2014 Iowa Lyceum
June 10th - June 14th
This year's Lyceum focused on ethics and morality!
Each participant received a copy of Professor Russ Shafer-Landau's The Fundamentals of Ethics and a custom design, camp t-shirt!
Day 1
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9:30am (1 hour) |
Registration and Introductions* |
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10:30am (45 min.) |
Session One* – Thinking Critically about Critical Thinking: What philosophy is and how to reason with Kristopher Phillips |
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11:15am (30 min.) |
Lunch |
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11:45am (45 min.) |
Session Two* - Intrinsic and Instrumental Value: Is pleasure really the only thing that's good? with Gregory Stoutenburg |
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12:30pm (45 min.) |
Session Three* - What is a mind, and why does it matter? with Jessica Engelking |
Day 2
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9:30am (45 min.) |
Session Four – Thinking Critically about Critical Thinking: Sharpening your 'ninja tools' so you can fight poor reasoning effectively with Professor Peter LeGrant |
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10:15am (45 min.) |
Session Five – Understanding what a person is, and what makes them persist! with Professor Diane Jeske |
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11:00am (30 min.) |
Lunch |
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11:30am (45 min.) |
Session Six – Moral Motivation: Why should we be good? with Professor Richard Fumerton |
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12:15pm (45 min.) |
Session Seven – Intro to Metaethics: Does right and wrong depend on particular persons? with Brian Collins |
Day 3
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9:30am (45 min.) |
Session Eight – Thinking Critically about Critical Thinking: Probability and non-deductive reasoning with Professor Peter LeGrant |
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10:15am (45 min.) |
Session Nine – Consequentialism: Do the Consequences of your actions make the action right? with Professors Diane Jeske and Richard Fumerton |
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11:00am (30 min.) |
Lunch |
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11:30am (45 min.) |
Session Ten – Ethics of Belief: Should You Believe Certain Things? with Kristopher Phillips |
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12: 15pm (45 min.) |
Session Eleven – Personal Identity and Punishment with Jessica Engelking |
Day 4
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9:30am (45 min.) |
Session Twelve – Applying critical reasoning to the sciences and superstition with Professor Peter LeGrant |
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10:15am (45 min.) |
Session Thirteen - Deontological Ethics: Kant and Ross with Brian Collins |
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11:00am (30 min.) |
Lunch |
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11:30am (45 min.) |
Session Fourteen – Moral Disagreement and Rational Belief with Gregory Stoutenburg |
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12:15pm (45 min.) |
Session Fifteen – Tying it all together: epistemology, mind identity and ethics. How to make sense of it all. with Gregory Stoutenburg and Kristopher Phillips |
Day 5
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9:30am (1 hour, 45 minutes) |
Time to Work on Group Project |
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11:15am (30 minutes) |
Lunch |
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11:45am (~15 minutes) |
Group 1 Presentation* |
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12:00pm (~15 minutes) |
Group 2 Presentation* |
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12:15pm (~15 minutes) |
Group 3 Presentation* |
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12: 30pm (~15 minutes) |
Group 4 Presentation* |
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12:45pm (~20 minutes) |
Panel Discussion—Wrap-up |