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==Course Schedule & Reading Notes==
  
==Main Course Links==
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:*[[Ethics News!]]
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:*[[Fall 2024 Ethics Class Notes and Reading Schedule]]
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:*[[Empathy Gym Practicum - Optional Assignment]]
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:*[[Ethics Fall 2023 New Prison videos]]
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:*[http://Courses.alfino.org Courses.alfino.org]
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:*[https://www.dropbox.com/sh/l3h8c2g1asg9ru0/AACISs3JNFbBfQqHemFIYPxsa?dl=0 Link to Main Shared Folder]
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:*[https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/hpr75x4j3y0s7pbzrpy8c/ANAKWuQGONdBQENW4Y-flpo?rlkey=l64dd1g3v3eao0jl7fckmwq5a&dl=0 Link to Class Audio ]
  
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==More Course Information==
  
*[[Major Ethics Course Questions]]
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:*[[Major Ethics Course Questions]]  
*[[Spring 2017 Ethics Reading Schedule | Reading Schedule]]
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:*[https://www.imdb.com/list/ls028883207/ Some movies with ethical themes]
*[[Spring 2017 Ethics Course Lecture Notes | In-Class Notes]]  
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:*[[Philosophical Methods]]
*[[Spring 2017 Ethics Course Study Questions | Study Questions]]  
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:*[[Assignment Rubric]]
*[[Ethics Basic Course Information | Basic Course Information]]
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:*[[Advice on Reading]]
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:*[https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd1rzcswS48y0luv6YjVLNw0M2ol76-gLrmId03DopGEcBLGA/viewform?usp=sf_link Tell Me]
  
*[[Philosophical Methods]]
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===Other Resources===
  
*[[The Short Short Guide to Wiki Edits]]
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:*Some links on Dobbs, 14th am, and basic liberties
*[[Student Practice Page for Wiki]] - post your introductions here and show me you can add content to the wiki!
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::*[https://youtu.be/hDG38J961rU Eric Foner, Columbia U prof, 6 mins on the text]
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::*[https://youtu.be/1DN_jFt-zNE National Constitution Center Video on 14th amendment] 25 mins
  
*[[Assignment Rubric]]
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:*[https://www.ted.com/talks/frans_de_waal_do_animals_have_morals De Waal Monkey Research TED talk]
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:*Monkey fairness: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HL45pVdsRvE ]
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:*Mercier and Sperber article mentioned in Haidt, Chapter 4: [http://www.dan.sperber.fr/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/MercierSperberWhydohumansreason.pdf]
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:*Sparknotes key dates / summaries on Enlightenment. [http://www.sparknotes.com/history/european/enlightenment/summary.html]
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:*False Belief Test: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hLubgpY2_w]
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:*The Cold Logic of Drunk People [http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/10/the-cold-logic-of-drunk-people/381908/]
  
==Forms and Class Audio==
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===Office Use Only===
  
*We'll use some of these online forms to do course work:
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:*Previous Class Notes:
:*[https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSftvb4pzcSpu8Yn5exZKyAtzDsWLKSlZgxqUja2DCwyUj31kw/viewform?usp=send_form Roster Information]
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:*[[Spring 2024 Ethics Class Notes and Reading Schedule]]
:*[https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Upgg3gSXQ4LSnB1kLKtMp68qmCN9ZEzRLLJdBHsNR3A/viewform?usp=send_form Short Objective Quiz]
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:*[[Fall 2023 Ethics Class Notes and Reading Schedule]]
:*[https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1bUdb1DpG0JVAUtIC5z0tWFTrFs5JBDBYHyA_pU8TsxA/viewform?usp=send_form Small Group Discussion Report]
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:*[[Fall 2021 Ethics Class Notes and Reading Schedule | Fall 2021 Class Notes and Reading Schedule]]
:*[http://goo.gl/forms/w1lMW5qbsa Tell Me] - A general form for telling me anything anonymously or not.
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:*[[Spring 2021 Ethics Class Notes and Reading Schedule | Spring 2021 Class Notes and Reading Schedule]]
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:*[[Fall 2022 Ethics Class Notes and Reading Schedule]]
  
*Audio From Class:
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:*[[Alfino Ethics Course Syllabus]]   
:*To access audio from class, fill in the weblink following this example (note that the "14" after 301 designates the 5:45 section, 17 is for the 4:10 section):  alfino.org/audiofromclass/30114JAN18.m4a
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:*[[Proposal Draft for WE designation]]
::*From the first day the links would be:
 
:::*[https:/alfino.org/audiofromclass/30114JAN18.m4a] 30114JAN18.m4a
 
 
 
==Other Resources==
 
 
 
*Religious freedom case in Switzerland. [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/10/echr-swiss-muslim-girls-must-attend-mixed-sex-swimming-lessons]
 
*Louis CK on emotional regulation [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HbYScltf1c]
 
*NYRB article reviewing a range of books in psychology, Tamsin Shaw, "The Psychologists Take Power" [http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2016/02/25/the-psychologists-take-power/]
 
*NYRB reply to Tamsin Shaw from Jonathan Haidt and Steven Pinker [http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2016/04/07/moral-psychology-an-exchange/]
 
*NYRB review of recent work on sociology of technology: [http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2016/02/25/we-are-hopelessly-hooked/]
 
*Mercier and Sperber article mentioned in Haidt, Chapter 4: [http://www.dan.sperber.fr/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/MercierSperberWhydohumansreason.pdf]
 
*First Short Answer Question:  [[JAN282016ShortAnswer1]]
 
*Genetically engineered morality?  [[http://futurism.com/videos/watch-genetically-modified-super-mouse-action/]]
 
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WB3Q5EF4Sg The Trolley Problem]. Variations on the Trolley Problem: [[http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/lesser-known-trolley-problem-variations ]]
 
*Self-driving cars with Trolley problems: [http://www.cnet.com/news/self-driving-car-advocates-tangle-with-messy-morality/]
 
*Sparknotes key dates / summaries on Enlightenment. [http://www.sparknotes.com/history/european/enlightenment/summary.html]
 
*Review of a recent book by biologist David Sloan Wilson on group selection and altruism.  [http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2015/03/19/biology-being-good-others/]
 
*False Belief Test: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hLubgpY2_w]
 
*The Cold Logic of Drunk People [http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/10/the-cold-logic-of-drunk-people/381908/]
 
*Visit the site [http://www.yourmorals.org/explore.php 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," [http://www.newyorker.com/archive/1995/03/13/1995_03_13_068_TNY_CARDS_000370336] 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 2016 Ethics Reading Schedule]]
 
*[[Spring 2016 Ethics Course Lecture Notes]]
 
*[[Spring 2016 Ethics Course Study Questions]]
 
 
 
*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]]
 

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