Read chapters 1-2 of https://www.utilitarianism.com/mill1.htm

Read https://www.utilitarianism.com/mill1.htm

Keep a daily philosophical journal in which you include each day’s day-of-the week and calendar date (for example: Thursday, October 18, 2018). Don’t enter all the days and dates at once :add them on a daily basis so that you can remain flexible about how much you write on each date. (Just make something up) (Monday, March 28th and Sunday, April 24th) (28 Days) Pick a journal format that is comfortable and available to you when you need it: for you, this might be a single file that you keep open on and updated on your computer, or it may be a small, paperback or hardbound notebook, or you may want to sew together individual pages of parchment paper! (Just use a word document)

Early on, sketch a plan of how how youintend to structure your four weeks as you live the Life of MoralObligation. Maybe include a list of things you plan to read, and howmany pages you intend to read a day. Write quotes and thoughts fromyour readings into your journal. The Life of Moral Obligation is a lifein which you ask yourself why you are doing the things you do, and whyyou are not doing the things that you are not doing. Your journal mayinclude doodles; other artwork; arguments in standard argument form;counter-arguments; and anything else that you’ve found interesting andrelevant to your Life of Moral Obligation. Especially significant willbe personal reflections on ways in which the Life of Moral Obligation ishelping you to view aspects of your experience differently: maybe youbreak a bad habit, or maybe you form a good habit. How has your focuson moral obligation impacted your decision-making? Maybe you noticethings you would not normally notice. Perhaps you feel physicallybetter or worse because of some of the adjustments that your devotion tomoral obligation requires. You will probably reflect upon happiness,goodness, and issues of principle and character. Let your journal bethe place where you record these and other observations from your dailylife as well.

By the end of the month, the journalshould be at least a thousand words, which is the equivalent of fourstandardly typed pages.

Pay It Forward

Do a significantly good deed insecret. Do everything you can to make sure that nobody knows that youare doing it. Afterwards, write a short account (about a page, outsideof your journal) of what you did and how you avoided others’ finding outthat it was you who did it. How did it benefit others? Were youobligated to do it? In light of deontological and utilitarianprinciples, write two evaluations of your secret action.