Philosophy 130N Introduction哲学130N介绍

Philosophy367:IntroductionCopyright2006MakotoSuzukiTheAimsofDayOne•Introduceyoutothiscourse.•Examinemoralrelativism.TheInstructor•Name:MakotoSuzuki(CallmeMakoto.)•AstypicaloftraditionalJapanese,beingshyandaccustomedtoearthquake(excepttheaspectoftsunami).•Sometimesshowingglimpsesofphilosophicalnerdishness.•Office:214UniversityHall•E-mail:[e-mail]–preferredmethodofcontact•OfficeHours/Room:TR10:15–11:15am,andbyappointment,at214UniversityHall(Check338UniversityHallifIamnotin214).WhatYouCanandCan’tExpect•Thisisamoralphilosophyclass.•Thatis,itengagesinpresentingandevaluatingmoralpositionsandargumentsforthem.•Inparticular,wetrytofigureouthowweshoulddealwithseveralcontemporarysocialandmoralproblems.•Theproblemsareasfollows:capitalpunishment,nearanddistantpoverty,violence,suicide,euthanasia,abortion,andtreatmentofanimalsandnaturalenvironment.Continued•ThisclassfulfillstheUniversity’ssecondwritingrequirement.Soitrequiresalargeamountofwrittenwork.•Becauseyouhavepassedthefirstwritingrequirement,theinstructorpresupposesyourgrammaranddictionareOK.•Theclassratherfocusesonthreeadvancedskillsofwriting:(1)analyticalunderstandingofmaterials;(2)criticalthinking;and(3)clearexpositionofyourviewsandargumentsforthem.•Butrememberthatbadgrammaranddictionprevent(3).•Assignmentsaregivenandgradedforphilosophicalcontentandforthesethreeskills.•Theinstructoroccasionallytalksabouthowtointerpretandanalyzereadingmaterials,whatargumentisgoodorfallacious,andhowtoachieveclarity.TheRequiredTextbookandHowtoMakeCopiesofOtherReadings•TheRequiredtextbookis:MattersofLifeandDeath:NewIntroductoryEssaysinMoralPhilosophyThirdEditioneditedbyTomRegan,McGrow-Hill,Inc.,1993.•Youneedtomakecopiesofotherreadingsineitherofthefollowingtwoways.•ThefirstwayistoborrowthereadingsfromtheMainLibrary.•YoucanborrowallthereadingsatRoom127intheMainLibrary.YouneedtoshowyourBuckID.Youshouldreturntheoriginalwithintwohours.Otherwise,youwillbefined.Asforthereserveroomhours,check•Thesecondwayistodownloadthereadingsfromthelibraryelectronicreserve.•YouneedanAcrobatReadertoseeanddownloadthereadingfromourlibraryelectronicreserves.YoucangotothedownloadpageforafreeAdobeReaderthroughthePhilosophy367webpage.Clicktheicon“FreeAdobeReader.”•Youcanfindourlibraryelectronicreserveinthefollowingway.1)GotoOhioStateUniversityLibrariesOSCAR().Youcangotherebyclickingtheicon“LibraryE-Reserves”onourwebpage.2)Findtheitem:Findreservesby:CourseorProf/TA.3)ClickeitherCourseorProf/TA.4)IfyouclickCourse,youwillberequiredtotypethecoursename.Type“Philosophy130”.IfyouclickProf/TA,youwillberequiredtotypethenameoftheinstructor,lastnamefirst.Type“Suzuki,Makoto”.5)Youmaybegivenoptionstochoose.Ifso,choosePhilosophy367EReserves.6)Clickthenameofthereadingyouwanttodownload.7)Typebothyournameandsocialsecuritynumber(orbarcodeoruniversityID)whenyouaresorequired.Continued•Fortroubleshooting,visit•Ifthewebpagedoesnothelpyou,[e-mail].•Ifyoudonotliketosubmityoursocialsecuritynumber(orbarcodeoruniversityID),choosethefirstwayofmakingacopyofareading.ThePhilosophy367WebPage•IwillpostPowerPointpresentationsandhandoutsinourwebsiteaftereachclass.•Philosophy367WebPageislocatedinCarmenwebpage:•Whenyouvisitthewebsite,enteryourOSUInternetUsername(yourlastname.#)andpasswordandclickontheLoginbutton.Followtheinstructionsforstudents,whicharewrittenonthepagetowhichyouaremoved.Continued•Iwillpostpresentationsintwoformats:PowerPointformatandrichtextformat.Theformercontainsmoreinformation.•ToseeapresentationinPowerPointformat,youneedtohaveaPowerPointoraPowerPointViewer.YoucangotothedownloadpageforafreePowerPointViewerthroughthePhilosophy367webpage.Clicktheicon“FreePowerPointViewer.”Caution•Printingamaterialwhileopeningotherapplicationsdemandsmuchfromyourcomputer.•Thus,ifyouareusingseveralapplicationsincludingyourwebbrowserwhenyouprintoutthematerial,yourcomputermightfreeze.•Therefore,Irecommendthatbeforeyouprintoutthematerial,yousaveitandtocloseirrelevantapplicationsincludingthewebbrowser.Grade•TheDiagnosticPaper10%•ArgumentPaper5%•ComprehensionPaper5%•ComprehensionandCriticalResponsePaper10%•EssayPaper25%•PeerReviewofEssayPaper5%•TakeHomeMidterm15%•TakeHomeFinal15%•ParticipationinClassDiscussion10%Participation•Participationinvolvesboth(1)attendanceand(2)sharingyourargumentswithyourclassmates.•Anystudentmaybecalledonatanytime.(Learntofeelcomfortablesaying“I’llpass”,“Idon’tknow”,“Canyourepeatthat?”etc.)Occasionalinabilitytoanswerwillnotbeheldagainstyou.LateSubmissionofAssignments•LatesubmissionofassignmentsareNOTacceptedunlesssomeacceptableargumentandevidence(adoctor’snoteetc.)areprovided.Rules•Takeasufficienttimeforreadingtheassignedmaterials.•Bringtheassignedreadingstoeachclasssession.Wewilldiscussthem.•Youshouldmakecontributionstotheclassdiscussion.•Youhaveaccountabilityforyourviews,moralorotherwi