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<h2 class="hd hd-2 unit-title">Structure</h2>
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<h3>Course Goals</h3>
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<p>This course has two goals. The first goal is to introduce you to key questions in ethics:</p>
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<li>What makes your life go better or worse for you?</li>
<li>Can ethics be objective?</li>
<li>What are the main historical approaches in ethics?</li>
<li>What do you owe to others?</li>
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<p>The second goal is to get you thinking rigorously about ethical questions yourself. This will help you develop your critical reasoning and argumentative skills more generally.</p>
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<h3>Lectures</h3>
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<p>There are 16 lectures in the course. Each lecture is divided into several units. Each lecture consists of:</p>
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<li><strong>A reading assignment. </strong>We link to the reading at the start of each lecture. (You can also find the readings in the Course Handouts, on the right-hand side of the Course Outline page.) The readings are a key part of the course. You'll get much more out of the lectures if you do the readings first. We've aimed to keep them short, but some are difficult, so you'll want to take your time over them.</li>
<li><strong>Video clips. </strong>These are the heart of the course, designed to introduce the material. You should watch all the videos. You can adjust the playback speed and every video has a transcript.</li>
<li><strong>Computer-graded exercises. </strong>These are short questions, designed to check or improve your understanding of the material. You should attempt every question. They're all due by August 19 at 1600 UTC, which is the end of the course, so you can take them at your own pace. They count towards your final grade. You only get 1 attempt for each question. So take your time and think before you click.</li>
<li><strong>Discussion questions. </strong>These are open-ended questions, designed to let you develop your own ideas about the material and to interact with other learners in the course. You should discuss these questions on the Discussion Forum. Discussing the material with other learners is the best way to improve your understanding of it, so we strongly encourage you to participate in the Discussion Forum.</li>
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<h3>Written Assessments</h3>
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<p>There are 4 written assessments in the course. In each written assessment, you should pick <em>one </em>of the questions we set and write a short essay in response. If you are enrolled as a Verified Learner, you will receive written comments on your essay from a philosophy instructor. If you are enrolled as an Audit Learner, we ask you to self-assess your essay, using a rubric which we provide.</p>
<p>It's not easy to write a good philosophy essay. If you're new to it, we recommend Jim Pryor's <a href="http://www.jimpryor.net/teaching/guidelines/writing.html">Guidelines on Writing a Philosophy Paper</a>.</p>
<p>Note that <strong>no extensions will be granted for the written assessments. </strong>In a course with so many learners, granting individual extensions just isn't feasible. Please make sure to plan accordingly.</p>
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<h3>Grading</h3>
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<p>Your final grade is determined by the exercises in the lectures and the written assessments. Each lecture's exercises are worth 2% of your final grade. So the exercises count for a total of 16 * 2% = 32% of your final grade. Each written assessment is worth 17% of your final grade. So the written assessments count for a total of 4 * 17% = 68% of your final grade. To pass the course, you need a final grade of at least 70%.</p>
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<h3>Plagiarism</h3>
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<p>Your essays and contributions to the Discussion Forum must be your own work. If you are quoting someone, put it in quotation marks and cite your source. If you are paraphrasing someone or using their ideas, cite your source. If you are found to have plagiarized, you will be given a failing grade in the course.</p>
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<h3>Schedule</h3>
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<p>This course is <strong>instructor-paced.</strong> That means that the lectures and assessments are released on a schedule set by us. We do this so that learners progress through the course at roughly the same pace, which leads to more fruitful discussions on the forum. The schedule is below.</p>
<p><strong>All material is released and all written assessments are due at 16:00 UTC (Coordinated Universal Time). </strong>You can convert between UTC and your local time zone on <a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/timezone/utc" target="[object Object]">this site</a>.</p>
<p><strong>PART 0: INTRODUCTION</strong></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Lecture 1 --- What is Ethics? <em>Released on June 10.</em></p>
<p><strong>PART 1: WHAT MAKES YOUR LIFE GO BETTER OR WORSE FOR YOU?</strong></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Lecture 2 --- Hedonism. <em>Released on June 10.</em></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Lecture 3 --- Desire-Satisfaction. <em>Released on June 17.</em></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Lecture 4 --- Objective Theories. <em>Released on June 17.</em></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Lecture 5 --- Death. <em>Released on June 24.</em></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Written Assessment 1. <em>Released on June 10; due on July 1.</em></p>
<p><strong>PART 2: CAN ETHICS BE OBJECTIVE?</strong></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Lecture 6 --- Objectivity and God. <em>Released on July 1.</em></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Lecture 7 --- Relativism. <em>Released on July 1.</em></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Lecture 8 --- Moral Epistemology. <em>Released on July 8.</em></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Written Assessment 2. <em>Released on July 1; due on July 15 for audit learners and July 20 for verified learners.</em><em></em></p>
<p><strong>PART 3: THE HISTORY OF ETHICS</strong></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Lecture 9 --- Bentham. <em>Released on July 15.</em></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Lecture 10 --- Kant I. <em>Released on July 15.</em></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Lecture 11 --- Kant II. <em>Released on July 22.</em></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Lecture 12 --- Aristotle. <em>Released on July 22.</em></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Written Assessment 3. <em>Released on July 15; due on July 29 for audit learners and August 3 for verified learners.</em><em></em></p>
<p><strong>PART 4: HOW YOU RELATE TO OTHERS</strong></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Lecture 13 --- Respecting Rights. <em>Released on July 29.</em></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Lecture 14 --- What You Owe to Needy Strangers. <em>Released on August 5.</em></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Lecture 15 --- What You Owe to Future People. <em>Released on August 5.</em></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Lecture 16 --- What You Owe to Non-Human Animals. <em>Released on August 12.</em></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Written Assessment 4. <em>Released on July 29; due on August 19.</em></p>
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<h3>Written Assessments Grading Rubric</h3>
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<p>If you are enrolled as a Verified Learner, you will receive feedback on your essays from a philosophy instructor. If you are enrolled as an Audit Learner, we ask you to self-assess your essay, using the following rubric. You should refer back to this rubric when you are writing your essays.</p>
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<p><b>Writing Clarity: </b>Is the writing clear?</p>
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<td>Poor</td>
<td><i>On a sentence by sentence level, the writing is hard to follow or ungrammatical. The structure of the whole essay is hard to follow.</i></td>
<td>1</td>
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<td>Fair</td>
<td><i>Better along the dimensions above, but not great.</i></td>
<td>3</td>
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<td>Good</td>
<td><i>On a sentence by sentence level, the writing is grammatical and easy to follow. The structure of the whole essay is clear. </i></td>
<td>5</td>
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<p><b>Content: </b>Has the author accurately represented the points and arguments discussed in class and readings?</p>
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<td>Poor</td>
<td><i>No. The author is way off in some important respects. </i></td>
<td>1</td>
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<td>Fair</td>
<td><i>Not entirely accurate in some respect, but mostly accurate.</i></td>
<td>3</td>
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<td>Good</td>
<td><i>Entirely accurate in all respects. </i></td>
<td>5</td>
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<p><b>Analytical Engagement: </b>Did the author engage with the material? Did the author re-frame the material in a way that suggests engagement, or suggest ideas of his or her own?</p>
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<td>Poor</td>
<td><i>The author has at best repeated points made in the readings and lecture in exactly the form in which they were presented in the readings and lecture.</i></td>
<td>1</td>
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<td>Fair</td>
<td><i>The author has made some effort to think through the material in his or her terms, but does not push the issue much beyond how it was presented in the lecture and readings.</i></td>
<td>3</td>
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<td>Good</td>
<td><i>The author has made a substantial effort to think through the material in his or her terms and/or pushes it beyond how it was presented in the lecture and readings. </i></td>
<td>5</td>
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<h3>MITx Philosophy Awards</h3>
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<p>Verified learners are eligible for the MITx Philosophy Award. Verified learners in high school are eligible, in addition, for the MITx High School Philosophy Award. The awards are given by the MIT Philosophy Department for outstanding performance in the course, especially in the written assessments and contributions to the Discussion Forum. Award winners will be profiled on the <a href="https://philosophy.mit.edu/mitx/" target="[object Object]">MIT Philosophy Department website</a>. See there for profiles of winners from past years. All verified learners will automatically be considered for these awards.</p>
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<h3>Introduce Yourself!</h3>
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<p>Meet and greet your fellow learners by responding to our post below. Tell us a little about yourself. Where are you from? How did you hear about the course? What do you hope to get out of it?</p>
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