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Philosophy 2304
GLOBAL ETHICS
SPRING SECTION
Ivan Guajardo
General Information:
Office/Hours ; By Appointment; email: [email protected]. Class Schedule :
Course Description :
This course explores ethical issues in a global context. Topics will include global poverty, nationalism versus cosmopolitanism, immigration, intervention, and social justice issues facing women around the world. Students will also be provided with a basic introduction to ethical theory and philosophical argumentation. Books : (1) James Rachels. The Elements of Moral Philosophy , 6th^ edition. New York: McGraw Hill (marked “E” in the reading schedule). (2) Thomas, Pogge, and Keith Horton (Eds.). Global Ethics: Seminal Essay s. Paragon House (marked “ GE” in the reading schedule). (3 Thomas Pogge and Darrell Moellendorf (Eds.). Global Justice: Seminal Essays. Paragon House (marked “ GJ ” in reading schedule). Note: we may also read few articles which, if we do, I will post in Scholar (marked “S” in the reading schedule).
Course Policies:
Attendance is mandatory. You are strongly encouraged to take notes during classes, which will help significantly with papers and exams. NOTE : Any student with special needs or circumstances is encouraged to meet with me early in the term to discuss them. Also, anyone experiencing personal difficulties leading to missed attendance (more than three classes) or work should see me right away to manage the problem; we cannot make special arrangements long after the fact to make up for earlier absences or missed work.
Exam Policy : In cases of illness, university sponsored club or athletic events out of town, or genuine emergencies, you may make a request, prior to the regularly scheduled exam , for a make-up exam. Requests received after the exam time will not be granted. Grade Appeal Policy : If you feel that a grade that you received on an exam or paper is unfair, you should meet with me.
Academic Honesty:
Please familiarize yourself with the university’s academic honesty policies if you have not already done so by consulting the student handbook. Note in particular that it is a violation of these policies to use material from any source (other than yourself) in your papers without attribution and, where relevant, use of quotation marks. This applies especially to copying and pasting material from websites, which should always be avoided. You may, of course, make limited use of academically respectable web resources where relevant, as long as they are properly cited (I'm not picky about the exact format of your citations, as long as they contain the relevant information) and any quoted material is clearly placed in quotation marks (though this should still be a very limited portion of your paper). However, you should never make any use at all of student 'essay mills'-- websites that offer students canned student essays for 'research' purposes: these essays are not research and do not meet the standards for scholarly sources; they have no place in the writing of your papers. Assignments: Grade will consist in three exams (worth15, 25, and 30 points respectively), a presentation on one of the global issues covered (worth 10 points), and a 2-3 page essay (worth 20 points). More details on the assignments will be given the first few weeks of classes.
Grading Breakdown :
(i) Three Exams (70%) (ii) Presentation (10% ) (iii) Essay (20%)
Grading Scale:
Based on a 100-point scale: A=100-93; A- 93-90; B+ 89-86; B 85-83; B-82-80 C+79-76; C75-73; C-72-69; D+ 68-65, D 64-62, D- 61-59; F >
Reading Schedule :
W 02/20 First Test Week Six: Day Topic Reading M 02/25 Global Poverty First Presentation ( Stats about World Poverty) GE, pp. 1- W 02/27 Poverty and the World Order GE, pp. 531- Week Seven: Day Topic Reading M 03/4 Population and World Poverty GE, pp. 15- W 03/6 Population and World Poverty Second Presentation : (How much will it take to eradicate extreme poverty?) GE, pp.259- Week Nine: Day Topic Reading M 03/18 The Concept of Development GE, pp. 157- W 03/20 Women and Development Third Presentation: (The State of Women in the World) GJ, pp. 495- Week Ten: Day Topic Reading M 03/25 Open W 03/27 Second Exam
Week Eleven: Day Topic Reading M 04/1 Immigration: The Communitarian View Fourth Presentation (The State of World Immigrants) GJ, pp. 145- W 04/3 The Communitarian View: Guest Workers GJ, pp. 169- Week Twelve: Day Topic Reading M 04/8 The Case for Open Borders GJ, pp. 211- W 04/10 Open Week Thirteen: Day Topic Reading M 04/15 Secession Fifth Presentation (Secession Movements) GJ, pp. 581- W 04/17 Secession Continues Ibid., Week Fourteen: Day Topic Reading M 04/22 Military Intervention Sixth Presentation ( A Case about Intervention) GE, pp. 29- W 04/24 Intervention GE, pp., 51- Week Fifteen: Day Topic Reading M 04/29 Cosmopolitanism GJ, pp. 311- W 05/1 Cosmopolitanism GJ, pp. 355- Week Sixteen:
