DOUGLAS W. PORTMORE
|
Associate Professor |
Faculty Fellow (2008-09) Center for Ethics and Public
Affairs |
· Blog: PEA Soup
· Recent and
Upcoming Conferences
o Bellingham Summer
Philosophy Conference – August 3-7, 2008
o Rocky Mountain
Ethics (RoME) Congress – August 8-10, 2008
o International
Society for Utilitarian Studies Conference – September 11-14, 2008
· Instructional
Resources
o Tips
on Writing a Philosophy Paper
o Interactive
Quiz on Hedonistic Act-Utilitarianism
o Grading
Rubric for Philosophy Papers
· Syllabi and
Some Sample Lecture Notes
o PHI 420/591:
Seminar on Consequentialism – Spring 2008
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Utilitarianism
and Consequentialism: The Basics
§
Act
Consequentialism’s Compelling Idea and Deontology’s Paradoxical
Idea
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Traditional
Act Consequentialism and the Too Demanding Objection
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Consequentializing
Moral Theories
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Consequentialism
and the Self-Other Asymmetry
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Satisficing
and Scalar Consequentialism
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World
Utilitarianism and Actualism vs. Possibilism
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Objective
vs. Subjective Consequentialism and Actual vs. Expected Utility
§
Utilitarianism
and Population Ethics
o PHI 101:
Introduction to Philosophy – Spring 2008
o PHI 305:
Ethical Theory – Fall 2007
o PHI 420F/591H:
Seminar on Reasons and Value – Spring 2007
o PHI
420E/591E: Seminar on the Limits of Morality – Spring 2006
· Recipes
o Fettuccine in
Chipotle Cream Sauce
· Favorite
Links
o abebooks.com – a network of
used and out-of-print booksellers
o AddALL – book search and price comparison
o Analysis
– a philosophy journal
with online preprints
o apaONLINE
– American Philosophical Association
o ASU
o ASU ISP only
§
Blackboard at myASUcourses.edu
§
JSTOR: Journal Storage
Project
§
MyASU
§
Routledge
Encyclopedia of Philosophy
§
ILLiad –
Interlibrary Loan
o ASU’s Policies on Academic Integrity and Student
Conduct
§
Procedures
for Pursuing Charges of Academic Dishonesty
§
Procedures
for Withdrawing Students for Disruptive Behavior
§
Student
Academic Integrity Policy
§
What
will my teacher think is plagiarism?
o Center for
Ethics and Public Affairs, The Murphy Institute, Tulane University
o Ethics
o Google – an excellent search engine
o Guidelines on
Writing a Philosophy Paper – by
Jim Pryor
o Grading
Rubric for Philosophy Papers
o How to Read a
Philosophy Paper – by Jim Pryor
o The Internet
Encyclopedia of Philosophy
o Journal of Ethics & Social Philosophy
o NPR
o The New York Times on the web
o Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
o Online
Papers in Philosophy – Reports
on changes to web pages hosting philosophical papers.
o PEA Soup
– A blog dedicated to philosophy, ethics, and academia
o People
with online papers in philosophy
o The
Philosophical Gourmet Report – a
ranking of graduate programs
o Philosophy
Journal Information – a wiki for
sharing information about philosophy journals
o Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
o Subscribe
to Garner’s Usage Tip of the Day
o Tips
on Writing a Philosophy Paper – by
Doug Portmore
o Utilitas
Last Updated: September 10, 2008