Sign up for your final portfolio presentation using this spreadsheet.  In this presentation, you will show off your portfolio to the class in a talk of 5-7 minutes and tell us all about it.  You do not have to show us every single section, but you should give us a representative "tour" of the sections that you are most proud of and explain them to your audience.  After your presentation, questions may be asked of you by your classmates and professor.  This presentation is worth 10% of your total final grade.

The Problem is Civil Obedience, by Howard Zinn, and performed by Matt Damon

An Open Letter from Ferguson Protesters

Moral desert, The Lottery, and ordinary people doing extraordinary things

Zimbardo describes the Milgram experiment

More on War and Peace and Justice

"Is War Good For Us?" by Ian Morris

E-portfolio support

Since the service project is approaching (due 11/21--send me the URL by email), I've made some changes that will help you to have additional support in these final weeks.

On Tuesday 11/18 we will meet in E-230, the e-portfolio lab, for a working session.  This will be how we will spend class time that day.

I will also be holding extra office hours in the e-portfolio lab.  This will allow us to look at your portfolio together and have a hands-on session to improve your work, if you want.  These office hours are like my regular office hours, totally optional.

On Thursday, 11/20, I will hold extra office hours in E-230 from 7-8pm.

On Friday, 11/21, I will hold extra office hours in E-230 from 4-5pm.

And remember: no class tomorrow November 11!  We resume on November 13, and you should read the "War, Peace, and Justice" packet in advance of class on November 13.

As ever, email with any questions.

For extra credit

For extra credit (TOTALLY OPTIONAL)

Option 1: Select any work from "Ethical Theory: A Reader" (http://www.upscsuccess.com/sites/default/files/documents/Ethical_Theory_An_Anthology_@nadal.pdf) (you may not choose any excerpt from a work we have already read in class--for instance, don't choose the excerpt from John Rawls' A Theory of Justice) read it thoroughly, and then in an essay of 500-750 words summarize it and connect it to at least one of our non-textbook readings this semester.  Create a new section in your e-portfolio and place this essay there.  No later than Friday, November 28, at 11:59 PM, email me the essay and copy and paste it on your e-portfolio.  If you do this in a satisfactory manner, you will earn a boost of 1/3 of one grade on your ENTIRE final portfolio.

Option 2: Go to a panel, forum, rally, speech, film screening, or similar event focused on a matter of equity and justice (might include matters related to housing, food justice, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, healthcare, race, freedom of religion, and so on).  This calendar might be helpful, but not all events will necessarily work, and you are definitely not limited to events on this calendar.  In an essay of 500-750 words, report on the event (describe it in detail!), examine the moral philosophy ideas raised in the event, and reflect on your own experience (what was it like for you?).  Create a new section in your e-portfolio and place this essay there.  No later than Friday, November 28, at 11:59 PM, email me the essay and copy and paste it on your e-portfolio.  If you do this in a satisfactory manner, you will earn a boost of 1/3 of one grade on your ENTIRE final portfolio.

You may even do both options, if you like!

Readings for November 13

Please read the following for class on November 13

Augustine of Hippo on just war

Ambrose Bierce, A Horseman In The Sky

T. Hoffman, summary of Childress' Just-War Criteria

Leo Tolstoy, Address to the Swedish Peace Congress

G.E.M. Anscombe, War and Murder

"With Drone Warfare, America Approaches the Robo-Rubicon"


OPTIONAL: Childress, Just-War Criteria

ALSO OPTIONAL: A feminist ethical perspective on weapons of mass destruction

Please note: the readings for this coming week (11/4 and 11/6) were distributed in class.  Some of them are not available online, and so there will be no online version.  Please pick them up outside my office (B-300-K) if you did not pick them up in class Thursday or Tuesday.

This week, I will not be holding my usual office hours on Monday 11:30-12:30 and Tuesday 2:30-3:30.

Instead, this week my office hours will be:

Monday:4pm-5pm
Tuesday: by appointment
Wednesday: 11:30-12:30
Thursday: 2:30-3:30. 

I am also available by appointment on Friday afternoon.