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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 ]
  
*[[Ethics News!]]
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==More Course Information==
*[[Spring 2019 Ethics Reading Schedule | Spring 2019 Reading Schedule]]
 
*[[Spring 2019 Ethics Course Lecture Notes | Spring 2019 In-Class Notes]]
 
*[https://gonzagau-my.sharepoint.com/:f:/g/personal/alfino_gonzaga_edu/EuNHHnpXE5NJmdZzKyUKNFIBopDI7DVcQki_5F1tdLq4qQ?e=dzbA3v Sharepoint Site]
 
  
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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]
  
*[[Major Ethics Course Questions]]
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===Other Resources===
*[[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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:*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
  
*[https://goo.gl/forms/0niZBty8711bPpq63 Roster Information]
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:*[https://www.ted.com/talks/frans_de_waal_do_animals_have_morals De Waal Monkey Research TED talk]  
*[https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc1trEfbpCpvZ4pJ-CwwaeiEEVTvh2kgls4awkQfhl2vWd4-w/viewform?usp=send_form Short Objective Quiz]
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:*Monkey fairness: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HL45pVdsRvE ]
*[http://goo.gl/forms/w1lMW5qbsa Tell Me]
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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]
*[https://goo.gl/forms/3epvTIprjBDXXSLI3 Anonymous Preference Voting]
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:*Sparknotes key dates / summaries on Enlightenment. [http://www.sparknotes.com/history/european/enlightenment/summary.html]
*[https://goo.gl/forms/FTEYCwcpeUN5QCBh1 New Small Group Discussion Report - Ethics]
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:*False Belief Test: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hLubgpY2_w]
*[http://goo.gl/forms/KdUwv5FPL3 Short Critical Response]
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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/]
  
==Other Resources==
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===Office Use Only===
  
*Larsen C ice shelf ready to go!  [https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/massive-ice-shelf-poised-break-antarctica]
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:*Previous Class Notes:
*De Waal Monkey Research TED talk- https://www.ted.com/talks/frans_de_waal_do_animals_have_morals
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:*[[Spring 2024 Ethics Class Notes and Reading Schedule]]
*Monkey fairness: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HL45pVdsRvE ]
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:*[[Fall 2023 Ethics Class Notes and Reading Schedule]]
*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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:*[[Fall 2021 Ethics Class Notes and Reading Schedule | Fall 2021 Class Notes and Reading Schedule]]
*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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:*[[Spring 2021 Ethics Class Notes and Reading Schedule | Spring 2021 Class Notes and Reading Schedule]]
*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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:*[[Fall 2022 Ethics Class Notes and Reading Schedule]]
*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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:*[[Alfino Ethics Course Syllabus]]
 
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:*[[Proposal Draft for WE designation]]
*[[2018 Ethics Reading Schedule]]
 
*[[Spring 2018 Ethics Course Lecture Notes | Spring 2018 In-Class Notes]]
 
*[[Fall 2018 Ethics Course Lecture Notes]]
 
 
 
*[[Fall 2018 Immigration Research - Italy, Europe, and US -- 1st wave]]
 
*[[Fall 2018 Immigration Research - Italy, Europe, and US -- 2nd wave]]
 
*[[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]]
 
*[[Wiki Research Page for Cases involving Freedom of Conscience -- Spring 2018]]
 
*[[Police Bias in U.S.]]
 
*[[Catch and Kill Journalism]]
 
*[[Climate Change]]
 
*[[Intervention related to Crimes Against Humanity]]
 
*[[Assessing the School Shooting Movement]]
 

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