Joe Lau

CCHU9005 Food and Values

First semester 2013-14

Announcements

  • [17 Dec] Official UNICEF donation receipt: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/259670/2013-unicef.pdf Thank you all again.
  • [28 Nov] IMPORTANT: Please resubmit your analytical essay again using the new link on moodle. There was a problem with turnitin. Sorry for the trouble.
  • [27 Nov] Some more information about the webpage assignment has been added.
  • [25 Nov] Remember to fill in the course evaluation form at http://setl.hku.hk
  • [1 Nov] You can get the first assignment back from the philosophy dept office.
  • [31 Oct] The video for the guest lecture showing the powerpoint file is now online. The link appears in a box called "Panopto Focus" on the course moodle page at the top right hand corner.
  • [23 Oct] Guidelines for the analytical essay is now online.
  • [22 Oct] There will be an external speaker for the guest lecture on 30 Oct. The speaker will only give one lecture from 2:30 - 4:15pm during section A. The lecture will be recorded on video. Section B will not meet on that day. A link to the video will be posted when it becomes available. About the speaker - Mr. Wong Tak Sang. Weekend farmer since 2002. Community garden organiser since 2003. Town Planner. A less-meat eater working to become a vegetarian. Director, Permaculture Institute (Hong Kong) http://www.hkpi.org
  • [3 Oct] Some more detailed information on the second assignment.
  • [2 Oct] Thank you for your donation to UNICEF during the lectures! We collected HK$1520.6 in section A, and $1016.7 in section B. A total of $2600 has been donated to UNICEF online. I will post the receipt here when it is available. There were a few foreign coins but it might not be possible to donate them.
  • [27 Sept] You can start preparing for the first essay. The topic has been posted and there is a new deadline to give you more time to prepare. See Short assignments
  • [25 Sept] Email addresses of tutors: Wenjia at ahenghere@gmail.com; Chris at chriswinsdale@hotmail.com Tang Yun at leotangyun+foodvalues@gmail.com
  • [17 Sept] Some HKU activities related to food that you can join (if you want): http://wp.cedars.hku.hk/web/sd/2013/08/30/gc-2-02-growhku/
  • [16 Sept] If you need to change your tutorial group for ANY reason, please email our tutor Wenjia at ahenghere@gmail.com. Marks will be deducted as announced earlier.
  • [15 Sept] For some reason Moodle was not working properly for a short period when tutorial signup began. Everything should be ok now.
  • [11 Sept] Information about signing up for tutorials. Also, please note that assignment #1 is due Wed 18 Sept 2013.
  • This website is being updated. About enrolment: Enrolment is processed by the HKU computer system. The lecturer is not able to approve individual students.

General information

Syllabus and readings

Course schedule

  1. 4 Sep - Introduction
  2. 11 Sep - Moral values
  3. 18 Sep - Eating animals 1
  4. 25 Sep - Eating animals 2
  5. 2 Oct - Hunger
  6. 9 Oct - GM food
  7. 16 Oct - No tutorial and lecture during reading week
  8. 23 Oct - Food and drugs
  9. 30 Oct - Guest lecture (See announcement above. Lecture during section A. Section B is cancelled.)
  10. 6 Nov - Movie
  11. 13 Nov - Food as art
  12. 20 Nov - Objectivity of taste
  13. 27 Nov - Conclusion: Food in Philosophy

Assessment (100% coursework)

  • Tutorial participation (10%) : 8 weekly group tutorials
  • Short assignments (60%): Logic exercise (10%), argument summary (20%), analytical essay (30%)
  • Special projects (30%): Reflective journal (15%), website project (15%)
  • You are also required to answer some very short survey questions online. These will not be graded and no preparation is needed.
  • Assessment standards: See these documents from the common core curriculum committee: https://www.box.com/s/y8b5j4igx3d0rbhnzlz7
  • Late submission policy: -20% for each day that is late.