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January
16: Introduction
and course mechanics
January 18: Genesis 1-3 (pp. 7-10 of The Jewish
Philosophy Reader
[JPR])
January
21: No
class
January
23: Philo,
'On the Creation of the World' (11-23 of JPR)
January
25: Maimonides,
'Guide of the Perplexed' (23-32 of JPR)
January 28: Hartman,
'Fundamentals of a Coventental Anthropology' (32-36 of JPR)
January 30: Genesis 22 and Maimonides' Guide (39-41 of JPR)
February 1: Fackenheim,
'Abraham and the Kantians' (41-44 of JPR)
February 4:
Rosner, 'The Jewish Attitude toward Euthanasia'
February 6:
Sherwin, 'Euthanasia: A Jewish View'
February 8:
Feldman, 'This Matter of Abortion'
Paper
Due
February 11: Gordis,
'Wanted—The Ethical in Jewish Bio-Ethics'
February 13: Ellenson,
'Jewish Approaches to Mortal Choices'
February 15: Newman,
'Woodchoppers and Respirators'
February 18: Scott
and Jacobson, 'Implementing Presumed Consent for Organ Donation in Israel'
February 20: Discussion
and review
February 22: First
Midterm Exam
February 25: Job
and Leaman,
'Job' (62-66 pf JPR)
February 27: Seeskin,
'Job and the Problem of Evil' (66-73 of JPR)
February 29: Frank,
'Prophecy and Invulnerability' (79-83 of JPR)
March 3: Job,
continued
March 5:
Morgan, 'Jewish Ethics after the Holocaust'
March 7: Esther and Fackenheim, 'The Jewish
Bible after the Holocaust' (538-546 of JPR)
March 10: Bergman,
'Faith and Reason' and Rubenstein, 'On Jewish Belief' (583-588 of JPR)
March 12: Discussion
and review
March 14: Second
Midterm Exam
March 24: Israel,
'Jewish Tradition and Political Action'
March 26: Gordis,
'Ecology and the Judaic Tradition'
March 28:
March 31: Newman's
Jewish Ethics,
chapter 4 (pp. 84-108)
Second
Paper Assigned
April 2: Newman's
Jewish Ethics,
chapter 4, continued
April 4: Newman's
Jewish Ethics,
chapter 5 (pp. 110-127)
April 7: Newman's
Jewish Ethics,
chapter 5, continued
April 9: To
be announced
April 11: Discussion
April 14: Exodus 9, 10, 14 (46-48 of JPR)
Second
Paper Due
April 16: Shatz,
'Freedom, Repentance, and Hardening of the Hearts' (51-57 of JPR)
April 18: Shatz,
continued
April 21:
April 23:
April 25:
April 28:
April 30:
May 2:
May 5:
May 7: Discussion
and review
Final
Exam: Friday, May 16, 11:00am to 1:00pm