Information Regarding the Midterm Examination

The Midterm will be given on Monday, March 27.

Note that this is one class later than the tentative date given on the syllabus.

It will consist of fifteen questions, culled from the following boldfaced questions on Reading Guides #1-5. You will be asked to answer ten of them.

Only the following questions may be on the exam:

RG#1

Plato: 5, 6

Arthur: 3, 5, 7, 8

Midgley: 1, 3, 5, 7

Shaw: 7, 8, 10, 11

RG#2

Mill: 2, 3, 5, 14

Brandt: 2, 5, 7

Godwin: 2, 6

RG#3

Kant: 1, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13

O'Neill: 3, 4, 12, 13

RG#4

Aristotle: 5, 6, 9, 13

MacIntyre: 4, 8, 10, 12, 18

RG#5

Hobbes: 4, 5, 6, 10

Locke: 1, 9, 11, 13, 16, 17

Hume: 1, 3, 5

Neither notes nor texts will be allowed to be used during the exam.

Please remember that you must hand in your exam before leaving the classroom for any reason.

If you leave the room, you will not be permitted to return and resume the exam.

At the beginning of this term, I mentioned that success in this course depends on being able to discuss a) what the philosophers say; b) why they say it; and c) whether they are right or wrong (i.e. provide some considered critical comments). I do not expect you to provide each of these for each question on the exam. But the best papers will include elements of critical analysis as well as the more mudane explication of the readings.

Feel free to email me with any questions, or sample answers, for my feedback.