Faculty/Graduate school Department of Global and Interdisciplinary Studies
Attached documents
Year 2023
Class code A6308
Previous Class code
Previous Class title
Term 秋学期授業/Fall
Day/Period 月2/Mon.2
Class Type
Campus 市ヶ谷 / Ichigaya
Classroom name 市BT‐0501
Grade 3~4
Credit(s) 2
Notes
Open Program
Open Program (Notes)
Global Open Program
Interdepartmental class taking system for Academic Achievers
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Class taught by instructors with practical experience
SDGs CP
Urban Design CP
Diversity CP
Learning for the Future CP
Carbon Neutral CP
Chiyoda Campus Consortium
Duplicate Subjects Taken Under Previous Class Title
Category (commenced 2024 onwards)
Category (commenced 2020-2023) 300-level Advanced Courses(上級)
Category (commenced 2016-2019) 300-level Advanced Courses
Arts and Literature

【授業の概要と目的(何を学ぶか) / Outline and objectives】
Philosophy of the Person

Hedonism is the view that people should strive to live the most pleasurable lives possible. Some philosophers worry that this view renders humans in an undignified light and fails to capture what is most important about being a person. They instead claim that self-perfection should be the ultimate aim of human beings. This debate has wide-ranging effects on topics such as moral epistemology, moral psychology, moral theory, the nature of virtue, duty, and the good life. This course explores this debate in depth, focusing on Henry Sidgwick’s and T.H. Green’s ethical works.

【到達目標 / Goal】
This course has four primary learning goals. First, students will learn about various and diverging ethical views. Second, students will improve critical thinking skills when engaging with abstract reasoning, especially in the context of philosophical debate. Third, students will improve their reading skills when confronting nuanced and challenging text. Finally, students will improve their writing skills to communicate complex ideas clearly and confidently.

【この授業を履修することで学部等のディプロマポリシーに示されたどの能力を習得することができるか(該当授業科目と学位授与方針に明示された学習成果との関連) / Which item of the diploma policy will be obtained by taking this class?】
Will be able to gain “DP 1”, “DP 2”, “DP 3”, and “DP 4”.

【授業で使用する言語 / Default language used in class】
英語 / English

【授業の進め方と方法 / Method(s)】 (学期の途中で変更になる場合には、別途提示します。 /If the Method(s) is changed, we will announce the details of any changes. )
Each meeting will include an interactive lecture with slides and an active learning period. The lectures will occupy roughly one hour of each meeting. Students will then write a short in-class reflective writing exercise. Lastly, students will participate in a class discussion or debate. The instructor will assess students primarily on their final paper. Students will produce a paper proposal before writing a paper draft. After the proposal has been approved, students will write a draft of their paper. Students will then exchange papers with each other, and they will write a peer-reviewed report of another student’s paper. Students should consider this report when revising their final drafts. In addition to the final paper, students will produce a short report explaining how they integrated changes from their peer-reviewed report into their final paper draft. The instructor will provide written feedback on the final paper.

【アクティブラーニング(グループディスカッション、ディベート等)の実施 / Active learning in class (Group discussion, Debate.etc.)】
あり / Yes

【フィールドワーク(学外での実習等)の実施 / Fieldwork in class】
なし / No

【授業計画 / Schedule】
授業形態 / methods of teaching:対面/face to face
※各回の授業形態は予定です。教員の指示に従ってください。

回 / No. 各回の授業形態予定 / methods of teachingテーマ / Theme 内容 / Contents
1 オンライン/onlineIntroduction Historical context and introducing the main themes of the course
2 対面/face to faceMoral Epistemology 1 Henry Sidgwick, the Methods of Ethics (ME), Preface & excerpts from Book I
3 対面/face to faceMoral Epistemology 2 T.H. Green, Prolegomena to Ethics (PE), Introduction and excerpts from Book I
4 対面/face to faceMoral Psychology 1 Green, PE, excerpts from Book II
5 対面/face to faceMoral Psychology 2 Sidgwick, ME, excerpts from Book I & Appendix
6 対面/face to facePleasure 1 Sidgwick, ME, excerpts from Books I-III
7 対面/face to facePleasure 2 Green, PE, excerpts from Books III & IV
8 対面/face to faceVirtue 1 Green, PE, excerpts from Book III
9 対面/face to faceVirtue 2 Sidgwick, ME, excerpts from Book III
10 対面/face to faceDuty 1 Sidgwick, ME, excerpts from Books I & III
11 対面/face to faceDuty 2 Green, PE, excerpts from Book IV
12 対面/face to faceUtilitarianism 1 Green, PE, excerpts from Book IV
13 対面/face to faceUtilitarianism 2 Sidgwick, ME, excerpts from Books I-III
14 対面/face to faceUtilitarianism 3 Sidgwick, ME, excerpts from Book IV

【授業時間外の学習(準備学習・復習・宿題等) / Work to be done outside of class (preparation, etc.)】
Students should complete weekly readings before coming to class. Students should also review their own notes and course slides after every class. Preparatory study time for this class is 3-4 hours, and review time for this class is 2 hours.

【テキスト(教科書) / Textbooks】
There are no required textbooks for this course. All readings will be provided by the instructor either in print or online.

【参考書 / References】
The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy is a great resource for delving further into any topics discussed in class: https://plato.stanford.edu

The philosopher Jim Pryor has created helpful guides for writing and reading philosophy papers. Writing: http://www.jimpryor.net/teaching/guidelines/writing.html Reading: http://www.jimpryor.net/teaching/guidelines/reading.html

The instructor will provide students with readings for the course. However, the course will focus almost exclusively on two texts. Students may prefer to have hard copies of these texts:

Sidgwick, Henry. (1981). The Methods of Ethics, 7th edition. Indianapolis, IN: Hackett.
Green, T.H. (2003). Prolegomena to Ethics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

【成績評価の方法と基準 / Grading criteria】
Participation 15%
Paper proposal 10%
Peer-review report 10%
Peer-review report response 10%
Final paper 55%

【学生の意見等からの気づき / Changes following student comments】
Not applicable

【学生が準備すべき機器他 / Equipment student needs to prepare】
Please bring a computer for in-class surveys.

【Prerequisite】
None