Sections 48-59
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16 January:
Introduction and course
mechanics
Euthanasia
18
January: Discussion
Section
23
January:
Kant, "Suicide as a Violation
of Duty to Oneself," pp. 241-243
25 January:
Discussion Section; read Brock, "Voluntary Active Euthanasia," pp. 253-255
28
January:
Rachels, "Active and Passive
Euthanasia," pp. 242-247
30 January:
Steinbock, "The Intentional Termination
of Life," pp. 247-252
1 February: Discussion
Section
4 February:
Doerflinger, "Assisted Suicide:
Pro-Choice or Anti-Life?" pp. 256-261
6 February:
Watts and Howell, "Assisted
Suicide is not Voluntary Active Euthanasia," pp. 261-266
8 February: Discussion
Section
11 February: First
Exam
Capital Punishment
13 February: Kant,
"Punishment and the Principle of Equality," pp. 364-366
15 February: Discussion
Section
18 February: Nathanson,
"An Eye for an Eye?" pp. 366-372
20 February: van
den Haag, "A Defense of the Death Penalty," pp. 372-376
22 February: Discussion
Section
25 February: Bedau,
"The Case against the Death Penalty," pp. 376-381
27 February: Liebman,
et al., "Capital Attrition," pp. 381-388
29 February: Discussion
Section
3 March: Second
Exam
World Hunger and Poverty
5 March:
Singer, "Famine,
Affluence, and Morality," pp. 452-457
7 March: Discussion
Section
10 March: Hardin,
"Lifeboat Ethics," pp. 447-452
12 March: Arthur,
"World Hunger and Moral Obligation," pp. 458-461
14 March: Discussion
Section
24 March: O'Neill,
"A Kantian Approach to World Hunger," pp. 467-473
26 March: O'Neill,
"A Kantian Approach to World Hunger," continued
28 March: Discussion
Section
Paper
Due
Animals
31 March: Singer,
"All Animals Are Equal," pp. 477-485
2 April:
Singer, "All Animals Are Equal,"
continued
4 April: Discussion
Section
7 April:
9 April:
Cohen, "In Defense of Speciesism,"
pp. 485-488 and Regan, "The Case for Animal Rights," pp. 489-492
11 April: Discussion
Section
14 April:
Warren, "Human and Animal
Rights Compared," pp. 493-498
16 April:
Curnutt, "A New Argument for Vegetarianism,"
pp. 498-508
18 April: Discussion
Section
The Environment
21 April:
Baxter, "People or Penguins," pp.
513-517
23 April:
Leopold, "The Land Ethic," pp.
517-521
25 April: Discussion
Section
28 April:
Taylor, "The Ethics of Respect
for Nature," pp. 522-532
30 April:
Thomson, "A Refutation of
Environmental Ethics," pp. 533-541
2 May: Discussion
Section
5 May:
Hill, "Ideals of Human Excellence,"
pp. 542-548
7 May: Review
Final
Exam:
Friday, May 16: 8:00-10:00 am.