| ses# | Topics | KEY DATES |
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| 1 | Introduction | |
| 2 | Moral Theory | |
| I. Global Hunger and Moral/Political Frameworks | ||
| 3 | Global Hunger (Consequentialist Ethics Approach) | |
| 4 | Global Hunger (Harm Principles) | |
| 5 | Global Hunger (Political Approaches) | |
| 6 | Famine Relief: Ethics or Politics | |
| II. Food Justice | ||
| 7 | Justice and Oppression | Assignment 1: Pond and Charity due |
| 8 | Food Sovereignty | |
| 9 | Food and Identity | |
| 10 | Gender, Race, Religion, and.... | First paper topic due |
| 11 | Justice in Food Production | |
| 12 | Capitalism and Liberty | |
| 13 | Capitalism and the Food System, part 1 |
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| 14 | Film Screening, Flow: For the Love of Water |
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| 15 | Capitalism and the Food System, part 2 | Assignment 2: Flow due |
| III. Animal Welfare | ||
| 16 | Speciesism | 1st Paper Rewrite due |
| 17 | Respect for Animals | |
| 18 | Harm and Killing | |
| IV. Consumer Ethics | ||
| 19 | Vegetarianism and Veganism | Assignment 3: Activism due |
| 20 | Waste and Freeganism (Gleaning) | Second Paper due |
| V. Industrial Agriculture | ||
| 21 | Food, for Free | |
| 22 | Industrial Plant Agriculture | Assignment 4: Food for Free due |
| 23 | Environmentalism | Final Communications Project due |
| 24 | Locavorism | |
| 25 | GMOs | Presentations of final projects, Assignment 5: Personal Reflection due |
| 26 | Final lecture wrap-up | Final paper due |