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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 ]
  
*[[Major Ethics Course Questions]]
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==More Course Information==
*[[2018 Ethics Reading Schedule | Reading Schedule]]
 
*[[Spring 2018 Ethics Course Lecture Notes | In-Class Notes]]
 
*[[Ethics Basic Course Information | Basic Course Information]]
 
*[[Philosophical Methods]]
 
*[[Assignment Rubric]]
 
*[[Advice on Reading]]
 
*[[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!
 
  
==Forms==
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:*[[Major Ethics Course Questions]]
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:*[https://www.imdb.com/list/ls028883207/ Some movies with ethical themes]
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:*[[Philosophical Methods]]
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:*[[Assignment Rubric]]
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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]
  
*We'll use some of these online forms to do course work:
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===Other Resources===
*[https://goo.gl/forms/0niZBty8711bPpq63 Roster Information]
 
*[https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc1trEfbpCpvZ4pJ-CwwaeiEEVTvh2kgls4awkQfhl2vWd4-w/viewform?usp=send_form Short Objective Quiz]
 
*[http://goo.gl/forms/w1lMW5qbsa Tell Me]
 
*[https://goo.gl/forms/3epvTIprjBDXXSLI3 Anonymous Preference Voting]
 
*[https://goo.gl/forms/FTEYCwcpeUN5QCBh1 New Small Group Discussion Report - Ethics]
 
*[http://goo.gl/forms/KdUwv5FPL3 Short Critical Response]
 
  
==Other Resources==
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:*Some links on Dobbs, 14th am, and basic liberties
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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
  
*Larsen C ice shelf ready to go!  [https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/massive-ice-shelf-poised-break-antarctica]
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:*[https://www.ted.com/talks/frans_de_waal_do_animals_have_morals De Waal Monkey Research TED talk]
*De Waal Monkey Research TED talk- https://www.ted.com/talks/frans_de_waal_do_animals_have_morals
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:*Monkey fairness: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HL45pVdsRvE ]
*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]
*Religious freedom case in Switzerland. [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/10/echr-swiss-muslim-girls-must-attend-mixed-sex-swimming-lessons]
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:*Sparknotes key dates / summaries on Enlightenment. [http://www.sparknotes.com/history/european/enlightenment/summary.html]
*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/]
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:*False Belief Test: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hLubgpY2_w]
*NYRB reply to Tamsin Shaw from Jonathan Haidt and Steven Pinker [http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2016/04/07/moral-psychology-an-exchange/]
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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/]
*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]
 
*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.
 
*[[Ethics Core Course Proposal]]  -- this is an internal document for certifying the course as a core Ethics course.
 
  
==Previously posted Course Resources==
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===Office Use Only===
  
*[[Spring 2017 Ethics Course Lecture Notes | Spring 2017 In-Class Notes]]  
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:*Previous Class Notes:
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:*[[Spring 2024 Ethics Class Notes and Reading Schedule]]
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:*[[Fall 2023 Ethics Class Notes and Reading Schedule]]
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:*[[Fall 2021 Ethics Class Notes and Reading Schedule | Fall 2021 Class Notes and Reading Schedule]]
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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]]
  
*Spring 2016 Research Pages
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:*[[Alfino Ethics Course Syllabus]]
 
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:*[[Proposal Draft for WE designation]]
:*[[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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