Bioethics (2008):

Text:  Benedict Ashley, Jean De Blois, Kevin O’Rourke, Health Care Ethics: A Catholic Theological Analysis fifth edition (Georgetown University, 2006) (it’s important to get this latest edition)

Syllabus: Phil

PPT presentation outlines:

                1. Relativism: relativism

                        2. Basic Goods: basic goods.htm

                3. Abortion1: abortion1

                        4. Abortion2: abortion2

                5. Abortion3: abortion3

                New: 6. Brain Death, etc.: brain death, etc.

                         7. Contraception-Sterilization: Contraception

                         8. Reproductive Technologies: reproductive technologies.htm

                         9. Informed Consent: informed consent.htm

Online Reading Assignments:             

        1. on the natural moral law, from Germain Grisez:  http://216.25.45.103/book/Series01/I-11/chapter_xi.htm

        2. Mary Anne Warren on Abortion:  http://instruct.westvalley.edu/lafave/warren_article.html

                3. Lee and George on Abortion:  http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/content/BPL_Images/Content_store/Sample_chapter/1405115475/Cohen_sample chapter_Contemporary debates in applied ethics.pdf

                  4. Exchange with Lee Silver (three separate, short articles):  (1) http://books.nationalreview.com/review/?q=OTNiYWM2ZjJiYWVlN2IyMzFjOWYwMDZmMTc4MzU2MGU= (2) http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=Mjg2Y2RkNDM1MzlkMGMyMjI3NjhkYmE0ZTRjOTgyZDE= (3) http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MjNmZmYyN2NhNjFkYWRhNmExMDA2YzhiMDY5YzMyYTI=

                   5. Tips on Writing a Philosophy Paper: Tips on Writing a Philosophy Paper

                    6. On Embryonic Stem Cells:   (make sure to click on "print version" before printing)  http://science.howstuffworks.com/stem-cell.htm

               7. On Informed Consent:  http://depts.washington.edu/bioethx/topics/consent.html

            8. On Euthanasia:  http://www.americanhumanist.org/about/euthanasia.php     

            9. On Contraception and Sterilization (a book review that sets out the basic argument):  The Teaching of Humanae Vitae