HON 210- Spring 2009
MINDS, MORALS, AND EVOLUTION
Spring 2009: TTh 11:00 – 12:15
Randall Library – Honors Seminar Room.
Thursday, January 8 Introduction
Darwinian Natural Selection – Dr. McCartney
Tuesday, January 13 Evolutionary Analysis (3-36 in coursepack)
Thursday, January 15 Evolutionary Analysis, cont’d.
Animal Behavior – Dr. Sawrey, Dr. Bruce
Tuesday, January 20 “Sex Selection”* (electronic)
Thursday, January 22 “Do Animals Have Emotions?”* (optional: "About Death") (electronic)
Evolutionary Psychology: The Basics – Dr. James, Dr. Bruce
Tuesday, January 27 The Moral Animal (electronic)
Thursday, January 29 Evolutionary Psychology (48-59 in coursepack)
Tuesday, February 3 Evolutionary Psychology, cont’d.
The Selection of Psychological Modules: Mate Selection – James, Bruce
Thursday, February 5 The Moral Animal (electronic)
FIRST EXAM (take home) – Due Monday, February 9
Tuesday, February 10 The Moral Animal, cont’d.
Thursday, February 12 The Moral Animal, cont’d.
The Selection of Psychological Modules: Dating – Dr. Luo
Tuesday, February 17 “Partner Personality” (85-113 in coursepack) and "Speed Dating” (114- 158 in coursepack)
Thursday, February 19 The Wedding Ring Effect (electronic) and Are the Good Men Taken? (electronic)
Student Presentations: Other (Alleged) Psychological Adaptations
Tuesday, February 24 Student Presentations SEX FAMILY
Thursday, February 26 Student Presentations SOCIAL RELIGION
Tuesday, March 3 Student Presentations FOOD CLINICAL
Philosophical Challenges to Evolutionary Psychology – Dr. Turrisi, Dr.
Bruce, Dr. James
Thursday, March 5
PAPER on your presentation paper (above) Due – or before noon March 6
Tuesday, March 10 NO CLASS
Thursday, March 12 NO CLASS
Tuesday, March 17 “Hate EP?”/“EP is not evil” (159-171 in coursepack)
Thursday, March 19 “Generals said”/”Concept of” (172-177 in coursepack)
The Selection of Psychological Modules: Altruism and Cooperation (James, Bruce)
Tuesday, March 24 “EP: The Wheat and the Chaff” * (electronic)
Thursday, March 26 On Human Nature (178-189 in coursepack)
Tuesday, March 31 Evolutionary Psychology* (electronic)
The Selection of Psychological Modules: Moral Thought (James)
Thursday, April 2 Evolutionary Psychology, cont’d.
Tuesday, April 7 “The Moral Instinct” (190-203 in coursepack)
Thursday, April 9 NO CLASS
Tuesday, April 14 “The Moral Instinct”
PAPER Due – Wednesday, April 15
Evolution and the Reality of Moral Values (James)
Thursday, April 16 “Evolutionary Ethics”* (electronic)
Tuesday, April 21 “Evolutionary Ethics,” cont’d.
Thursday, April 23 “Evolutionary Ethics,” cont’d.
* - Electronic article
FINAL EXAM – Tuesday, May 5, 11:30-2:30