Course Information
Course title
 Independent Study: Korsgaard's Moral Philosophy 
Semester
 109-1 
Designated for
 COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS  GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF PHILOSOPHY  
Instructor
 WANG RONG-LIN 
Curriculum Number
 Phl7879 
Curriculum Identity Number
 124 M6080 
Class
  
Credits
 1.0 
Full/Half
Yr.
 Half 
Required/
Elective
 Elective 
Time
 Monday B(19:20~20:10) 
Remarks
 Restriction: MA students and beyond AND Restriction: within this department (including students taking minor and dual degree program)
The upper limit of the number of students: 3. 
Ceiba Web Server
 http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/1091Phl7879_Korsgaar 
Course introduction video
 
Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning
 Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning
Course Syllabus
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Course Description

In order to fully comprehend Korsgaard’s moral philosophy, students in this course will read her four published books carefully, and analyze as well as evaluate the arguments she makes in these books. 

Course Objective
 Comprehend Korsgaard’s moral philosophy, and analyze as well as evaluate it. 
Course Requirement
 課堂參與討論、書面期末報告 
Student Workload (expected study time outside of class per week)
  
Office Hours
 Appointment required. 
Designated reading
 1. Korsgaard, C. M. The Sources of Normativity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996.
2. Korsgaard, C. M. Creating the Kingdom of Ends. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996.
3. Korsgaard, C. M. The Constitution of Agency. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.
4. Korsgaard, C. M. Self-Constitution: Agency, Identity, and Integrity. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009.
 
References
 1. Korsgaard, C. M. The Sources of Normativity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996.
2. Korsgaard, C. M. Creating the Kingdom of Ends. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996.
3. Korsgaard, C. M. The Constitution of Agency. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.
4. Korsgaard, C. M. Self-Constitution: Agency, Identity, and Integrity. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009.
5. Korsgaard, C. M. “Autonomy and the Second Person Within: A Commentary on Stephen Darwall's The Second-Person Standpoint.” Ethics, vol. 118, no. 1 (2007): 8-23.
6. Darwall, Steve. The Second-Person Standpoint: Morality, Respect, and Accountability. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2009. 
Grading
  
No.
Item
%
Explanations for the conditions
1. 
 Participation 
40% 
  
2. 
 Final presentation  
60% 
  
 
Progress
Week
Date
Topic
Week 1
 9/14  Korsgaard’s Replies to Her Commentators (The Sources of Normativity: 219-258) 
Week 2
 9/21  The Reasons We Can Share (Creating the Kingdom of Ends: 275-310) 
Week 3
 9/28  The Myth of Egoism (The Constitution of Agency: 69-99) 
Week 4
 10/05  Self-Constitution in the Ethics of Plato and Kant (The Constitution of Agency: 100-128) 
Week 5
 10/12  Aristotle on Function and Virtue (The Constitution of Agency: 151-173) 
Week 6
 10/19  From Duty and for the Sake of the Noble: Kant and Aristotle on Morally Good Action (The Constitution of Agency: 174-206) 
Week 7
 10/26  Acting for a Reason (The Constitution of Agency: 207-231) 
Week 8
 11/02  Agency and Identity (Self-Constitution: 1-26) 
Week 9
 11/09  The Metaethics of Normativity (Self-Constitution: 27-44) 
Week 10
 11/16  Formal and Substantive Principles of Reason (Self-Constitution: 45-58) 
Week 11
 11/23  Practical Reason and the Unity of the Will (Self-Constitution: 59-80) 
Week 12
 11/30  Autonomy and Efficacy (Self-Constitution: 81-108) 
Week 13
 12/07  Expulsion from the Garden: The Transition to Humanity (Self-Constitution: 109-132) 
Week 14
 12/14  The Constitutional Model (Self-Constitution: 133-158) 
Week 15
 12/21  Defective Action (Self-Constitution: 159-176) 
Week 16
 12/28  Integrity and Interaction (Self-Constitution: 177-206) 
Week 17
 1/04  How to Be a Person (Self-Constitution: 207-214) + 綜合討論 
Week 18
 1/11  期末報告大綱討論