Week 1
ITA 102:
1/30: Ripasso Cap 1-5
2/1: Capitolo 6
Study for quiz
Ethics:
1/30: A Self Reflection on Values: The Last Lecture
2/1: The Self and Knowledge: Stages of Intellectual Development
Exploring Disruptions that are Aspects of Growth
Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave”
HON 314:
1/31: ATD How Did we get here?
Ishmael
EDA 103:
1/30: Friend, chapter 1
COM/CHANGE:
1/31: Definitions of Community

ITA 102:
Capitolo 6
Ethics:
1/4: Mental Complexity
Krishnamurti, “The Function of Education”
On Ambition
Pratt, “Learning as Discovery
1/6: Sissela Bok, “Lying…”
1/8: Rationalization and Self-Deception
Rationalization Immoral Behavior
Prospering from Bondage
HON 314:
2/5: ATD: Possible for future? + Eco Footprint Calendar. Ishamael
Editorial #1 Due
2/7: Ishmael
EDA 103:
2/6: Friend, Chapter 2
COM/CHANGE:
2/7: Case Study: Pleasantville
Week 2

Week 3
ITA 102:
Capitolo 6. Test 2/15
Ethics:
11 Sandra Bloom, "Characteristics of a Dysfunctional System"
The New Slavery
Jean Baker Miller, "Domination and Subordination"
Lugones, “Playfulness, World-Traveling and Loving Perception”
[Start reading The Blessing, Part I and II]
13
Kramer, “Rethinking Trust”
“Commitment, Pro-Relationship Behavior and Trust in Close Relationships”
Govier, “Self-Trust, Autonomy and Self Esteem”
15 Test #1
HON 314:
T 2/12 Ishmael
Reading: Ishmael & Daniel Quinn, “The New Renaissance” http://www.ishmael.org/Education/Writings/The_New_Renaissance.cfm
TH 2/14 Ishmael
Reading: Ishmael
Editorial and Question(s) #2 Due:
Quinn/Ishmael does not advocate “going back” to hunter- gathering. What does he think we should do? Why does Quinn/Ishmael not focus on legislated solutions (i.e. laws and regulations) to our environmental predicament?
EDA 103:
2/13: Friend, chapter 4
COM/CHANGE:
2/14: Consultations about HCCG PROJECT

Week 4
ITA 102:
Capitolo 7
2/22: Composizione
Ethics:
18 Philosophy and the Long Thought
The Value of Reconsideration and Self-Reflection: Robert Jensen
Resilient Leadership for Turbulent Times
Portrait of a Leader: Ruth Simmons
20 The Ethical Emotions and Deliberations of the Karankawa
Cabeza de Vaca, The Account
Sadness and Grief: Mourning Loss
22
Jamison, “Distinguishing Grief from Depression”
The Failure to Respond Fully to an Aggrieved Person
Children Facing Death
Possible Relationships between Religion and Ethics
HON 314:
M 2/18 LAB Trash Audit http://www3.niu.edu/recycling/alum_facts/page16.html
T 2/19 Responding to Climate Change
Introduction to No Impact Man , the ACUPCC, and Climate Action
Planning
Reading: No Impact Man, Chapters 1 & 2
TH 2/21 No Impact Man: Plastic Bags, Waste, Disposables
Reading: No Impact Man, Chapters 3 & 4
EDA 103:
2/20: Friend, chapters 5-6
COM/CHANGE:
2/21: H.C.C.G. Proposed Plan on Action Report Presentations Due

Week 5
ITA 102:
Capitolo 7
Ethics:
25 Discussion: The Blessing, Part I and II
27 Virtue Ethics
Buddhist Ethics
Japanese Buddhist Ethics
1
Tibetan Buddhist Ethics
Vietnamese Buddhist Ethics
Hanh, “The Path of Emancipation”
Declaration of Interdependence
Is Buddhism Truly Pro-Detachment?
HON 314:
T 2/27 No Impact Man: Carbon Footprint Reduction
Reading: No Impact Man, Chapter 5
TH 2/28 No Impact Man: Eating Sustainably + No Impact Week preparations
Reading: No Impact Man, Chapter 6
Editorial #3 Due Reflections on and reactions to No Impact Man (so far)
EDA 103:
2/27: Friend, chapter 7
COM/CHANGE:
2/28: City Presentations

Week 6
ITA 102:
3/6: Capitolo 7 Test
Start Capitolo 8
Ethics:
4 Katy Payne, “Silent Thunder”
Natural Law Theory: Aristotle, Aquinas, Locke
The Slave Mum Bett Overhears Free Men Reading John Locke
The Abolition of Slavery & the Women’s Rights Movement
Grisez and Shaw, “Remaining Open …”
6 Ethical Reflections on Leadership: Keesho Scott
Portrait of a Leader: Alva Myrdal
Discussion of The Blessing, Part III and IV
8 Kantian Ethical Theory: Kant
O’Neill, “Treating Others as Persons”
Lingis, “Awareness of the Other as Different”
HON 314:
T 3/5 No Impact Man: Non-Consumption
Reading: No Impact Man, Chapter 7
TH 3/7 No Impact Man
Reading: No Impact Man, Chapter 8
EDA 103:
3/6: Quiz (1,2,3,4). Chapter 8
COM/CHANGE:
3/7: City Presentations

Week 7
ITA 102:
Capitolo 8
3/15: Quiz orale
Ethics:
11 Involuntary Sterilization
13 Bad Blood: The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment
The AIDS Uganda Study
Claudia Card, “The Question of Forgiveness”
15 Test #2
HON 314:
T 3/12 Water, Trash, and Citizen Action
Reading: Chapter 9 + Epilogue
TH 3/14 No Impact Man: The Relative Value of Individual vs. Collective Action
Readings: Derrick Jensen, “Forget Shorter Showers” http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/4801/
Derrick Jensen, “Sustainability” from What We Leave Behind http://zinelibrary.info/files/sustainabilityzinetotal.pdf
Due: No Impact Week Log and Reflections
EDA 103:
3/13: Chapter 9
COM/CHANGE:
3/14: Ideal Community paper due

ITA 102:
Spring Break
Ethics:
Spring Break
HON 314:
Spring Break
EDA 103:
Spring Break
COM/CHANGE:
Spring Break
Week 8

Week 9
ITA 102:
3/27: Capitolo 8
Start Capitolo 9
Ethics:
HON 314:
25 Utilitarian Ethical Theory: Mill
Attempts to Define Happiness: The Lack of Agreement
Attempts to Define Happiness: Optimal Experience
Kay, “The Principle of Obliquity”
A Comparison Between Western Ethical Systems and Buddhism
27 Theories of Moral Development: Kohlberg and Gilligan
Nel Noddings, "Caring"
29 Ethical Perspectives on Abortion, plus all theories, pgs. 209-218.
Innovative Leadership
15-16)
M 3/25 LAB Starting Seeds & Garden Work
Reading: “Gardening as Politics” by Andrea Wulf (Hungry for Change,
Putting Down Roots” by Scott Dodd (Hungry for Change, 29-30)
T 3/26 No Impact Wrap-Up and WCU’s Climate Action Plan
TH 3/28 DUE: Final Draft of the Climate Action Plan
EDA 103:
3/27: Group Presentations. Chapter 10
COM/CHANGE:
3/28: None

Week 10
ITA 102:
Capitolo 9
Ethics:
Group Project
HON 314:
T 4/2 Climate Change and Food
Reading: Michael Pollan, “Why Bother?” http://michaelpollan.com/articles-archive/why-bother/
“Is Your Cheese Killing the Planet?” by Lisa Hymas (Hungry
for Change, 90-91)
“Global Warming and Food Choices” by Reitman-White &
Mazze (Hungry for Change, 102-104)
“Three Pillars of a Food Revolution” by Anna Lappe (Hungry
for Change, 121-124)
TH 4/4 Hunger, Population, Waste, and Health
Reading: “The New Geopolitics of Food” by Lester Brown
(Hungry for Change, 34-37)
“Feeding the World: It’s Not about Quantity,
Stuffed and Starved, Raj Patel?
EDA 103:
4/3: Case Study Powerpoint (D2L). Chapter 11
COM/CHANGE:
4/4: None

Week 11
ITA 102:
4/10: Quiz orale
Ethics:
Work on paper
HON 314:
T 4/9 The Industrial Food System: Energy, Water, and Soil
Reading: “Environmental Impact of Overconsumption” by Mark
Bittman (HfC, 110-111)
“Water: Will There be Enough?” by Sandra Postel (Hungry for Change,
95-98)
“The Lowdown on Topsoil: It’s Disappearing” by Tom Paulson
(Hungry for Change, 98-99)
TH 4/11 Animals & Agriculture
Reading: “Most Good, Least Harm” by Zoe Weil (Hungry for Change,
26-28)
“Aquacalypse Now: The End of Fish” by Daniel Pauly (Hungry for
Change, 40-43)
Change, 75-78)
“Fear Factories” by Matthew Scully (Hungry for Change, 72-75)
“Joel Salatin: How to Eat Animals and Respect Them, Too” (Hungry for
Editorial #4 Due Reflections on and reactions to Hungry for Change articles
EDA 103:
4/10: Quiz 2 (5,6,7,8). Friend, Chapter 12.
COM/CHANGE:
4/11: None

Week 12
ITA 102:
4/17: Capitolo 9 Test
Start Capitolo 10
Ethics:
Work on Paper
HON 314:
T 4/16 Sustainability & the Professions Group Work
TH 4/18 Alternatives: Organic, Perennial, Urban, and Tasty
Reading: “Can Organic Farming Feed the World?” by Sandra
Steinbgraber (HfC, 43-45)
“Perennial Solution” by Robert Kunzig (Hungry for Change, 100)
“Growing Power in an Urban Food Desert” by Roger Bybee (Hungry
for Change, 113-115)
“Transforming Our Tastes” by Raj Patel (Hungry for Change, 119-120)
EDA 103:
4/17: Chapter 3
COM/CHANGE:
4/18 : Community Dynamics

Week 13
ITA 102:
Capitolo 10
4/24: Composizione
Ethics:
Work on Paper
HON 314:
T 4/23 The Great Bio-Tech Debate
Reading: “What We Know – and Don’t Know – about the
Safety of Eating GMOs” (HFC, 60-62)
TH 4/25 Fair Trade
Reading: “Fair Trade” by Peter Singer and Jim Mason (Hungry for
Change, 78-80)
“Child Slavery” by John Robbins (Hungry for Change, 81)
82-84)
“The Price of Tomatoes” by Barry Estabrook (Hungry for Change,
EDA 103:
4/25: Chapter 13
COM/CHANGE:
4/25: Community Dynamics

Week 14
ITA 102:
Capitolo 10
Ethics:
1 The Golden Rule
The Global Ethic
Integrity
3 Ethical Egoism
HON 314:
T 4/30 Sustainability and the Professions Workshop
TH 5/2 Presentations: Sustainability and the Professions (2
Groups: 30 minutes each)
EDA 103:
5/1: None
COM/CHANGE:
5/2: HCCG Presentations

Week 15
ITA 102:
5/8 – 5/10: Progetto Personale
Ethics:
6
Frankl, “Love: One Approach to a Meaningful Life”
Bauby, “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”
American “Friendship” from the Perspective of International Students
Gilbert, “Human Relationships”
Rilke, “Love is Difficult”
Selby, “Solitude”
Grunebaum, “Friendship”
8 Distributive Justice
10 Blue River Declaration
All Ethical Problem Papers Due
HON 314:
T minutes each)
5/7 Presentations: Sustainability and the Professions (2 Groups: 30
TH 5/9 Presentations: Sustainability and the Professions (2 Groups: 30 minutes each)
EDA 103:
5/8: Study Exam
COM/CHANGE:
5/9: HCCG Presentations

ITA 102:
Ethics:
HON 314:
May 16: Final
EDA 103:
5/15: Final Exam
COM/CHANGE:
5/16: Final Exam 6-8
Week 16