For Aug. 30: Groundwork, Ak. 420, paragraph
starting "If I think of a hypothetical imperative
in general, I do not know beforehand..." (pp. 29f in the Ellington edition).
For Sept. 6: Groundwork, Ak. 428, paragraph
starting "Now I say that man, and in general every rational being..."
(pp. 35f in the Ellington edition).
For Sept. 13: Groundwork, Ak. 432-433, paragraph starting
"When we look back upon..."
For Sept. 20: Korsgaard, "The Right to Lie," para.
bridging pp. 142-143 ("In light of this account...").
For Sept. 27: Critique of Practical Reason, Analytic, Ch. 1,
Theorem 2, Remark 1 (Ak. 23-25; Gregor ed. pp. 20-22).
For Oct. 4: Korsgaard, Creating the Kingdom of Ends, p. 317,
first full para. (starting "This kind of reflection...").
For Oct. 11: Critique of Practical Reason, Analytic, Ch. 2,
Ak. 63 (Gregor ed. p. 54f), para. starting "This is the place to explain the
paradox of method..."
For Oct 18: Critique of Practical Reason, Ak. 94,
2 paragraphs, starting "The concept of causality as natural necessity..."
For Oct. 25:
Critique of Practical Reason, Ak. 124-125, para. starting "Happiness
is the state..."
For Nov. 1:
Tugendlehre, Ak. 403, two paragraphs starting "First,
a duty can..."
For Nov. 8:
Tugendlehre, Ak. 432-33, "Concerning Avarice" (you can
skip note 10).
For Nov. 15: Williams, "Persons, Character, and Morality," para.
following "This leads to the question of why we go on at all" (pp. 10f in
Moral Luck; make sure to use this xerox, since the version in
the Sher collection is abridged).
Nov. 22: No class, but you can still turn in a microcommentary.
(I'm not sure if the office will be open, so you may have to turn hardcopy
in earlier to make sure it ends up in my box in a timely way.)
Suggested passage: Korsgaard, "Self-Constitution," pp. 9-10, 2 paras.
starting "Now if the normativity..."
Nov. 29:
Korsgaard, "Self-Constitution," para. bridging pp. 26-27.
Dec. 6:
Korsgaard, The Sources of Normativity, sec. 3.3.1 (pp. 100-102).
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