presented). Review guidelines from Workshop #5.
November 14
– Peirce (Fixation of Belief, How to Make Our Ideas Clear, What is a Sign?)
– James (The Will to Believe, Varieties of Religious Experience)
– Dewey (Democracy and Education, Ch. 7)
Database Supplement: (“James ethic”) Stroud, Scott R. “William James On Meliorism, Moral Ideals, And Business Ethics.” Transactions Of The Charles S. Peirce Society: A Quarterly Journal In American Philosophy 45.3 (2009): 378-401. Philosopher’s Index. Web. 26 Aug. 2012.
WEEK 13
November 19
Hobbes (Leviathan Chs. XIII-XVIII)
Locke (Second Treatise of Govt.)
Hegel (Lordship and Bondage)
Rawls
Database Supplement: (“contract ethic”) Dempsey, James. “Pluralistic Business Ethics: The Significance And Justification Of Moral Free Space In Integrative Social Contracts Theory.” Business Ethics: A European Review 20.3 (2011): 253-266. Philosopher’s Index. Web. 26 Aug. 2012.
WEEK 14
November 26
Addams
Beauvoir
Anzaldua
Butler
Database Supplement: (“feminist ethic”) Machold, Silke, Pervaiz K Ahmed, and Stuart S Farquhar. “Corporate Governance And Ethics: A Feminist Perspective.” Journal Of Business Ethics 81.3 (2008): 665-678. Philosopher’s Index. Web. 26 Aug. 2012.
November 28 – October 26 – Workshop #8: Due: 1-2 page development of case or scenario (no criteria or application needed).
WEEK 15
December 3
Professional Codes of Ethics
AAUP (American Association of University Professors)
AICPA (American Institute of CPA’s)
ABA (American Bar Association)
AIIC (International Association of Conference Interpreters)
AMA (American Medical Association)
ANA (American Nurses Association)
ARE (Association for Retail Environments)
CFA Institute (Chartered Financial Analysts)
IACP Oath / Standards (International Association of Chiefs of Police)
IASCA (Information Systems Audit and Control Association)
NASW (National Association of Social Workers)
NEA (National Education Association)
RID (Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf)
Database Supplement: (“Foucault profession”) Laws, Jennifer. “Crackpots And Basket-Cases: A History Of Therapeutic Work And Occupation.” History Of The Human Sciences 24.2 (2011): 65-81. Philosopher’s Index. Web. 26 Aug. 2012.
December 5
Farmer (Whitaker [1], [2]) / Bio / Papers
Thurman (Jesus)
King (1949-50 psychology) / The Letter
Database Supplement: (“martin king”) Franklin, Robert Michael. “In Pursuit Of A Just Society: Martin Luther King, Jr, And John Rawls.” Journal Of Religious Ethics 18.2 (1990): 57-77. Philosopher’s Index. Web. 26 Aug. 2012.
WEEK 16
FINAL PAPER in Professional Ethics due at instructor’s office (MW 5-6, DERR 217)
Undergraduate students: five pages. (1) case or scenario (2) criteria and application from one recent text (3) criteria and application from other text this semester, whether recent or not (4) criteria and application from relevant code of ethics (5) criteria and application from your own view of ethics.
Graduate students: 15-20 pages (plus works cited) covering the following areas of development: (1) Introduce a case or scenario with a stakeholder in a professional capacity who is face with a difficult ethical choice going forward. (2) Give a brief overview of the history of the profession and the significance of the profession to contemporary community. (3) Survey the relevant codes of ethics, with some background to the development of the codes and their objectives. (4) Develop one ethical approach from the historical and critical materials covered during the semester. (5) Develop a second ethical approach from the historical and critical materials covered during the semester. (6) Discuss in turn how each of these three approaches (sections 3-5) would guide action. (7) Evaluate the comparative worth of existing approaches, and (8) suggest areas for further inquiry.
Or prepare a manuscript suitable for submission to a peer-reviewed journal.
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