Tuesday/Thursday 11:30 – 12:50

Plenary sessions are held in Miller auditorium unless otherwise indicated. All other sessions are in the individual section classrooms. On plenary session days, roll will be taken by individual professor in or near the lobby. Consult your own professor for further details.

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September 6
Section Meeting: Orientation
Reading:

Hamilton, "Quest for Meaning," (syllabus, pp. 5-7)

Discuss: Syllabus Review and Course Requirements

1. Service Learning as a Path to Meaning
2. Ethics and the Quest for Meaning
3. The Liberal Arts and our Quest for Meaning
4. This I Believe Project

Community Service and Internship Fair — Fox Hall —12:30
All students attend the Fair to investigate community service options.

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September 8
Section Meeting: Ethics
Reading:

Foltz, "Commentary on Ethics and Ethical Theory," (syllabus, pp. 24-34)
Singer, Practical Ethics, "About Ethics," (1-15)

Discuss: Ethics and Meaning, Service Learning

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September 13
Section Meeting: Ethics
Reading:

Singer, Practical Ethics, "Equality and its Implications," (16-47)
Singer, Practical Ethics, "Civil Disobedience, Violence, & Terrorism," (256-275)

Discuss: Ethics and Meaning, Service Learning

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September 15
Section Meeting: Ethics
Reading:

Singer, Practical Ethics, "Why Act Morally," (276-295)

Discuss: Ethics and Meaning, Service Learning *Elect Festival of Hope Coordinator*

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September 20
Plenary: Faith and Our Quest for Meaning ~ Professor Davina Lopez
Reading:

Bryant, "Faith As Trust," (syllabus, pp. 35-43)

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September 22
Section Meeting: Faith
Reading:

Foltz, "Dostoevsky Reading and Study Guide," (syllabus, pp. 44-53)
Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov, Introduction, (ix- xliii)
Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov "Book V: The Grand Inquisitor," (19-37)

Discuss: Faith and Meaning

*Service Learning Project Proposal Forms Due*

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September 27
Section Meeting: Faith
Reading:

Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov, "Book VI: The Russian Monk," (39-80)

Discuss: Faith and Meaning

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September 29
Plenary: The Global Perspective and Our Quest for Meaning ~ Professor William Felice and Bob Devin Jones
Reading:

Felice, The Global New Deal, Introduction to Second Edition, (1-12)
Felice, The Global New Deal, Chapters 1, and 2, (13-72)

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October 4
Section Meeting: Global
Reading:

Felice, The Global New Deal, Chapter 3, (73-123)
Felice, The Global New Deal, Chapter 6, (179-204)

Discuss: Global Ethics

*Service Learning Placement Confirmation Agreement Forms Due*

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October 6
Section Meeting: Global
Reading:

Felice, The Global New Deal, Chapter 9, (257-287)

Discuss: Global Challenges

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October 11
Section Meeting: Environmental
Reading:

McKibben, Eaarth, Preface, (xi-xv)
McKibben, Eaarth, Chapter 1, (1-46)
McKibben, Eaarth, Chapter 2, (47-101)

Discuss: Environmental Perspective

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October 13
Plenary: Natural Environment and Our Quest for Meaning Bill McKibben
Reading:

Singer: Practical Ethics, "The Environment," (238-255)
McKibben, Eaarth, Chapter 3, (102-150)

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October 18
Section Meeting: Environmental

Reading:

McKibben, Eaarth, Chapter 4, (151-212)

Discuss: Ethics and the Environment

*Service Learning Time Sheets Due*

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October 20
Plenary: The Humanities and Our Quest for Meaning, Professor Suzan Harrison
Reading:

Thornton, Imagining Argentina, Chapters 1-14, (13-116)

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October 25
Fall Break ~ No Class

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October 27
Section Meeting: Humanities
Reading:

Thornton, Imagining Argentina, Chapters 15-34, (117-214)

Discuss: Humanities

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November 1
Plenary: Natural Science and Our Quest for Meaning ~ Professor Anne Cox
Reading:

Frayn, Copenhagen, Act One, (3-54)

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November 3
Section Meeting: Natural Sciences
Reading:

Frayn, Copenhagen, Act Two, (55-94)
Frayn, Copenhagen, Postscript, (95-112)

Discuss: Natural Sciences

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November 8
Plenary: The Arts and Our Quest for Meaning ~ Professor Arthur Skinner
Reading:

Skinner, "The Arts and Our Quest for Meaning," (to be distributed)

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November 10
Section Meeting: The Arts
Reading:

Skinner, "The Arts and Our Quest for Meaning"

Discuss: Arts

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November 15
Plenary: Social Science and Our Quest for Meaning ~ Professor Frank Hamilton
Reading:

Kidder, Mountains Beyond Mountains, Parts I and II, (3-121)

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November 17
Section Meeting: Social Science
Reading:

Kidder, Mountains Beyond Mountains, Part III, (125-177)

Discuss: Social Sciences

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November 22
Section Meeting: Social Science

Reading:

Kidder, Mountains Beyond Mountains, Parts IV, V, and Afterword, (181-301)

Discuss: Social Science

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November 24
Thanksgiving Break ~ No Class

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November 29
Section Meeting: "This I Believe" Presentations

*"This I Believe" Essay Due*

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December 1
Section Meeting: "This I Believe" Presentations

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December 6
Section Meeting: "This I Believe" Presentations

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December 7
Festival of Hope – 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

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December 8
Section Meeting: "This I Believe" Presentations
Discuss: Evaluation and Sum-Up

*Service Learning Time Sheets & Reflective Paper Due*

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