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==Ethics Course Wiki==
 
==Ethics Course Wiki==
  
*[[Florence Summer 2014 Ethics Basic Course Information | Basic Course Information]]
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*[[Florence Summer 2014 Ethics Reading Schedule | Reading Schedule]]
  
*[[Summer1 2013 Ethics Syllabus | Syllabus]]
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*[[Florence Summer 2014 Ethics Course Lecture Notes A | Lecture Notes A]]
  
*[[Philosophical Methods]]
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*[[Florence Summer Ethics Course Study Questions | Study Questions]]
  
*[[Getting_Started_with_Wikis | Getting Started with Wikis]]
 
  
 
*[[Florence Summer 2014 Ethics Course Assignments | Assignments for Your Grading Scheme]]
 
*[[Florence Summer 2014 Ethics Course Assignments | Assignments for Your Grading Scheme]]
  
*[[Florence Summer 2014 Ethics Course Lecture Notes A | Lecture Notes A]]
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*[[Florence Summer 2014 Ethics Course Questions | Major Course Questions]]
 
 
*[[Florence Summer Ethics Course Study Questions | Study Questions]]
 
 
 
*[[Summer1 2014 Ethics Course Questions | Major Course Questions]]
 
  
 
*[[Summer1 2014 Ethics Suggested Projects and Topics | Suggested Projects and Topics]]
 
*[[Summer1 2014 Ethics Suggested Projects and Topics | Suggested Projects and Topics]]
 
  
 
==Other Resources==
 
==Other Resources==
  
The Google Group for this class is "AlfinoEthics".  Find it at [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/alfinoethics]
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*[[Sample Ethics mid-term from Spring Semester]]
  
:*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.
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*[[Affirmative Action in College Admissions - Resources]]
 
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*[[Florence Summer 2014 Ethics Basic Course Information | Basic Course Information]]
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WB3Q5EF4Sg The Trolley Problem]
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*[[Summer1 2013 Ethics Syllabus | Syllabus]]
 
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*[[Spring 2014 Ethics Course Lecture Notes A | Lecture Notes from previous version of course]]
If Facebook were Yelp [http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/shouts/2013/01/if-facebook-were-yelp.html]
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*[[Spring 2014 Ethics Course Study Questions | Study Questions from previous version of course]]
 
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*[[Philosophical Methods]]
 
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*[[Getting_Started_with_Wikis | Getting Started with Wikis]]
Here is a link giving a synopsis of the book Blink by Malcolm Gladwell.  It is about how people can make choices within the blink of an eye.  This kind of relates to the "elephant" we have been discussing in class.
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*[[The Short Short Guide to Wiki Edits]]
[http://books.google.it/books/about/Blink.html?id=9G6fQAAACAAJ&redir_esc=y]
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*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.
 
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*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WB3Q5EF4Sg The Trolley Problem]
Additionally, I have posted a link to the book Think by Michael LeGault.  It is a counterargument to Gladwell's Blink discussing why serious decisions cannot be made quickly - "the rider" so to speak.
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*If Facebook were Yelp [http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/shouts/2013/01/if-facebook-were-yelp.html]
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_(book)]
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*Here is a link giving a synopsis of the book Blink by Malcolm Gladwell.  It is about how people can make choices within the blink of an eye.  This kind of relates to the "elephant" we have been discussing in class.[http://books.google.it/books/about/Blink.html?id=9G6fQAAACAAJ&redir_esc=y]. Additionally, I have posted a link to the book Think by Michael LeGault.  It is a counterargument to Gladwell's Blink discussing why serious decisions cannot be made quickly - "the rider" so to speak. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_(book)]
 
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Affirmative action case:
 
Here are 2 videos the Colbert Report did on a case that is supposed to be up for debate in the supreme court soon:
 
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/420234/october-16-2012/affirmative-action-supreme-court-case
 
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/420235/october-16-2012/affirmative-action-supreme-court-case---emily-bazelon
 
Here is an additional article about it: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/10/fisher-vs-university-of-texas-supreme-court_n_1954297.html
 

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