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Resources and Readings |
| Rachels, Chapter One: What is Morality? |
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| Rachels, Chapter Two: Cultural Relativism |
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Superior Culture Policy |
| Rolston, Must Aesthetic Appreciation of Landscapes be Science Based? |
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Death by Stoning for Sex out of Marriage |
| Rachels, Chapter Three: Subjectivism |
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The Ritual: Disfiguring, Hurtful, Wildly Festive
Village by Village, Circumcising a Ritual
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| Richard Mohr, Gay Basics |
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Recent Issues Concerning Gays |
| Michael Levin, Homosexuality, Abnormality, and Civil Rights |
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| Richard Taylor, God (Cosmological Argument for God's Existence) |
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Basis for Moralitiy natural or supernatural? |
| Bertrand Russell, Why I Am Not a Christian |
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| Alvin Plantinga, A Defense of Religious Exclusivism |
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Can Nonbelievers Be Saved? |
| Dostoevsky, The Sufferings of Little Children |
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| Possible Theodicies |
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| John Hick, The Problem of Evil and Evil and the Infinite Future Good |
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Wes Morrison's Home Page (Philosopher of Religion) |
| Rachels, Ch. 4: Does Religion Depend on Morality? |
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| Below after Midterm |
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| Rachels, Ch5: Psychological Egoism |
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| Rachels, Ch 6: Ethical Egoism |
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| Rachels, Ch 7: Utilitarianism |
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| J. Baird Callicott, Animal Liberation: A Triangular Affair |
J. Baird Callicott |
Aldo Leopold
Holmes Rolston III |
| Rachels, Ch 8: Debate over Utilitarianism |
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| Rachels, Ch 9: Are There Absolute Moral Rules? |
Immanuel Kant |
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| Rachels, Ch 10: Kant and Respect for Persons |
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| Rachels, Ch 10: Retributive and Utilitarian views of Punishment |
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| Rachels, Ch 11: The Idea of a Social Contract |
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| Joel Feinberg, Hard Cases for the Harm Principle |
Joel Feinberg |
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| Rachels, Ch 12: Feminism and the Ethics of Care |
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| Rachels, Ch 13: The Ethics of Virtue |
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| Rachels, Ch 14: What Would a Satisfactory Moral Theory Be Like? |
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| Final Exam Study Questions |
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