Lectures

Cultural and Ethical Values

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Week

Topic

Lecture 

Online Readings

1

Introduction & Overview htm ppt  

2

Socrates on Evil and Ignorance htm ppt

Anonymous, Sophistry 

Plato, Apology 

3

Plato on Justice htm ppt

Korab-Karpowicz, Plato's Political Philosophy

Plato, Republic 

4

Aristotle on Virtue htm ppt

Kraut, Aristotle's Ethics
Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics

5

The Stoics on the Natural Life htm ppt

Baltzly, Stoic Ethics
Epictetus, Enchiridion

6

Augustine and the Christian Life htm ppt

Mandelson,Augustine
Augustine, City of God

7

Aquinas on Law htm ppt

Finnis, Aquinas' Moral, Political, and Legal Philosophy

Aquinas, Summa Theologiae

8

Machiavelli and Hobbes on Power htm ppt

Lloyd, Moral and Political Philosophy
Hobbes, Leviathan 

9

Locke on Rights htm ppt

Tuckness, Political Philosophy

Locke, Second Treatise of Civil Government

10

Kant on Duty htm ppt

Johnson, Kant's Political Philosophy
Kant, Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals

11

Bentham and Mill on Liberty htm ppt

Wilson, Mill's Moral Philosophy

Mill, On Liberty

12

Modern Times & Summary htm ppt

Richardson, Rawls' Political Philosophy

Feser, Nozick's Political Philosophy

Clayton, MacIntyre's Political Philosophy