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University of California, Davis
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Davis, CA 95616
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These are the reading assignments for this class. Readings are from the links listed.
| Month | Day | Topic | URL |
| April | 4 | Introduction | |
| 6 | Plato: Euthyphro | Euthyphro | |
| 11 | Plato: Apology, Crito, Republic (excerpts) | Apology, Crito, Republic | |
| 13 | Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics (excerpts) | Ethics | 18 | Hobbes: Leviathan (excerpts) | Leviathan |
| 20 | Kant: Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals (excerpts) Preface and Section One | Metaphysic of Morals | |
| 25 | Kant: Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals (excerpts) Section Two | Metaphysic of Morals | |
| 27 | Mill: Utilitarianism | Utilitarianism | |
| May | 2 | Sartre: “The Humanism of Existentialism” | Existentialism | 4 | Plato: Phaedo | Phaedo |
| 9 | Aristotle: Metaphysics (excerpts) | Metaphysics | |
| 11 | Aristotle: Physics, Aquinas: Summa Theologicae (excerpts) | Readings | |
| 16 | Anselm: Proslogion (excerpts) | Readings | |
| 18 | Descartes: Meditations 1-3 | Meditations | |
| 23 | Descartes: Meditations 4-6 | Meditations | |
| 25 | Hume: Enquiry, Sections I-VII | Enquiry | |
| 30 | Hume: Enquiry, Sections VIII-XII | Enquiry | |
| June | 1 | Kant: Critique of Pure Reason (excerpts) to end of Introduction | Critique |
| 6 | Kant: Critique of Pure Reason (excerpts) from beginning of Transcendental Logic to end | Critique | |
| 8 | Russell: Problems of Philosophy, Chapters 1-3, 5, 8 | Problems | |
| 9 | FINAL EXAMINATION | 10:30 A.M.- 12:30 P.M. |