Day
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Topic
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Handouts
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Readings
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Assignments
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1/14 (W)
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Introduction |
Syllabus
Participation
Rubric
Opening
Survey
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No Readings
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1/16 (F)
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Is euthanasia wrong?
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Interview
on Life and Death Decision Making with Peter Singer
Listening
Questions
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1/19 (M)
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"Active
and Passive Euthanasia." by James Rachels
Reading
Questions
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1/21 (W)
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Class Notes
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"Is
Killing No Worse Than Letting Die?" by Winston Nesbitt
Reading
Questions
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Mini-Paper
1
Sample
1
Sample
2
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1/23 (F)
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"Why
Killing Is Not Always Worse -- and Is Sometimes Better -- Than Letting
Die" by Helga Kuhse
Reading
Questions
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1/26 (M)
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Is abortion wrong?
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Class Notes
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"A
Defense of Abortion" by Judith Jarvis Thomson
Reading
Questions
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1/28 (W)
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"On
The Moral And Legal Status of Abortion" by Mary Anne Warren
"Consequentialism"
by Julian Baggini and Peter S. Fosl
Reading
Questions
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Mini-Paper
2
Sample
1
Sample
2
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1/30 (F)
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"Deontological
Ethics" by Julian Baggini and Peter S. Fosl
"An
Argument that Abortion is Wrong" by Don Marquis
Reading
Questions
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2/2 (M)
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"Virtue
Ethics" by Julian Baggini and Peter S. Fosl
Reading
Questions
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2/4 (W)
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Is universal healthcare a human right?
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Class
Notes
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"Legal/Moral.''
by Julian Baggini and Peter S. Fosl
"Rights
to Health Care, Social Justice, and Fairness in Health Care
Allocations: Frustrations in the Face of Finitude.'' by H.
Tristam
Engelhardt, Jr.
Reading
Questions
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Mini-Paper 3
Sample 1
Sample
2
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2/6 (F)
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Reading Questions
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Note: Quiz 1 was today
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2/9 (M)
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"Divine
Command" by Julian Baggini and Peter S. Fosl
"Rights
and Basic health Care" by D. Robert MacDougall and Griffin Trotter
Reading
Questions
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2/11 (W)
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Reading Questions
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Mini-Paper
4
Sample
1
Sample
2
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2/13 (F)
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Should medical marijuana be legalized everywhere? |
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"In
Favor of Drug Decriminalization" by Douglas Husak
Reading
Questions
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2/16 (M)
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"Against
the Legalization of Drugs" by Peter de Marneffe
Reading
Questions
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2/18 (W)
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"The
Ethics of Medical Marijuana: Government Restrictions vs. Medical
Necessity" by Peter A. Clark
"Medical
Marijuana: A Primer on Ethics, Evidence, and Politics" by Nayna
Philipsen, Robin D. Butler, Christie Simon-Waterman, and Jylla Artis
Reading
Questions
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Mini-Paper
5
Sample
1
Sample
2
Note: Quiz 2 was today
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2/20 (F)
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"How
the Brain Gets Addicted to Gambling" by Ferris Jabr
Reading
Questions
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2/23 (M)
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Is killing in war wrong?
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Class
Notes
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"War
and Innocence" by Robert K Fullinwider
Reading
Questions
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2/25 (W)
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Class Notes
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"Self-Defense
and the Killing of Noncombatants: A Reply to Fullinwider" by Lawrence
A. Alexander
Reading
Questions
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Mini-Paper
6
Sample
1
Sample
2
Note: Quiz 3 was today
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2/27 (F)
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Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
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Question
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3/2 (M)
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Is redistributive taxation wrong?
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Excerpts
from A Theory of Justice by
John Rawls
Reading
Questions
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Note: Quiz 4 was today
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3/4 (W)
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Class Canceled
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3/6 (F)
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"The
Entitlement Theory of Justice" by Robert Nozick
Reading
Questions
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Reflection
Paper 1
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3/16 (M)
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Is racial profiling wrong?
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Excerpts
from Should Race Matter by
David Boonin
Reading
Questions
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3/18 (W)
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Reading Questions
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Mini-Paper
7
Sample
1
Sample
2
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3/20 (F)
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"Racial
Profiling: Definition" by the ACLU
"The
Ferguson Police Department: The Justice Department Report, Annotated"
by Richard Pérez-Peña
(Optional)
"Racial Profiling and Implicit Bias" by Ken Taylor, Jenann
Ismael, Linda Martin Alcoff, and others
Reading
Questions
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Note: Quiz 5 was today
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3/23 (M)
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Is affirmative action wrong?
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"A
Defense of Affirmative Action" by Albert Mosley
Reading
Questions
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| 3/25 (W) |
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"Preferential
Policies Have Become Toxic" by Celia Wolf-Devine
Reading
Questions
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Prospectus
Note: Quiz 6 was today
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| 3/27 (F) |
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Discussion Questions |
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3/30 (M)
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Prospectus
discussion
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Link to Prospectuses
Reading
Questions
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| 4/1 (W) |
Is homosexuality wrong?
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"Why
Homosexuality is Abnormal" by Michael Levin
"Homosexuality"
from catholic.com
"Is
Homosexuality Unnatural" by Eddy Nahmias
"Is
Homosexuality Unnatural" by John Corvino
Reading
Questions
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Mini-Paper
8
Sample
1
Sample
2
Note: Quiz 7 was today
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| 4/8 (W) |
Is
same-sex marriage wrong?
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Excerpts
from Debating Same-Sex Marriage by
John Corvino and Maggie Gallagher
Reading
Questions
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| 4/10 (F) |
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Continued
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| 4/13 (M) |
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Continued
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Rough
Draft
Note: Quiz 8 was today
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| 4/15 (W) |
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Continued
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| 4/17 (F) |
Rough
Draft Discussion |
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Link to Rough Drafts
Reading
Questions
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| 4/20 (M) |
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Continued
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| 4/22 (W) |
Is
prostitution wrong?
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"Is Prostitution
Harmful?" By Ole Martin Moen
Reading
Questions
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| 4/24 (F) |
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Reading Questions
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| 4/27 (M) |
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"Comment
on 'Is Prostitution Harmful' " by Scott A Anderson
"Intrinsic
Versus Contingent Claims About the Harmfulness of Prostitution" by
Rosalind J McDougall
"Prostitution
and Harm: A Reply to Anderson and McDougall" by Ole Martin Moen
Reading
Questions
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| 4/29 (W) |
Concluding Discussion (Last Class Day)
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Optional Readings (To Help With Reflection Paper)
"Particularism"
by Julian Baggini and Peter S. Fosl
"Relativism" by
Julian Baggini and Peter S. Fosl
"Skepticism" by Julian Baggini and Peter S. Fosl
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Reflection
Paper 2
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5/4 (M)
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Salon
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Description
of Salon |
Final Paper
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