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| | + | ==Course Schedule & Reading Notes== |
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| − | ==Main Course Links== | + | :*[[Ethics News!]] |
| | + | :*[[Fall 2024 Ethics Class Notes and Reading Schedule]] |
| | + | :*[[Empathy Gym Practicum - Optional Assignment]] |
| | + | :*[[Ethics Fall 2023 New Prison videos]] |
| | + | :*[http://Courses.alfino.org Courses.alfino.org] |
| | + | :*[https://www.dropbox.com/sh/l3h8c2g1asg9ru0/AACISs3JNFbBfQqHemFIYPxsa?dl=0 Link to Main Shared Folder] |
| | + | :*[https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/hpr75x4j3y0s7pbzrpy8c/ANAKWuQGONdBQENW4Y-flpo?rlkey=l64dd1g3v3eao0jl7fckmwq5a&dl=0 Link to Class Audio ] |
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| − | *[[Ethics Core Course Proposal]]
| + | ==More Course Information== |
| − | *[[Ethics Basic Course Information | Basic Course Information]]
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| − | *[[Major Ethics Course Questions]]
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| − | *[[Spring 2017 Ethics Reading Schedule | Reading Schedule]]
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| − | *[[Spring 2017 Ethics Course Lecture Notes | In-Class Notes]]
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| − | *[[Spring 2017 Ethics Course Study Questions | Study Questions]]
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| − | *[[Ethics Course Bibliography]]
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| − | *[[Ethics Suggested Projects and Topics | Suggested Projects and Topics]]
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| − | *[[Philosophical Methods]]
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| − | *[[The Short Short Guide to Wiki Edits]]
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| − | *[[Student Practice Page for Wiki]] - post your introductions here and show me you can add content to the wiki!
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| − | *[[Peer Review Advice from Peerceptiv!]]
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| − | *[[Assignment Rubric]]
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| − | ==Final Exam Essay Prompts== | + | :*[[Major Ethics Course Questions]] |
| | + | :*[https://www.imdb.com/list/ls028883207/ Some movies with ethical themes] |
| | + | :*[[Philosophical Methods]] |
| | + | :*[[Assignment Rubric]] |
| | + | :*[[Advice on Reading]] |
| | + | :*[https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd1rzcswS48y0luv6YjVLNw0M2ol76-gLrmId03DopGEcBLGA/viewform?usp=sf_link Tell Me] |
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| − | Choose two of the following three essay topics and write a 400 word essay about each one. Save your two essays to a word document and upload it to the final exam dropbox by Thursday midnight.
| + | ===Other Resources=== |
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| − | 1. In light of your study of ethics this term, how see our ethical nature as relatively tied to our natural history (evolution) as opposed to being free from that history?
| + | :*Some links on Dobbs, 14th am, and basic liberties |
| | + | ::*[https://youtu.be/hDG38J961rU Eric Foner, Columbia U prof, 6 mins on the text] |
| | + | ::*[https://youtu.be/1DN_jFt-zNE National Constitution Center Video on 14th amendment] 25 mins |
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| − | 2. Explicate and evaluate Haidt thesis that morality "binds and blinds".
| + | :*[https://www.ted.com/talks/frans_de_waal_do_animals_have_morals De Waal Monkey Research TED talk] |
| | + | :*Monkey fairness: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HL45pVdsRvE ] |
| | + | :*Mercier and Sperber article mentioned in Haidt, Chapter 4: [http://www.dan.sperber.fr/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/MercierSperberWhydohumansreason.pdf] |
| | + | :*Sparknotes key dates / summaries on Enlightenment. [http://www.sparknotes.com/history/european/enlightenment/summary.html] |
| | + | :*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/] |
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| − | 3. Briefly identify and critically evaluate how libertarians, rawlasians, and utilitarians might view the alleged right to withold business services from LGBT couples marrying.
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| − | ==Google Forms and Class Audio==
| + | :*Previous Class Notes: |
| | + | :*[[Spring 2024 Ethics Class Notes and Reading Schedule]] |
| | + | :*[[Fall 2023 Ethics Class Notes and Reading Schedule]] |
| | + | :*[[Fall 2021 Ethics Class Notes and Reading Schedule | Fall 2021 Class Notes and Reading Schedule]] |
| | + | :*[[Spring 2021 Ethics Class Notes and Reading Schedule | Spring 2021 Class Notes and Reading Schedule]] |
| | + | :*[[Fall 2022 Ethics Class Notes and Reading Schedule]] |
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| − | *[http://goo.gl/forms/2lMTFYwc6z Backevaluation Form for Rating peer reviewer] Consult the spreadsheet sent by email to identify the saint for each review.
| + | :*[[Alfino Ethics Course Syllabus]] |
| − | | + | :*[[Proposal Draft for WE designation]] |
| − | *[http://goo.gl/forms/BEnBdij95p Peer Review Form for Paper 1] | |
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| − | *[https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1mU9prkustVk2fvN2TKXkW0cCEC7Sx0Q9d2OY4VWa1fI/viewform Report your topic]
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| − | *[https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Upgg3gSXQ4LSnB1kLKtMp68qmCN9ZEzRLLJdBHsNR3A/viewform?usp=send_form Short Objective Quiz]
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| − | *[https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1bUdb1DpG0JVAUtIC5z0tWFTrFs5JBDBYHyA_pU8TsxA/viewform?usp=send_form Small Group Discussion Report]
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| − | *[http://goo.gl/forms/w1lMW5qbsa Tell Me] - A general form for telling me anything anonymously or not.
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| − | *[http://goo.gl/forms/n3fi7dEDpP Anonymous Preference Voting]
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| − | *[http://goo.gl/forms/8iVv1RXjGE Roster Information]
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| − | *Audio From Class: To access audio from class, fill in the weblink following this example: alfino.org/audiofromclass/301JAN12.m4a
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| − | ==First Round Topics==
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| − | :*[[A Good Death]]
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| − | :*[[Ethical Treatment of Animals]] | |
| − | :*[[Basic Income Guarantee (B.I.G.) / Living Wage]]
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| − | ==Second Round Topics==
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| − | Paper due dates:
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| − | :*April 21 - Rough Draft
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| − | :*April 21-26 - Peer Review
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| − | :*May 2 - Final Draft due
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| − | Peer review form: [http://goo.gl/forms/CQfMxZfZH9]
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| − | :*[[Religious Liberty and Freedom of Conscience]]
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| − | :*[[Sustainability and Food Production]]
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| − | :*[[Aid to the Absolutely Poor]]
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| − | :*[[US Income and Wealth Inequality]]
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| − | ==Other Resources==
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| − | *Louis CK on emotional regulation [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HbYScltf1c]
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| − | *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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| − | *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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| − | *NYRB review of recent work on sociology of technology: [http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2016/02/25/we-are-hopelessly-hooked/]
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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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| − | *First Short Answer Question: [[JAN282016ShortAnswer1]]
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| − | *Genetically engineered morality? [[http://futurism.com/videos/watch-genetically-modified-super-mouse-action/]]
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| − | *[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 ]]
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| − | *Self-driving cars with Trolley problems: [http://www.cnet.com/news/self-driving-car-advocates-tangle-with-messy-morality/]
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| − | *Sparknotes key dates / summaries on Enlightenment. [http://www.sparknotes.com/history/european/enlightenment/summary.html]
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| − | *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/]
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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/]
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| − | *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.
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| − | *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?”"
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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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| − | *[[The Ethics Movie List]]
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| − | ==Previously posted Course Resources==
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| − | *[[Spring 2016 Ethics Reading Schedule]]
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| − | *[[Spring 2016 Ethics Course Lecture Notes]]
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| − | *[[Spring 2016 Ethics Course Study Questions]]
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