Assignments and Exam Materials

Philosophy 130, Autumn 2002

Professor Hubin

Below you will find the reading assignments, paper assignments and examination materials. For lecture outlines, go to the Handouts page.

[Reading Assignments]
[Writing Assignments]
[Examination Materials]

Readings

    Religious Moralism

       "Morality, Religion and Conscience" in MMC pp. 60-69

    Moral Relativism

       "The Source of Moral Ideas: Society, Cutsom, and Sympathy" in MMC pp. 69-71
       "Trying Out One's New Sword" in MMC pp. 77-81
       "Relativism in Ethics" in MMC pp. 81-85
       Recommended

    Ethical Egoism

       Optional

    Utilitarianism

    "Utilitarianism" in MMC pp. 26-34
       Recommended

    Kantianism

    "The Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Morals" in MMC pp. 16-26
    "Kant and Utilitarianism Contrasted" in MMC pp. 40-45

    Ethics and Nonhuman Animals

    "All Animals Are Equal" in MMC pp. 154-164
    "Speciesism and the Idea of Equality" in MMC pp. 164-171
    "People or Penguins" in MMC pp. 171-176
    "An Animal's Place" by Michael Pollan. You will need to register with the New York Times web page. Registration is free.
       Recommended

    The Ethics of Abortion

    "The Constitutional Right to Abortion" in MMC pp. 190-195
    "A Defense of Abortion" in MMC pp. 195-204
    "On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion" in MMC pp. 204-211
    "Abortion and the Concept of a Person" in MMC pp. 211-218
    "An Argument that Abortion is Wrong" in MMC pp. 218-228
    "Fathers and Fetuses" in MMC pp. 228-235

Writing Assignments

    First Short Paper (Due in discussion section Tuesday, October 29)


    Second Short Paper (Due in discussion section Tuesday, December 3)


Examination Materials




Note:  All handouts are in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format. If you do not already have the free Adobe Acrobat Reader, click here to get it.



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