| Week | Day | Topic | Reading | Due |
| Sep 3-7 | Tu | Introduction/Orientation | . | . |
| Th | Jean Jacques Rousseau | The Social Contract, Book 1 | . | |
| Sep 10-14 | Tu | Book 2 to ch. 8 | . | |
| Th | Book 2, ch.8 to Book 3 to ch. 7 | . | ||
| Sep 17-21 | Tu | finish Book 3 | . | |
| Th | Immanuel Kant | Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics, "Introduction" and "Preamble" | . | |
| Sep 24-28 | Tu | Prolegomena, "First Part" to [309] in "Second Part" | . | |
| Th | Prolegomena, [310] in "Second Part" to [338] in "Third Part" | P1 | ||
| Oct 1-5 | Tu | Prolegomena, [339] in "Third Part" to end. "Appendix" is optional | . | |
| Th | Grounding for . . Morals, "Preface" to [424] in "Second Section" | . | ||
| Oct 8-12 | Tu | Grounding, [425] in "Second Section" to end | . | |
| Th | John Stuart Mill | Utilitarianism, Chs. 1-3 | . | |
| Oct 15-19 | Tu | Utilitarianism, Chs. 4 & 5 | . | |
| Th | On Liberty, Chs. 1 & 2 | . | ||
| Oct 22-26 | Tu | Fall Break | ||
| Th | On Liberty, Chs 3, 4, & 5 | P2 | ||
| Oct 29 - Nov 2 | Tu | Hegel | Introduction to Philosophy of History, Chs. 1 & 2 |
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| Th | Introduction, Ch. 3, secs. 1 & 2 | . | ||
| Nov 5-9 | Tu | Introduction, Ch. 3, sec. 3, and Ch. 4 | . | |
| Th | Karl Marx | The German Ideology, I.A. | . | |
| Nov 12-16 | Tu | Ideology, I.B. & I.C. | . | |
| Th | Ideology, I.D. | . | ||
| Nov 19-23 | Tu | The Communist Manifesto | P3 | |
| Th | Thanksgiving Vacation | |||
| Nov 26-30 | Tu | Friedrich Nietzsche | Beyond Good and Evil, pp. 7-42 | . |
| Th | [hss advising period] BGE, pp. 42-76 | . | ||
| Dec 3-7 | Tu | BGE, pp. 95-118, 143-170 | . | |
| Th | BGE, pp. 199-237 | . | ||
| Dec 10-14 | Tu | William James | "Moral Philosopher and Moral Life" & "What Pragmatism Means" | . |
| Th | "Pragmatism's Conception of Truth" | . | ||
| May 8-12 | Final Exam Week -- P4 due at 5:00 PM on Friday, December 21st | |||
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