Category Archive
The following is a list of all entries from the Nuts & bolts category.
Instructor Feedback
It’s the time of the quarter when I’m ordering books and starting my plans for next quarter. I’ll be teaching this course again, and I’d love to get some feedback from you. What is working? What is not?
Specifically, what do you think of the Being Good textbook? I required it this quarter. Should I require it again? Make it optional?
The central part of any ethics class is ethical frameworks. Some other sections of this course, in fact, read only ethical theory and only in the original (Aristotle, Hobbes, Mill, Kant). In contrast, we do a broad survey, including contemporary theorists like Rawls, and we spend a lot of time on application. I could increase the amount of traditional philosophy we do, or I could shift the emphasis if you have ideas about that.
What about methods? I’ve used a lot of lecture recently. And on days when the reading is from Deep Economy, we use mostly discussion. Are you reading Deep Economy? Do you have ideas about how participation could be raised? Would you suggest I use quizzes next quarter? And how do you like the blog supplement (when the platform is not down)?
I appreciate any feedback you give, so long as it is respectful. The more specific you can be, and the more you can suggest alternatives rather than just give criticism, the better I can put your ideas into practice. You can leave feedback anonymously if you wish. We will do official RIT evaluations in the 10th week.
Welcome to Philosophy 211-04
Introducing a blog to support the course “Introduction to Ethics” at RIT, taught by Evelyn Brister.
The blog will contain course information, assignments, interesting things to read, extensions of class discussions, and announcements. Check the links to the side for more information.
