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==Course Schedule & Reading Notes==
  
==Main Course Information==
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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 ]
  
====Schedule & Notes====
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==More Course Information==
  
*[[Ethics News!]]
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:*[[Major Ethics Course Questions]]  
*[[Spring 2019 Ethics Class Notes and Reading Schedule | 2019 Class Notes and Reading Schedule]]
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:*[https://www.imdb.com/list/ls028883207/ Some movies with ethical themes]
*[[Fall 2020 Ethics Class Notes and Reading Schedule | 2020 Class Notes and Reading Schedule]]
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:*[[Philosophical Methods]]
*[[Spring 2019 Immigration Research Page]]
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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]
  
*[https://gonzagau.sharepoint.com/sites/faculty/alfino/ethics Sharepoint site for the course.]
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===Other Resources===
  
====Advice, About the course, Method, Wiki edits====
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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
  
*[[Major Ethics Course Questions]]
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:*[https://www.ted.com/talks/frans_de_waal_do_animals_have_morals De Waal Monkey Research TED talk]  
*[[Ethics Basic Course Information | Basic Course Information]]
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:*Monkey fairness: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HL45pVdsRvE ]
*[[Philosophical Methods]]
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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]
*[[Assignment Rubric]]
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:*Sparknotes key dates / summaries on Enlightenment. [http://www.sparknotes.com/history/european/enlightenment/summary.html]
*[[Advice on Reading]]
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:*False Belief Test: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hLubgpY2_w]
*[[The Short Short Guide to Wiki Edits]]
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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/]
*[[Student Practice Page for Wiki]] - post your introductions here and show me you can add content to the wiki!
 
  
==Forms==
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===Office Use Only===
  
*[https://goo.gl/forms/0niZBty8711bPpq63 Roster Information]
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:*Previous Class Notes:
*[https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc1trEfbpCpvZ4pJ-CwwaeiEEVTvh2kgls4awkQfhl2vWd4-w/viewform?usp=send_form Short Objective Quiz]
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:*[[Spring 2024 Ethics Class Notes and Reading Schedule]]
*[http://goo.gl/forms/w1lMW5qbsa Tell Me]
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:*[[Fall 2023 Ethics Class Notes and Reading Schedule]]
*[https://goo.gl/forms/3epvTIprjBDXXSLI3 Anonymous Preference Voting]
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:*[[Fall 2021 Ethics Class Notes and Reading Schedule | Fall 2021 Class Notes and Reading Schedule]]
*[https://goo.gl/forms/FTEYCwcpeUN5QCBh1 New Small Group Discussion Report - Ethics]
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:*[[Spring 2021 Ethics Class Notes and Reading Schedule | Spring 2021 Class Notes and Reading Schedule]]
*[http://goo.gl/forms/KdUwv5FPL3 Short Critical Response]
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:*[[Fall 2022 Ethics Class Notes and Reading Schedule]]
  
==Other Resources==
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:*[[Alfino Ethics Course Syllabus]]   
 
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:*[[Proposal Draft for WE designation]]
*Larsen C ice shelf ready to go!  [https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/massive-ice-shelf-poised-break-antarctica]
 
*De Waal Monkey Research TED talk- https://www.ted.com/talks/frans_de_waal_do_animals_have_morals
 
*Monkey fairness: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HL45pVdsRvE ]
 
*Religious freedom case in Switzerland. [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/10/echr-swiss-muslim-girls-must-attend-mixed-sex-swimming-lessons]
 
*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]
 
*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==
 
 
 
====Previous class notes====
 
 
 
*[[2018 Ethics Reading Schedule]]
 
*[[Spring 2018 Ethics Course Lecture Notes | Spring 2018 In-Class Notes]]
 
*[[Fall 2018 Ethics Course Lecture Notes]]
 
 
 
====Previous class research====
 
 
 
*[[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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