SELECTED PROBLEMS OF ETHICS (SPRING 07)

Syllabus:  Selected Problems in Ethics

Internet Reading Assignments:   NB for Tuesday, Jan. do 1 and 2 (but you need only read sections 1 though 3 of reading #2)

            #1.Euthanasia

                        #2. Voluntary Euthanasia (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

                        #3. Mary Anne Warren on Abortion (pro-abortion): http://instruct.westvalley.edu/lafave/warren_article.html

                        #4. Patrick Lee and Robert P. George, "The Wrong of Abortion,"  The Wrong of Abortion

                        #5. (on embryonic stem cells):  http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-george072001.shtml

                         #6. (more on embryonic stem cells:  http://www.firstthings.com/article.php3?id_article=1959

                         #7. (still more--but short--on stem cells):  Howstuffworks "How Stem Cells Work" (make sure to click on "Print" to get the print version)

                          #8. Lee Silver on Stem Cells:  GMO Food For Thought: The biotech culture clash: Embedded religious perspectives in East and West create distinct responses to genetic engineering 

                        #9. Our Reply:  http://books.nationalreview.com/review/?q=OTNiYWM2ZjJiYWVlN2IyMzFjOWYwMDZmMTc4MzU2MGU=

                        #10 Tips on Writing a Philosophy Paper:  Tips on Writing a Philosophy Paper