Ethics

Course Websites, Schedule, and Notes

• Ethics News!
• New Class Notes and Reading Schedule
• Sharepoint site for the course.
• Courses.alfino.org

Course Research Questions, Methods, and Advice

• Major Ethics Course Questions
• Some movies with ethical themes
• Some Prompts for Everyday Ethics Reflection
• Philosophical Methods
• Assignment Rubric
• Advice on Reading
• Ethics_Research_on_Politics,_Conflict,_and_Partisanship

Other Resources

• Handy Google Forms:

• Breakout Room Preferences
• Tell Me

• Larsen C ice shelf ready to go! [1]
• De Waal Monkey Research TED talk
• Monkey fairness: [2]
• Religious freedom case in Switzerland. [3]

• Mercier and Sperber article mentioned in Haidt, Chapter 4: [4]
• Genetically engineered morality? [[5]]
• The Trolley Problem. Variations on the Trolley Problem: [[6]]
• Self-driving cars with Trolley problems: [7]
• Sparknotes key dates / summaries on Enlightenment. [8]
• False Belief Test: [9]
• The Cold Logic of Drunk People [10]

Office Use Only

• Practical Implications for from Course Research for moral and political behavior
• Ethics Basic Course Information SYLLABUS
• Proposal Draft for WE designation
• Additional Ethics Content
• Writing Assignments Ethics

• Student Practice Page for Wiki - post your introductions here and show me you can add content to the wiki!
• The Short Short Guide to Wiki Edits
• Roster Information
• Short Objective Quiz
• Anonymous Preference Voting
• New Small Group Discussion Report - Ethics
• Short Critical Response

Previous class notes

• Spring 2021 Class Notes and Reading Schedule
• Fall 2020 Class Notes and Reading Schedule
• 2019 Class Notes and Reading Schedule
• 2018 Ethics Reading Schedule
• 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