Course Requirements
1. Take-Home Exams: There will be 3 take-home exams, the first of which will cover material from the Murray book and the Nozick book. The second
    will cover Part II of the Nozick book, and the third will cover the Epstein book.  There is no cumulative final. You will have a week to do each test.
2. Book Review or Paper: Each student will write a book review, choosing some book on the Bibliography I hand out in class. Minimum length: 1800
    words, which is about 6 pages. An alternative to the book review is a paper of the same length. More details on these assignments will be given out on
    a separate sheet.
3. There will be no make-up tests. Take-home tests and the review/paper will be marked down a third of a letter grade for each day they are
    late. No work may be submitted electronically.  Each take-home test will count for 20% of your final grade; the book review will count for 40%.
4. DO NOT PLAGIARIZE. Plagiarism is the misrepresentation of someone else's words or ideas as one's own. Consult standard reference works or the
    instructor about when and how to cite the work of others. Plagiarism can result in an 'F' for the course with a notation of academic dishonesty on your
    transcript. Two of these F's results in expulsion from the university.

Office, Office Hours, Phone, E-mail
My office is in the Humanities Building, room 421 (4th floor, north interior hallway). Office hours are from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. If you cannot see me during office hours, see me before or after class to arrange an appointment for some other time. My office phone number is 934-8920. Messages can be left on my machine. Better still, contact me by e-mail. My e-mail address is: sarnold@uab.edu. To assist you in taking good notes, I will post some of my lecture notes on the Web. This can be accessed through my homepage, which is on the Philosophy Department Website. See

http://www.uab.edu/philosophy/faculty/arnold/courses.html

The fact that these notes are on the Web tempts some students to skip class. This temptation should be resisted. Students who miss class tend not to do well.

Attendance
Class attendance is expected, though roll will not be taken. Much of what goes on in class cannot be gotten from the reading and will be useful for the tests. Assignments will be given out in class. Since you will all have excellent attendance records, this should create no problems. Tests will be announced at least a week in advance.

PHL 330                                                                     Daily Syllabus                                                 Dr. Arnold
Fall, 2009

Date                                                                         Class                                                         Readings
Tues. August 18                                                                            Introduction                                                                  None
Thurs.            20                                                                             Public & Private Property                                             Imposing Values, 44-68

Tues.             25                                                                             Public & Private Property                                             None
Thurs.            27                                                                             Locke on Private Property                                            Locke, Second Treatise,
                                                                                                                                                                                           Chapters 2, 5, 9

Tues. Sept. 1                                                                                  Restrictions on Private Property                                    Imposing Values, Ch. 3
Thurs.         3                                                                                  What is Libertarianism?                                                 Murray, Ch. 1, 1-45 
                                                                      
Tues.          8                                                                                   How Would it Work? Part I                                          Murray, Ch. 2, 45-90
Thurs.        10                                                                                  How Would it Work? Part II                                         Murray, Ch. 2, 90-140

Tues.         15                                                                                 Is it Possible?                                                                 Murray, Ch. 3, 141-170
Thurs.        17                                                                                 The Evolution of the DPA                                               Nozick, ix-xvi; 3-25

Tues.         22                                                                                  The Evolution of the DPA; Moral Theory                        Nozick, 26-53
Thurs.        24                                                                                  The Anarchist and the DPA; Book Review                    Nozick, 51-59
                                                                                                        Title/Bibliography Due

Tues.         29                                                                                   Risk, Prohibition and Compensation                               Nozick, 65-87
Thurs. Oct.  1                                                                                    Justifying the Minimal State                                            Nozick, 88-119

Tues.           6                                                                                    Legitimacy; Summary; Take-Home                              Nozick, 130-142
                                                                                                          Test #1 Given Out
Thurs.          8                                                                                    NO CLASS

Tues.          13                                                                                   Take-Home Test #1 Due
                                                                                                          Redistribution                                                                 Nozick, 167-174
Thurs.         15                                                                                   NO CLASS--FALL BREAK

Tues.           20                                                                                   Rawls's Theory                                                               Handout; Nozick, 183-98