Schedule of Readings
Ethical Theories | 8/26 - 9/6
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- Pojman: A Defense of Ethical Objectivism (P 43)
- Fischer & Ravizza: Introduction: Theory (F&R p.25)
- Fischer & Ravizza: Introduction: Methodology (F&R p.12)
- Fischer & Ravizza: Introduction: Objections (F&R p.44)
- Kant: Deontological Ethics (P p.4)
Sanctity of Life | 9/9 - 9/13
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- Schweitzer: Reverence for Life (P p.60)
- Glover: Against the Sanctity of Life Doctrine (P p.68)
- Englehardt: The Sanctity of Life and the Concept of a Person (P
p.77)
- Aquinas: Suicide is Unnatural and Immoral (P p.139)
- Hume: On the Naturalness of Suicide (P p.142)
- Brandt: On the Morality and Rationality of Suicide (P p.152)
Killing versus Letting Die | 9/23 - 10/2
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- Bennett: Whatever the Consequences (F&R p.93)
- Thompson:
Killing, Letting Die, and the Trolley Problem (F&R p.67)
- Tooley: An Irrelevant Consideration: Killing Versus Letting Die (F&R
p.106)
- Trammell: Saving Life and Taking Life (F&R p.116)
- Russell: On the Relative Strictness of Negative and Positive Duties
(F&R p.121)
- Malm: Killing, Letting Die, and Simple Conflicts (F&R p.133)
- Quinn: Actions, Intentions, and Consequences: The Doctrine of Doing
and Allowing (F&R p.145)
- Kamisar: Against Legalizing Euthanasia (P p.176)
- Williams: For Legalizing Euthanasia: A Rejoinder (P p.184)
- Rachels: Active and Passive Euthanasia (P p.190)
- Sullivan: Active and Passive Euthanasia: An Impertinent Distinction
(P p.195)
The Doctrine of Double Effect | 10/11 - 10/16
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- Quinn: Actions, Intentions, and Consequences: The Doctrine of Double
Effect (F&R p.179)
- Davis: The Doctrine of Double Effect: Problems of Interpretation
(F&R p.199)
- Noonan: Abortion is Morally Wrong (P p.235)
- Foot: The Problem of Abortion and the Doctrine of Double Effect (F&R
p.59)
- Thompson: A
Defense of Abortion (P p.240)
- Thompson:
Rights and Deaths (F&R p.191)
- Warren: The Personhood Argument in Favor of Abortion (P p.261)
- Gensler: The Golden Rule Argument Against Abortion (P p.268)
- Kass: The Wisdom of Repugnance (P p.308)
- Lewontin: The Confusion over Cloning (P 341)
- Taurek: Should the Numbers Count? (F&R p.214)
- Kavka: The Numbers Should Count (F&R p.236)
- van den Haag & Schwartz: The Death Penalty: Pro and Con (P p.391)
- Bedau: Against the Retributivist Justification of the Death Penalty
(P p.381)
- Narveson: A Critique of Pacifism (P p.479)
- Ryan: A Defense of Pacifism (P p.489)
- Phillips: Just War Theory (P p.472)
- Kant: We Have Only Indirect Duties to Animals (P p.398)
- Singer: All Animals are Equal (P p.400)
- Regan: The Radical Egalitarian Case for Animal Rights (P p.422)
- Warren: Difficulties with the Strong Animal Rights Position (P
p.445)
- Cohen: The Case Against Animal Rights (P p. 453)
- Hardin: Lifeboat Ethics: The Case Against Helping the Poor (P
p.526)
- Singer: Famine, Affluence, and Morality (P p.543)
- Arthur: Famine Relief and the Ideal Moral Code (P p.559)
Attitude Toward Death | 12/6 - 12/8
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- Epicurus: Death is Nothing to Us (P p.105)
- Murphy: Rationality and the Fear of Death (P p. 123)
- Das: A Hindu Theory of Life and Death (P p.132)
This schedule is subject to change.
Richard
Lee, rlee@uark.edu,
last modified: 24 August 2002