TEXTS: 
The Last Days of Socrates, Plato 
The Symposium, Plato 
The Portable Nietzsche, Nietzsche 
Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego, Freud 
  

RESPONSIBILITY AND EVALUATION: 

In accord with the belief that the best way to learn to write is by writing, students will be required to keep a philosophical journal.  On most days that class meets, you will be given a writing assignment, which is to be recorded in the journal.  There will be various types of assignments: some will concern the readings; others will help prepare for tests; and others will help you develop your own arguments and thoughts.  All assignments are to be taken seriously.  Occasionally, an assignment will count as a quiz. 

Journals may be examined by the teacher at any time.  If you get behind once, you will be given a warning.  If you persist in being behind you will be given a failing grade for the course.  A failure to have the expected assignments by the end of the semester will also result in a failing grade. 

There will be at least four quizzes and no more than six.  Most quizzes will concern reading assignments and\or the material discussed in the previous class.   Most quizzes will be unannounced.  The last quiz will be cumulative and will be given during the period scheduled for a final exam. 

If  you have fulfilled all the requirements for the journal, your grade will be determined by your average quiz grade. 

ATTENDANCE POLICY: 

 In a word, none.  However you are responsible for all information presented in class, a good deal of which will not be a mere duplication of the readings. 

PHILOSOPHICAL ISSUES: 

What is involved in calling things good or evil, right or wrong?   What are the origin and nature of values?  Are values universal?