Ethics

Main Course Links

• Major Ethics Course Questions
• Reading Schedule
• In-Class Notes
• Study Questions
• Basic Course Information

• Philosophical Methods

• The Short Short Guide to Wiki Edits
• Student Practice Page for Wiki - post your introductions here and show me you can add content to the wiki!

• Assignment Rubric
• Advice on Reading

Final Essay Topics

• Spring_2017_Final_Essay_Questions

Position Paper 2 Topics

• A Good Death
• Ethical Treatment of Animals
• Health Care
• Immigration & Refugees
• Sovereignty & Right to Protect
• Duties to Prisoners
• Climate Change

Forms

• We'll use some of these online forms to do course work:

• Roster Information
• Short Objective Quiz
• Small Group Discussion Report
• Tell Me - A general form for telling me anything anonymously or not.
• Changing your Grading Scheme
• Report your wiki posts
• Position Paper 2 Peer Evaluation Form

Other Resources

• Larsen C ice shelf ready to go! [1]
• De Waal Monkey Research TED talk- https://www.ted.com/talks/frans_de_waal_do_animals_have_morals
• Monkey fairness: [2]
• Wiki Research Page for Aid to the Absolutely Poor

• Religious freedom case in Switzerland. [3]
• Louis CK on emotional regulation [4]
• NYRB article reviewing a range of books in psychology, Tamsin Shaw, "The Psychologists Take Power" [5]
• NYRB reply to Tamsin Shaw from Jonathan Haidt and Steven Pinker [6]
• NYRB review of recent work on sociology of technology: [7]
• Mercier and Sperber article mentioned in Haidt, Chapter 4: [8]
• First Short Answer Question: JAN282016ShortAnswer1
• Genetically engineered morality? [[9]]
• The Trolley Problem. Variations on the Trolley Problem: [[10]]
• Self-driving cars with Trolley problems: [11]
• Sparknotes key dates / summaries on Enlightenment. [12]
• Review of a recent book by biologist David Sloan Wilson on group selection and altruism. [13]
• False Belief Test: [14]
• The Cold Logic of Drunk People [15]
• Visit the site Your Morals. org and take one or two of the surveys. Write a journal entry about it.
• Prompt for Eco essay, "When the Other Appears on the Scene" -- "The following letter is Eco’s reply to a question the cardinal had asked him: “What is the basis of the certainty and necessity for moral action of those who, in order to establish the absolute nature of an ethic, do not intend to appeal to metaphysical principles or transcendental values, or even to universally valid categorical imperatives?”"
• New Yorker article on "Biology of Violence," [16] suggesting that criminal subcultures are following "legitimate" evolutionary strategies.
• The Ethics Movie List
• Ethics Core Course Proposal -- this is an internal document for certifying the course as a core Ethics course.

Previously posted Course Resources

• Spring 2017 Ethics Course Lecture Notes ]

• Spring 2016 Research Pages

• A Good Death
• Ethical Treatment of Animals
• Basic Income Guarantee (B.I.G.) / Living Wage
• Religious Liberty and Freedom of Conscience
• Sustainability and Food Production
• Aid to the Absolutely Poor
• US Income and Wealth Inequality