Requirements for Letters of Recommendation
You Are Not My Customer
Joel Feinberg Award
W. T. Stace, The Snobbishness of the Learned (1936)
Brand Blanshard, On Philosophical Style (1954)
Elizabeth Garrett, The Socratic Method (1998)
Which College Majors Pay Best?
Full Disclosure for Student Borrowers
How to Make Law School Affordable
The Lawyer Glut
UTA Pre-Law Center
Studies Find More Students Cheating, with High Achievers No Exception
Apostrophes
Joel Feinberg, Doing Philosophy: A Guide to the Writing of Philosophy Papers, 3d ed. (2005)
William J. Bennett and David Wilezol, "Is College Worth It?" (2013)
KBJ Course Blog
16 November 2011
23 June 2005
Logic (PHIL 2311)
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Syllabus
Validity and Truth
Truth, Validity, and Soundness
Truth, Validity, and Soundness (Solutions)
Validity, Truth, Knowledge, and the Good Life
Exercises, Part I
Exercises, Part II
Refutation by Logical Analogy
Sample Examination Exercises 1
A Typology of Statements
Comparing Statement Forms
Truth Tables
Brainteasers
The Reductio ad Absurdum
Basic Argument Forms
Sample Examination Exercises 2
A Proof That Keith (Your Humble Professor) Is God
Logical Systems
Symbolization and Translation Exercises (Solutions)
Rules for Removing and Introducing Quantifiers
Sample Examination Exercises 3
Conditional Statements
A Typology of Arguments
A Dialogue with Beau
Elegant and Inelegant Proofs
Two Interesting Proofs
Inconsistency, Validity, and Unsoundness
More on Consistency and Validity
Symbolization and Translation Exercises

Required Book:
Stan Baronett, Logic: An Emphasis on Formal Logic, 2d ed. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2013), ISBN 978-0-19-994126-1
Miscellanea:
Forthcoming
Ethics (PHIL 2312)
Handouts:
Required Book:
Encyclopedia Entries:
Miscellanea:
Syllabus
Act-Utilitarianism
Formulations of Utilitarianism
Basic Argument Forms
Validity and Truth
How to Criticize (and Defend) a Normative Ethical Theory
Sample Examination Exercises
Normative Ethical Theories 1
Normative Ethical Theories 2
Retributivism
Primitive Rule Utilitarianism (PRU)
Keith Burgess-Jackson, "Taking Egoism Seriously"
Sacrificial Dilemmas
Ryan Wagoner, "Know Your Alcohol Limit," The Shorthorn, 6 March 2013
Baier's Argument Against Ethical Egoism
Kant Flowchart
Kant Flowchart (Simplified Version)
Kant's Four Examples
Normative Ethical Theories (Moral Code)
Ross's Prima Facie Duties
Rules
Ross's Theory
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Required Book:
Fred Feldman, Introductory Ethics (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1978), ISBN 0-13-501783-1
Encyclopedia Entries:
Roger Crisp, "Ethics," Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Miscellanea:
Fred Feldman
Heroism
Philosophy of Religion (PHIL 3316)
Handouts:
Readings:
Encyclopedia Entry:
Miscellanea:
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Syllabus
Reading List
A Taxonomy of Religions
Anselm's Ontological Argument
Anselm's Ontological Argument (Diagram)
The Reductio ad Absurdum
Gaunilo's Criticism of Anselm's Ontological Argument
Refutation by Logical Analogy
Arguments A Priori and A Posteriori
Aquinas's Third Way
Lecture Notes on Clarke
Rowe's Argument from Evil
Study Questions, Midterm Examination
Daniel C. Dennett, "The Bright Stuff" (2003)
Pascal's Wager
Study Questions, Final Examination
Readings:
Saint Anselm, Proslogion, Preface and Chapters 1-4 (ca. 1078)
Gaunilo, In Behalf of the Fool, Chapters 5-6 (ca. 1078)
Saint Anselm, Anselm's Apologetic, Preface and Chapters 1-3 (ca. 1078)
Keith Burgess-Jackson, "Anselm, Gaunilo, and Lost Island," Philosophy & Theology 8 (spring 1994): 243-9
Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica (ca. 1274)
Samuel Clark[e], A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God (1705)
William L. Rowe, "The Cosmological Argument," Noûs 5 (February 1971): 49-61 (available through JSTOR)
William Paley, Natural Theology, 2d ed. (1802)
David Hume, Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, 2d ed. (1779)
R. G. Swinburne, "The Argument from Design," Philosophy 43 (July 1968): 199-212 (available through JSTOR)
Carl R. Kordig, "A Deontic Argument for God's Existence," Noûs 15 (May 1981): 207-8 (available through JSTOR)
Christopher New, "Antitheism: A Reflection," Ratio, n.s., 6 (June 1993): 36-43
David M. Holley, "Should Believers Be Interested in Arguments for God's Existence?" American Philosophical Quarterly 20 (October 1983): 383-9 (available through JSTOR)
David Hume, Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, 2d ed. (1779)
William L. Rowe, "The Problem of Evil and Some Varieties of Atheism," American Philosophical Quarterly 16 (October 1979): 335-41 (available through JSTOR)
Richard Swinburne, "Natural Evil," American Philosophical Quarterly 15 (October 1978): 295-301 (available through JSTOR)
William L. Rowe, "Friendly Atheism Revisited," International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 68 (December 2010): 7-13 (available through UTA Library, Springer Standard Collection)
Antony Flew and Gary Habermas, "My Pilgrimage from Atheism to Theism: A Discussion Between Antony Flew and Gary Habermas," Philosophia Christi 6 (winter 2004): 197-211
Mark Oppenheimer, "The Turning of an Atheist," The New York Times (4 November 2007)
Blaise Pascal, Pensées (ca. 1660)
Ian Hacking, "The Logic of Pascal's Wager," American Philosophical Quarterly 9 (April 1972): 186-92 (available through JSTOR)
W. K. Clifford, "The Ethics of Belief," Contemporary Review 29 (January 1877): 289-309
William James, "The Will to Believe," The New World 5 (June 1896): 327-47
H. H. Price, "The Problem of Life After Death," Religious Studies 3 (April 1968): 447-59 (available through JSTOR)
Richard Robinson, "Religion," sec. 2.8 in An Atheist's Values (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1964), 113-57
William Lane Craig, "The Indispensability of Theological Meta-ethical Foundations for Morality," Afterall.net (November 1996)
Lynch v. Donnelly, 465 U.S. 668 (1984)
Anthony O'Hear, "Science and Religion," The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 44 (September 1993): 505-16 (available through JSTOR)
Encyclopedia Entry:
Eleonore Stump, "Philosophy of Religion," Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Miscellanea:
Adherents.com
Thomas Nagel, "The Fear of Religion," review of The God Delusion, by Richard Dawkins, The New Republic 235 (23 October 2006): 25-9
Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)
Pascal's Wager
Antony Duff, "Pascal's Wager and Infinite Utilities," Analysis 46 (March 1986): 107-9 (available through JSTOR)
Jeff Jordan, "Duff and the Wager," Analysis 51 (June 1991): 174-6 (available through JSTOR)
James Franklin, "Two Caricatures, I: Pascal's Wager," International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 44 (October 1998): 109-14 (available through JSTOR)
Philip L. Quinn, "The Recent Revival of Divine Command Ethics," Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 50 (autumn 1990): 345-65 (available through JSTOR)
Zoroastrianism in the News
William Kingdon Clifford (1845-1879)
William James (1842-1910)
Saint Anselm (1033-1109)
Ontological Arguments
Gaunilo
Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)
Cosmological Argument
J. L. Mackie (1917-1981)
William Paley (1743-1805)
Teleological Arguments for God's Existence
Knowing the Universe in Detail
Moral Arguments for the Existence of God
Alvin Plantinga
The Epistemology of Religion
The Problem of Evil
John Hick
Theodicy
William L. Rowe
Antony Flew
Basil George Mitchell
Theology & Falsification: A Golden Jubilee Celebration
David Hume (1711-1776)
Miracles
A Free-for-All on Science and Religion
Richard Swinburne
Immortality
Religious Diversity (Pluralism)
Biomedical Ethics (PHIL 3319)
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Syllabus
Reading List
Locating Philosophical Essays Online Via the UTA Library
Hippocrates, "Oath"
James Rachels, "Active and Passive Euthanasia" (1975, 1997)
Questions About Active Voluntary Euthanasia (AVE)
Lecture Notes on James Rachels, "Active and Passive Euthanasia" (1975, 1997)
Study Questions, First Examination
Anti-Abortion and Pro-Choice Arguments
Model Essay
Grading
The Duty to Die
Study Questions, Second Examination
Study Questions, Third Examination
Abortion and Infanticide
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Miscellanea:
Hippocrates
Nathan I. Klinge, "The Rod of Asclepius" (2008)
In re Quinlan, 70 N.J. 10, 355 A.2d 647 (1976)
Roger Collier, "American Medical Association Membership Woes Continue" (2011)
William Neuman, "Citing Hazard, New York Says Hold the Salt" (2010)
Grammar
Group Appointments with Doctors
John Hardwig, "Going to Meet Death: The Art of Dying in the Early Part of the Twenty-First Century," The Hastings Center Report 39 (July-August 2009): 37-45
David A. Asch, Ralph W. Muller, and Kevin G. Volpp, "Conflicts and Compromises in Not Hiring Smokers," The New England Journal of Medicine 368 (11 April 2013): 1371-3
Jonathan V. Last, "America's Baby Bust," The Wall Street Journal (12 February 2013)
Philosophy of Law (PHIL 3320)
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Syllabus
Reading List
Lecture Notes on Kerr, "How to Read a Legal Opinion"
Study Questions, First Examination
Levinson et al. on Torture
Lecture Notes, Katko v. Briney (Iowa 1971)
Study Questions, Second Examination
Hernandez v. Robles (2006) (Flowchart)
Husak et al. on Drug Legalization
Texas Penal Code
Study Questions, Third Examination
George Sher's Argument Against the Decriminalization of Narcotics
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Encyclopedia Entries:
Beverley Brown and Neil MacCormick, "Philosophy of Law," Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Kenneth Einar Himma, "Philosophy of Law," The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Miscellanea:
Orin S. Kerr
Lon L. Fuller (1902-1978)
Steven M. Wise
Bonnie Steinbock
Antonin Scalia, John Paul Stevens, Stephen Breyer
Michael Bayles
Sanford Levinson
Henry Shue
Richard H. Weisberg
Eric Posner
Adrian Vermeule
Robert E. Goodin
Martha Nussbaum
Joel Feinberg (Obituary)
Joel Feinberg (Encyclopedia Entry by Keith Burgess-Jackson)
Douglas Husak
George Sher
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Sue Russell, "Animal Research's Changing Equation" (19 December 2011)
Sue Russell, "Should Animals Be Considered People?" (20 December 2011)
Sue Russell, "Five Orcas, Five Slaves or Five Persons?" (2 February 2012)
Michael Todd, "'Orcas as Slaves' Argument Sinks" (9 February 2012)
Melody McDonald, "Chronic Drunken Drivers Leave a Trail of Tragedy on Texas Roads" (12 April 2010)
Cigarette Health Warnings, United States Food and Drug Administration
UTA, Clearing the Air on Campus
H. L. A. Hart (1907-1992)
Ronald Dworkin (b. 1931)
Antonin Scalia (b. 1936)
Martin Luther King Jr (1929-1968)
John Stuart Mill (1806-1873)
Arthur Ripstein
Gerald Dworkin
Timeline of the War on Terror
Torture Memo
Waldron v. Yoo
Richard A. Posner, "The Supreme Court, 2004 Term—Foreword: A Political Court," Harvard Law Review 119 (November 2005): 31-102
Legal Information Institute (to have Supreme Court syllabi e-mailed to you as they are released, click on "liibulletin" on the left of the site and subscribe to the service)
Robert P. George, "What Is Law? A Century of Arguments," First Things 112 (April 2001): 23-9
Keith Burgess-Jackson, "Teaching Legal Theory with Venn Diagrams," Metaphilosophy 29 (July 1998): 159-77
Frederick Schauer, "(Re)taking Hart," review of A Life of H. L. A. Hart: The Nightmare and the Noble Dream, by Nicola Lacey, Harvard Law Review 119 (January 2006): 852-83
John Rawls et al., "Assisted Suicide: The Philosophers' Brief," The New York Review of Books 44 (27 March 1997)
Washington v. Glucksberg, 117 S.Ct. 2258 (1997)
Rumsfeld v. FAIR, 547 U.S. ___ (2006)
Keith Burgess-Jackson, "Our Millian Constitution: The Supreme Court's Repudiation of Immorality as a Ground of Criminal Punishment," Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy 18 (2004): 407-17
Grutter v. Bollinger, 539 U.S. 306 (2003)
Gratz v. Bollinger, 539 U.S. 244 (2003)
Mark Tushnet, "Survey Article: Critical Legal Theory (Without Modifiers) in the United States," The Journal of Political Philosophy 13 (March 2005): 99-112
Social and Political Philosophy (PHIL 3330)
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Syllabus
Reading List
Economic Justice
Rawls on Procedural Justice: A Flowchart
Rawls's Two Principles of Justice
Chandran Kukathas and Philip Pettit, "John Rawls: A Theory of Justice"
William Voegeli, "Not Leveling with Us," Claremont Review of Books 12 (summer 2012): 23-30
Normative Ethical Theories 1
Normative Ethical Theories 2
Study Questions, Midterm Examination
Model Essays
Heaven on Earth: The Rise and Fall of Socialism (2005)
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Jason Jung, "Peter Singer Reflects on a Decade at Princeton," The Daily Princetonian (26 October 2009)
Study Questions, Final Examination
Required Book:
John Arthur and William H. Shaw, Justice and Economic Distribution, 2d ed. (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1991), ISBN 0-13-514241-5
Encyclopedia Entries:
David Miller, "Political Philosophy," Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Alex Moseley, "Political Philosophy," The Internet Enyclopedia of Philosophy
Julian Lamont, "Distributive Justice," Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Owen McLeod, "Desert," Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
The Moral and Political Philosophy of Thomas Hobbes (PHIL 6389)
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Required Books:
Miscellanea:
Popular References to Hobbes:
Syllabus
Required Books:
A. P. Martinich, Hobbes: A Biography (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999)
Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan, rev. student ed., ed. Richard Tuck, Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought, ed. Raymond Geuss and Quentin Skinner (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996) (Note: There are many editions of Leviathan, which was first published in 1651. You must purchase this edition, because I will be referring to it by page throughout the semester. If you have a different edition, you will not be able to follow the discussion.)
Gregory S. Kavka, Hobbesian Moral and Political Theory, Studies in Moral, Political, and Legal Philosophy, ed. Marshall Cohen (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1986)
Miscellanea:
A. P. Martinich
Richard Tuck
Gregory S. Kavka
Popular References to Hobbes:
A. O. Scott
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