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# You might want to research cultural moral differences between the US and Europe or between the US and Italy. Italians, for example, have distinctive social values and political values. These are all good areas of inquiry for ethics. | # You might want to research cultural moral differences between the US and Europe or between the US and Italy. Italians, for example, have distinctive social values and political values. These are all good areas of inquiry for ethics. | ||
# Dan Ariely's article on cheating report research from the field of "behavioral economics". Looking into this field and other research results of Ariely's and others. Check out Ariely on TED. | # Dan Ariely's article on cheating report research from the field of "behavioral economics". Looking into this field and other research results of Ariely's and others. Check out Ariely on TED. | ||
| + | # Jonathan Hait's book, ''The Righteous Mind'' raises the question of how our morality and politics are related. There are lots of paper topics here: Do political differences related to objective moral differences? In other words, should democrats and republicans think of themselves as more or less right or wrong, or is that somehow a mistaken way to think about political differences? | ||
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Revision as of 17:40, 5 January 2013
Suggested Projects and Topics
I'll add project and topic ideas to this list as we proceed. Here are some general topics:
- Most of our course readings can be pursued in greater depth for research papers or critical analysis papers.
- You might want to research cultural moral differences between the US and Europe or between the US and Italy. Italians, for example, have distinctive social values and political values. These are all good areas of inquiry for ethics.
- Dan Ariely's article on cheating report research from the field of "behavioral economics". Looking into this field and other research results of Ariely's and others. Check out Ariely on TED.
- Jonathan Hait's book, The Righteous Mind raises the question of how our morality and politics are related. There are lots of paper topics here: Do political differences related to objective moral differences? In other words, should democrats and republicans think of themselves as more or less right or wrong, or is that somehow a mistaken way to think about political differences?
