Ethics & Psychology (Phil. 303) Class Schedule
[This schedule will be in progress during the semester.]
Updated 22 Mar. 10

 
 Day  # Topic & Assignment Notes Deadlines   Selecting readings for Pt. II of the course and your research papers:
              Handbook Personality...
........................... .....................................   Narvaez

(Casey)		 Ch. 26 Ch. 6
Week 1: M 11 Jan 1 Introductions; what the course is about; getting started thinking about phylogeny, ontogeny, and genetic epistemology     Lapsley

(Jessi)		 Ch. 2 Ch. 8
W 13 Jan 2

Haste (1993), Morality, self, and sociohistorical context, in Noam & Wren (eds.), The Moral Self (pp. 175-208)

 

 Discussion of seminar presentations     Walker Ch. 4 Ch. 10
F 15 Jan 3 Piaget (1932/1965), The Moral Judgment of the Child, pp. 7-108   A. Lacey   Hart

(Natalie)		 Ch. 23 Ch. 9
Week 2: M 18 Jan MLKjr Day -- NO CLASS       Thompson

(Laura)		 Ch. 10 Ch. 7
W 20 Jan 4 Moral Judgment of the Child, pp. 109-196   B. Casey   Carlo Ch. 20 Ch. 12
F 22 Jan 5 Moral Judgment of the Child, pp. 197-263    C. Keith   --- --- ---
Week 3: M 25 Jan 6

Moral Judgment of the Child, pp. 263-325

 

 Discussion of book reviews D. Jessi   McAdams & Cervone Personality... Chs. 1-2
W 27 Jan 7 Moral Judgment of the Child, pp. 327-371   E. Laura   Flanagan & Wong

(Keith)		 Personality... Chs. 3-4
F 29 Jan 8 Moral Judgment of the Child, pp. 386-406   F. Alex   Verbeek &/or Kahn &/or Hastings

(Alex)		 Handbook Chs. 16-18
Week 4: M 1 Feb 9 Kohlberg (1971/1981), "From Is to Ought," in Kohlberg (1981), The Philosophy of Moral Development (pp. 101-189)   G.  Dan   Turiel & Nucci Handbook Chs. 1 & 24
W 3 Feb 10 Kohlberg (1971/1981), "From Is to Ought"   H.  Natalie   Tappan & Miller

(Dan)		 Handbook Chs. 13-14
F 5 Feb 11 Kohlberg (1969/1984), "Stage and Sequence," Introduction & first section: "Theories of Cognitive Development as the Origins of Mental Structure," in Kohlberg (1984), The Psychology of Moral Development (pp. 7-25)  

DUE:  Book review of MJC		   Killen & Fry Handbook Chs. 6 & 15
Week 5: M 8 Feb 12 Kohlberg (1969/1984), "Stage and Sequence," pp. 25-94       Thoma
& Edmmonds		 Handbook
 
Personality...		 Ch. 3

Ch. 11
W 10 Feb   University CLOSED due to weather       Dunn
&
Haidt

(Lacey)		 Handbook

to be supplied		 Ch. 12
F 12 Feb 13 Kohlberg (1969/1984), "Stage and Sequence," pp. 94-169            
Week 6: M 15 Feb 14 Gilligan (1982/1993), In a Different Voice, Chs. 1-2            
W 17 Feb 15 Gilligan (1982/1993), In a Different Voice, Chs. 3-4            
F 19 Feb 16 Gilligan (1982/1993), In a Different Voice, Chs. 5-6            
Week 7: M 22 Feb 17 Lapsley (2006), Moral stage theory, in Killen & Smetana (eds.), Handbook of Moral Development, (pp. 37-66)   Jessi
        
W 24 Feb 18 McAdams (2009), The moral personality, in Narvaez & Lapsley (eds.), Personality, Identity, and Character (pp. 11-29)   DUE:  Book review of "Stage and Sequence"        
F 26 Feb 19 Cervone & Tripathi(2009), The moral personality, in Narvaez & Lapsley (eds.), Personality, Identity, and Character (pp. 30-51)            
Week 8: M 1 Mar 20 Dunn (2006), Moral development in early childhood and social interaction in the family, in Killen & Smetana (eds.), Handbook of Moral Development, (pp. 331-350)    Lacey

 

        
W 3 Mar 21 Thompson (2009), Early foundations: Conscience and the development of moral character, in Narvaez & Lapsley (eds.), Personality, Identity, and Character (pp. 159-184) Discussion of conference/research papers & topics Laura        
F 5 Mar 22

Narvaez (2009), Triune ethics theory and moral personality, in Narvaez & Lapsley (eds.), Personality, Identity, and Character (pp. 136-158)

    Casey

 

        
Week 9: M 8 Mar Spring Break        
W 10 Mar Spring Break          
F 12 Mar Spring Break        
Week 10: M 15 Mar 23 Verbeek (2006), Everyone's monkey: Primate moral roots, in Killen & Smetana (eds.), Handbook of Moral Development, (pp. 423-459)  

Alex

        
W 17 Mar 24 Hart, Atkins, & Donnelly (2006), Community service and moral development, in Killen & Smetana (eds.), Handbook of Moral Development, (pp. 633-656)   Natalie        
F 19 Mar 25 Flanagan (2009), Moral science? Still metaphysical after all these years, in Narvaez & Lapsley (eds.), Personality, Identity, and Character (pp. 52-78)   Keith        
Week 11: M 22 Mar 26 Tappan (2006), Mediated moralities: Sociocultural approaches to moral development, in Killen & Smetana (eds.), Handbook of Moral Development, (pp. 351-374)   Dan        
W 24 Mar 27 NO CLASS (conferences with Reed by apt.)            
F 26 Mar 28

Lapsley& Hill in Personality

 Discussion of conference/research papers & topics

Jessi

        
Week 12: M 29 Mar 29 Narvaez in Handbook  

Casey

Topic for conference paper & research paper; selection of three articles in the Handbook &/or Personality which most closely relate to your topic

        
W 31 Mar 30 Haidt (handout)   Lacey        
F 2 Apr   "Good Friday" -- NO CLASS  

Book review of ... accepted through Monday

        
Week 13: M 5 Apr 31 Hastings et al. in Handbook  

Alex

Bibliography for conf. / res. paper; writing schedule for completing the conference paper in 10 days

        
W 7 Apr 32 Thompson in Handbook  

Laura

        
F 9 Apr 33 Hart & Matsuba in Personality   Natalie        
Week 14: M 12 Apr 34 Wong in Personality   Keith        
W 14 Apr 35 Miller in Handbook   Dan        
F 16 Apr 36 NO CLASS (extra time on conf. papers!)  

Conference paper due (4:00 p.m.)

        
Week 15 M 19 Apr 37 Discuss conf. paper drafts with the class            
W 21 Apr 38 Discuss conf. paper drafts with the class            
F 23 Apr 39 Discuss conf. paper drafts with the class            
Sun 25 Apr 40 2:00 p.m. Ethics & Psychology Symposium   Revised Conference paper (10pp) due for presentation and submission; writing schedule for completing the research paper in 14 days        
Week 16: M 26 Apr 41 Conferences with students in Reed's office            
W 28 Apr 42 Conferences with students in Reed's office            
F 30 Apr 43 Conferences with students in Reed's office            
             
Week 17: M 3 May 44 Conferences with students in Reed's office            
W 5 May 45 Conferences with students in Reed's office            
F 7 May       Research paper (25pp) due by 10:00 a.m.        
 Human Universals          

 

 

 

Assessments

Quality of oral presentation and of response to questions will be part of these assessments, where relevant.

Research Tool on Thomas Library Website

   30% -- Three Book Reviews (1000 words each) (weeks 4, 8, & 11)
  30% -- Three Seminar Presentations (750 words each) (8 students: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, & H)
  20% -- One Conference Paper (10-12pp/20 minutes)
  20% -- One Research Paper (journal article, 25pp)