COURSE SCHEDULE AND LINKS TO READINGS

Assigned readings are either from one of the two assigned texts (Toleration and Its Limits or Religion in the Public Square), available online from electronic journals (follow links below - a Queen's NetID is required), or available on Print Reserve at Stauffer library.

PART I: RESPECT

WEEK # 1: Introduction; The Nature of Respect

Wed. 1/12 – Course Overview
Fri. 1/14 – Stephen Darwall, “Two Kinds of Respect"

WEEK # 2: Respect for Persons: Conceptual Issues

Wed. 1/19 – Thomas E. Hill, Jr., “Respect for Humanity” Lecture 1, pp. 3-37
Fri. 1/21 – Hill, “Respect for Humanity,” (continued) Lecture 2, pp. 37-76

WEEK # 3: Respect for Persons: Practical Issues

Wed. 1/26 – Onora O’Neill, “Between Consenting Adults”
Fri. 1/28 – Herbert Morris, “Persons and Punishment”

PART II: TOLERATION

WEEK # 4: Introduction to Toleration; Toleration as an Attitude

Wed. 2/2 – Jeremy Waldron and Melissa Williams, Toleration and Its Limits, Introduction
Fri. 2/4 – T.M. Scanlon, “The Difficulty of Tolerance” in The Difficulty of Tolerance, chp. 10, pp. 187-201 [QCAT link]

WEEK # 5: Toleration and Virtue

Wed. 2/9 – David Heyd, “Is Toleration a Political Virtue?” [in Toleration and Its Limits]
Fri. 2/11 – Kathryn Abrams, “Forbearant and Engaged Toleration: A Comment on David Heyd” [in Toleration and Its Limits]

WEEK # 6: Toleration and Virtue, continued

Wed. 2/16 – Andrew Sabl, “’Virtuous to Himself’: Pluralistic Democracy and the Toleration of Tolerations” [in Toleration and Its Limits]
Fri. 2/18 – Melissa Williams, “Toleration, Canadian-style: Reflections of a Yankee-Canadian” in Canadian Political Philosophy, Contemporary Reflections, pp. 216-231. [QCAT link]

(READING WEEK 2/21-2/25)

WEEK # 7: Cultural Toleration

Wed. 3/2 – Chandran Kukathas “Cultural Toleration” in Ethnicity and Group Rights [QCAT link]
Fri. 3/4 – Michael Walzer, “Response to Kukathas” in Ethnicity and Group Rights [QCAT link]

WEEK # 8: Toleration and Identity

Wed. 3/9 – Ingrid Creppell, “Toleration, Politics, and the Role of Mutuality” [in Toleration and Its Limits]
Fri. 3/11 –Feldman, “Morality, Self-Interest, and the Politics of Toleration” [in Toleration and Its Limits]

PART III: CIVILITY

WEEK # 9: Civility and its Role in Public Life

Wed. 3/16 – Cheshire Calhoun, “The Virtue of Civility”
Fri.  3/18 – Thomas Nagel, “Concealment and Exposure”

WEEK # 10: Religion in the Public Square

Wed. 3/23 – Robert Audi, “Liberal Democracy and the Place of Religion in Politics,” pp. 1-37 [in Religion in the Public Square]
Fri.  3/25 – Robert Audi, “Liberal Democracy and the Place of Religion in Politics” (continued), pp. 38-55 [in Religion in the Public Square]

WEEK # 11: Religion in the Public Square, continued

Wed. 3/30 – Nicholas Wolterstorff, “The Role of Religion in Decision and Discussion of Political Issues,” pp. 67-90 [in Religion in the Public Square]
Fri.  4/1 – Nicholas Wolterstorff, “The Role of Religion in Decision and Discussion of Political Issues” (continued), pp. 90-119 [in Religion in the Public Square]

WEEK # 12: Religion in the Public Square, continued

Wed. 4/6 – Robert Audi, “Wolterstorff on Religion, Politics, and the Liberal State,” pp. 121-144 [in Religion in the Public Square]
Fri.  4/8 – Nicholas Wolterstorfff, “Audi on Religion, Politics, and Liberal Democracy,” pp. 145-165 [in Religion in the Public Square]