Introduction to the Philosophical Foundation of Ethics
Spring 2008
Texts:
Handouts
James Rachels: The Elements of Moral Philosophy
J. P. Sterbra: Morality in Practice
Web Address for Photo Story 3:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx
Samples of Students' projects:
Example of Students' Photo Story on the Case Study(1)
Example of Student's Photo Story on the Case Study(2)
Example of Student's Photo Story on the Case Study(3)
Question and Answer related to your first exam
Question and Answer related to your second exam
Contents
| Introduction | What is Morality? Morality, habit, culture and religion Moral reasoning |
Outline 1 |
| Part I Handouts
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Aristotelianism Aristotelianism Summary Aristotle's Virtue Ethics Kantianism First Section of Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals Second Section of Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals Utilitarianism Confuciucianism Daoism Buddhism Cultural Relativism |
Direct
Reading
Key Concepts for the First Exam Discussion on Cultural Relativism
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| Part II Tiles' Moral Measures |
Sources of validity (ch.3) Reading Assignments: Tiles pp. 1-23; 50-72 Conflict and the search for standards (ch. 4) Reading Assignments: Handouts 2.3 and Tiles pp. 73-101 Man as the measure (ch. 5) Reading Assignments: Tiles pp. 101-125 The measure of law (ch.7) Reading Assignments: Tiles pp.153-183 The end as a standard (ch. 9) Reading Assignments: Tiles pp. 213-242 Pleasure as the measure (ch.10) Reading Assignments: Tiles pp. 243-272 |
Key Concepts (2) for the First Exam (Some concepts in the above link overlapped with the following link. For your final (Tiles' book part), please focus on the questions in the following link only) Outline 16 |
| Part III Sterbra's Morality in Practice |
Morality in practice: Abortion and euthanasia (euthanasia) Family morality in practice Reading Assignments: Judith Thomson's "A Defence of Abortion," Don Marquis' "Why Abortion is Immoral" Sex equality Sexual harassment Homosexual conduct Reading Assignments: Christina Hoff Sommers's "Philosophers Against Family," Warren Farrell's "Is Male Power Really a Myth?" Barbara Gutek's "Understanding Sexual Harassment at Work," Supreme Court of the US, "Harris V. Forklift Systems Inc." John Finnis' "Homosexual Conduct is Wrong" Near and distant peoples Environment Ethics Animal rights Gun control and world peace Punishment and Responsibility Reading Assignments:Garrett Hardin's "Lifeboat Ethics: The Case against Helping the Poor," Peter Singer's The Solution to World Poverty," Philip J.Cook and Hens Ludwing's "Guns in America" (Handout for Gun Control), Peter Singer's All Animals Are Equal," and Karl Menninger's "The Crime of Punishment"
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Movie & Discussion
Movie & Discussion
Some links:
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