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Preface to the instructor |
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Acknowledgments
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General Introduction |
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Theorizing about Ethics |
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Reading Philosophy
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Part I. Ethical Theory |
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“Consequentialism” Peter Vallentyne [NW] |
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“Deontology” David McNaughton and Piers Rawling [NW] |
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“Virtue Theory” Rosalind Hurshouse [NW] |
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Part II. Life and Death |
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Euthanasia |
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Rule Utilitarianism and Euthanasia” Brad Hooker [W] |
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"Justifying Physician-Assisted Deaths” Tom L. Beauchamp
[W]
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“Against the Right to Die” J. David Velleman [R] |
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"Dying at the Right Time: Reflections on (Un)Assisted Suicide” John
Hardwig [W] |
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“A
Duty to Care” Felicia Cohn and Joanne Lynn [RN] |
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Abortion |
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"A
Defense of Abortion” Judith Jarvis Thomson |
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"On
The Moral and Legal Status of Abortion" Mary Ann Warren [R] |
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"An
Argument that Abortion is Wrong" Don Marquis [W] |
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“The
Moral Permissibility of Abortion” Margaret Olivia Little [N] |
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“Virtue Theory and Abortion” Rosalind Hursthouse [R] |
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Animals |
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"All Animals Are Equal" Peter Singer
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"The Moral Community” Michael Allen
Fox |
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"Moral Standing, the Value of Lives, and
Speciesism" R.G. Frey |
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"The Case for Animal Rights” Tom Regan
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Part III. The Personal Life |
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Family and Reproductive Technology |
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"What
Do Grown Children Owe Their Parents?" Jane English |
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"Morality, Parents and Children" James Rachels |
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“Artificial Means of Reproduction and our Understanding of the Family”
Ruth Macklin |
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“Is
Women’s Labor a Commodity?” Elizabeth S. Anderson |
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“Goodbye, Dolly: the Ethics of Human Cloning” John Harris |
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“The
Wisdom of Repugnance: Why We Should Ban the Cloning of Humans” Leon R.
Kass [N] |
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Sexuality |
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“Morality and Human Sexuality” Vincent C. Punzo |
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“Plain Sex” Alan H. Goldman |
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"Why
Homosexuality is Abnormal" Michael Levin [R] |
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“Homosexuality and the Moral Relevance of Experience” John Corvino [W] |
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Part IV. Liberty and Equality |
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Paternalism and Risk |
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“Individuality” John Stuart Mill |
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“On Improving People by Political Means"
Lester H. Hunt |
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"Against the Legalization of Drugs" James
Q. Wilson |
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“Why We Should Decriminalize Drug Use”
Doug Husak [N] |
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“The Liberal Basis of the Right to Bear
Arms” Todd C. Hughes and Lester H. Hunt [R] |
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“Gun Control” Hugh LaFollette |
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Free Speech |
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“Freedom of Thought and Discussion” John Stuart Mill
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“The
Price We Pay? Pornography and Harm” Susan J. Brison [NR] |
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“The
Right to Get Turned On: Pornography, Autonomy, Equality” Andrew Altman [N] |
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"Sticks and Stones” John Arthur [W] |
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“Speech Codes and Expressive Harm” Andrew Altman [W] |
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Sexual and Racial Discrimination |
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“Racism” Michele Moody-Adams [N] |
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“Servility and Self-Respect” Thomas E. Hill, Jr. |
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"Sexual Harassment" Anita M. Superson |
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"Date
Rape" Lois Pineau |
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"Men
in Groups: Collective Responsibility for Rape" Larry May and Robert
Strikwerda [R] |
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Affirmative Action |
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“Against Affirmative Action” Louis Pojman [NR] |
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"The
Rights of Allan Bakke" Ronald Dworkin |
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"Affirmative Action As Equalizing Opportunity: Challenging the Myth of
Preferential Treatment” Luke Charles Harris and Uma Narayan [W] |
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Part V Justice |
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Punishment |
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“Punishment and Desert” James Rachels [W] |
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“Out
of Character: On the Psychology of Excuses in the Criminal Law” John Doris
[NW] |
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“Does
Punishment Work?” John Paul Wright, Francis T. Cullen, and Kevin M.
Beaver [NW] |
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“In
Defense of the Death Penalty” Louis Pojman |
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“Against the Death Penalty” Jeffrey Reiman |
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Economic Justice |
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“A
Theory of Justice” John Rawls |
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"The
Entitlement Theory of Justice" Robert Nozick |
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"Displacing the Distributive Paradigm” Iris Marion Young |
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“Economic Competition: Should We Care about the Losers?” Jonathan Wolff
[W] |
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World Hunger |
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"Famine, Affluence, and Morality” Peter Singer |
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"Famine Relief and the Ideal Moral Code” John Arthur [W] |
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“Eradicating Systemic Poverty: Brief for a Global Resources Dividend”
Thomas W. Pogge [R] |
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"Feeding People versus Saving Nature” Holmes Rolston III [R] |
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Environment |
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“The
Land Ethic” Aldo Leopold |
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“A
Place for Cost Benefit Analysis” David Schmidtz [NR] |
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“Ideals of Human Excellence and Preserving Natural Environments” Thomas E.
Hill Jr. |
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“Hume
and Nature,” Alan Carter [W] |
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War and Terrorism |
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“Just
War Doctrine and the Military Response to Terrorism,” Joseph Boyle [NR] |
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“Nipping Evil in the Bud: The Questionable Ethics of Preventive Force”
Douglas P. Lackey [NW] |
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“Humanitarian Intervention” Charles R. Beitz [NR] |
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"Pacifism: Reclaiming the Moral Presumption," William J. Hawk [NW] |
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