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A schedule of the lecture topics and readings for Morality and Modernity
Session Topic Reading  Key Dates
1 Introduction N/A  
2 DISCUSSION SECTION N/A  
3 The origins of modernity: the scientific revolution  C.S. Lewis, "The Heavens"  
4 The origins of modernity: the Reformation  J.M. Roberts, "Authority and its Challengers"  
5 DISCUSSION SECTION N/A  
6 Modern moral disagreement After Virtue, chapter 1  
7 Film Screening: Thank You for Smoking N/A  
8 Modern moral disagreement After Virtue, chapter 2  
9 DISCUSSION SECTION N/A  
10 Modern moral disagreement After Virtue, chapter 3  
11 The history of modern ethics After Virtue, chapter 4  
12 DISCUSSION SECTION N/A  
13 The history of modern ethics After Virtue, chapter 5  
14 The history of modern ethics After Virtue, chapter 6  
15 DISCUSSION SECTION N/A  
16 Immanuel Kant Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals, First Section  First paper due
17 Immanuel Kant Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals, Second Section  
18 Film Screening: Match Point N/A  
19 DISCUSSION SECTION N/A  
20 Friedrich Nietzsche N/A  
21 Midterm Examination N/A  
22 DISCUSSION SECTION N/A  
23 Friedrich Niezsche Genealogy of Morals, First Essay  
24 Aristotle or Nietzsche? After Virtue, chapter 9  
25 DISCUSSION SECTION N/A  
26 The tradition of the virtues After Virtue, chapter 10 and 11  
27 The tradition of the virtues After Virtue, chapter 12 and 13  
28 Virtues and practices After Virtue, chapter 14  
29 Film Screening: Groundhog Day N/A  
30 DISCUSSION SECTION N/A  
31 Virtues and practices After Virtue, chapter 15  Second paper due
32 An Aristotelian interpretation of Groundhog Day N/A  
33 DISCUSSION SECTION N/A  
34 Charles Taylor The Ethics of Authenticity, chapters 1-3  
35 Charles Taylor The Ethics of Authenticity, chapters 4 and 5  
36 DISCUSSION SECTION N/A  
37 Charles Taylor The Ethics of Authenticity, chapters 6-10  
38 Taylor or MacIntyre? Charles Taylor, "Two Theories of Modernity"  
39 DISCUSSION SECTION N/A  
40 Modernity: a new dark age? After Virtue, chapter 18   
41 Catholicism and modernity Benedict XVI, Regensburg Address  
42 DISCUSSION SECTION N/A  
43 Q&A with Alasdair MacIntyre N/A  
44 Final remarks N/A  Third paper due
45 Final Examination N/A  
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