# Calendar

ses# | Topics | KEY DATES
--- | --- | ---
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 |
14 | Film Screening, Flow: For the Love of Water |
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