**Remember that posts are due at 9:00pm the day before our class meeting**
I. Finding Our Place
in/alongside/against Nature
Wednesday,
Jan. 9 Arendt, Prologue
to “The Human Condition”
Friday,
Jan. 11 Bilger,
“Swamp Things”; Marris, “Learning to Love Exotic
Species”
Monday, Jan. 14 McPhee, The Control of Nature
Karissa, David
Wednesday,
Jan. 16 McKibben, The End of Nature; Diamond The Ends of the World as
We
Know Them”
Cecil
Friday,
Jan 18 King, “How
to Construe Nature”; Abram, “Reciprocity”
Susanna, Amro
II.
Ancient and Early Modern Nature (and Human Nature)
Monday,
Jan. 21 MLK Day – no
classes
Wednesday,
Jan. 23 Homer, Iliad, Books 17 and 18 (Fagles
Translation)
Arthur, Katie
Friday,
Jan. 25 Aristotle,
Physics Book II.1-3
Rachel H., Ben
Monday,
Jan. 28 Aristotle, Physics Book II.7-9
Taylor, Mary
Wednesday,
Jan. 30 Aristotle, De Anima, Selections
Landon, Rachel S.
Friday,
Feb. 1 Aristotle,
Selections from the Ethics
Erik
Monday,
Feb. 4 Aristotle,
Selections from the Politics
Karissa, David
Wednesday,
Feb. 6 Selections from the
Bible and Qu’ran; Aquinas, “Humans as Moral
Ends”
Friday, Feb. 8 Machiavelli,
Selections from The Prince, Gingerich,
“The Galileo Affair”
First Paper Due
Monday,
Feb. 11 Bacon, The New Organon (pp. 1-24)
Cecil
Wednesday,
Feb. 13 Bacon, The New Organon (pp. 25-53)
Susanna, Amro
Friday,
Feb. 15 Bacon, The New Organon (selections)
Arthur, Katie
Monday,
Feb. 18 Bacon, The New Atlantis (sections 1-53)
Rachel H., Ben
Wednesday,
Feb. 20 Bacon, The New Atlantis (sections 54-end)
Taylor, Mary
Friday,
Feb. 22 Extra Day on Bacon
Monday,
Feb. 25 Midterm Examination
III.
Romance and Wilderness: Reconceiving Nature in a Modern Age
Wednesday,
Feb.
27
Locke, “On Property”; Madison, “Federalist 10”
Erik, Rachel
Friday,
March.
1
Rousseau, First Discourse,
pp. 32-40 (to “Consider Egypt…”);
pp. 46 (from “But let us leap…”) -64
Karissa, David
Monday,
March
4
Rousseau, Second Discourse, pp.
91-120 (to “May I be allowed…”
and
203-213 (note “j”)
Cecil, Landon
Wednesday,
March
6
Rousseau, Selections from Emile, and Confessions
Susanna, Amro
Friday,
March
8
Rousseau, Reveries (5,7)
Arthur,
Katie
Monday,
March 11 - Friday, March 15 – Spring Break
Monday,
March 18 Leopold, The Land Ethic; Callicott, “The
Conceptual Foundations
of
the Land Ethic”
Rachel H., Ben Précis: BETSY
Wednesday,
March 20 Naess, “The Shallow
and the Deep Ecology Movement”;
McLaughlin,
“The Heart of Deep Ecology”
Taylor, Mary Précis: _______________________
Friday, March 22 Hallen, “Making Peace with
Nature: Why Ecology Needs Feminism”
Landon, Rachel S. Précis: ERIK
Monday,
March 25 Singer, “All
Animals Are Equal”; Hatley, “The Uncanny Goodness of Being Edible
to Bears”
Wednesday,
March 27 Second Paper Due
Friday,
March 29 – Easter Break
Monday,
April 1 Wendell Berry,
“Preserving Wildness”; Cronon, “The Problem
with
Wilderness”
Erik Précis:
RACHEL S., LANDON
Wednesday,
April 3 Nietzsche, Selections from Beyond Good and Evil and Daybreak
Karissa, David Précis: CECIL
Friday,
April 5 Nietzsche,
Selections from Thus Spoke Zarathustra; Bostrom,
“Transhumanist Values”
“Transhumanist Values”
Cecil Précis:
AMRO, ARTHUR
IV.
Freedom of Thought and Action in the Contemporary World
Monday, April 8 Heidegger, The Question Concerning Technology, pp. 3-23 in book, pp. 308-328 in pdf version.
Susanna,
Amro Précis: BEN
Wednesday, April 10 Heidegger, The Question Concerning Technology, pp. 23-34 in book, pp. 328-341 in pdf version.
Arthur,
Katie Précis: DAVID
Friday,
April 12 – No Class
Monday,
April 15 Cérézuelle,
“Nature and Freedom”
Rachel H., Ben Précis: KARISSA
Wednesday,
April 17 Foreman, “Earth
First!”; Hargrove, Abbey, and Foreman Exchange
Taylor,
Mary Précis: RACHEL H.
Friday,
April 19 Hawken, “A Declaration
of Sustainability”; Ecuador Constitution
Landon, Rachel S. Précis: SUSANNA, MARY
Monday, April 22 Scruton, How to Think Seriously About the Planet
Mandatory Reading: Chapter Seven, "Heimat and Habitat"
Optional Reading: Chapter Eleven, "Modest Proposals" (Chapter Nine is also
available in the file server)
Blog: Erik, Rachel S. Précis: KATIE (Ch. 7)
Wednesday, April 24 Marris, Rambunctious Garden
Mandatory Reading: Chapter Nine, "Conservation Everywhere"
Optional Reading: Chapter Ten, "A Menu of New Goals"
Blog: Open Précis: TAYLOR (Ch. 9) and DAVID (Ch. 10)
Tuesday,
April 30 Final Exam, 5:30pm
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