Course Information

Instructor: Ken Himma

Meeting Times: MWF 8:30-9:20

Office: Savery M347E

Telephone:543.5384

Office Hours: MW 9:30-10:20 and by appointment

Online Office Hours: TBA Click here for online help during scheduled office hours.

Text: John Arthur, Morality and Moral Controversies, (Prentice Hall, 1999)

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Course Materials

Course Syllabus
Baxter, People or Penguins: 1. Study Questions; 2. Lecture Outline
Recer, Chimps a lot like us, just missing the brain poiwer: 1. Article
Singer, All Animals are Equal: 1. Study Questions; 2. Lecture Outline
Goodpaster, On Being Morally Considerable: 1. Lecture Outline
Scientific Study Concludes: Rape is the Product of Evolution: 1. Article
Tizon, Are Our Genes Wired for Violence?: 1. Article
Roe v. Wade: 1. Study Questions; 2. Lecture Outline
Man who Shot Car Thief is Charged in Death: 1. Article
Thomson, A Defense of Abortion: 1. Study Questions; 2. Lecture Outline
Study Questions -- First Midterm Exam
Warren, Moral Status of Abortion: 1. Study Questions; 2. Lecture Outline
Perry, Abortion and Personhood: Historical and Comparative Notes: 1. Article
Marquis, An Argument that Abortion is Wrong: 1. Study Questions; 2. Lecture Outline
Model Answers to the First Examination
Study Questions -- Second Midterm Exam
Cruzan v. Missouri: 1. Study Questions
Dyck, Alternatives to Euthanasia: 1. Study Questions; 2. Lecture Outline
Rachels, Active and Passive Euthanasia: 1. Study Questions; 2. Lecture Outline
Brandt, Euthanizing Defective Newborns: 1. Lecture Outline
Gregg v. Georgia: 1. Study Questions
Mears, Georgia Needs a Racial Justice Act: 1. Article
Innocence and the Death Penalty: 1. Article
Cohen and Hastings, For 110 freed by DNA evidence, freedom remains elusive: 1. Article
Glover, Executions: 1. Study Questions; 2. Lecture Outline I; 3. Lecture Outline II
Study Questions -- Final Exam

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Useful Links

Sites of General Ethical Interest

Applied and Theoretical Ethics Links
Ethics Update
Ethical Spectacle's Directory of Ethics-Related Web Sites

Animal Rights

Animal Rights Resource Site
MeatStinks.Com
Progressive Animal Welfare Society
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

Abortion

National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League
Ultimate Pro-Life Resource List
More Pro-Life Links
Text of Initiative 694
No on I-694
Concerned Citizens Against the Abortion Ban
Yes I-694!

Affirmative Action

Washington State Initiative 200
No!I-200
Washington State Civil Rights Initiative Home Page
Test Yourself: Are You Prejudiced?

Environmental Ethics

International Society for Environmental Ethics
Environmental Ethics and Policy
EnviroLink

Euthanasia

Euthanasia World Directory
Euthanasia and Physician Assisted Suicide
International Anti-Euthanasia Task Force
Euthanasia Resources
Bioethics Bookmarks

Homosexuality and Morality

Gay and Lesbian Community Services Ass'n
Christianity and Homosexuality

Pornography and Free Expression

Feminists for Free Expression
Andrea Dworkin's Online Library

General Philosophy Sites

Philosophy in Cyberspace
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Guide to Philosophy on the Internet
Episteme Links

Sites of Political Interest

Politics1
Women's Voting Guide
Project Vote Smart
Center for Responsive Politics

Reference

Strunk, The Elements of Style
Miriam-Webster Dictionary