Georgetown University

John Hasnas
Associate Professor
McDonough School of Business
Georgetown University
37th & O Streets
Washington, DC 20057
Voice - (202) 687-4825

Fax - (202) 687-1366
E-mail - hasnasj@georgetown.edu

This is the course page for the Fund for American Studies course: The Ethics and Values of Philanthropy, Summer 2005

Course Documents

Syllabus

Announcements:

1) First Assignment

Please bring to the first class meeting an index card on which you have written your name and a guide to the correct pronunciation of your surname and to which you have affixed a passport size photograph of yourself.

Download and read the posted syllabus. Make sure you understand the Present and Prepared policy.

Read the articles listed on the syllabus for Class #1. These consist in: W. T. Stace, “Ethical Relativism,” and the excerpts from Beauchamp and Bowie, Ethical Theory and Business, John Stuart Mill, On Liberty, John Rawls, A Theory of Justice, Robert Nozick, Anarchy, State and Utopia, Ronald Dworkin, Taking Rights Seriously.