Introduction to Biomedical Ethics - Course Readings at a Glance
Course website: http://www.chrisyoung.net/teaching
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August 26th, 2004 |
No Reading - First Class |
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August 31st, 2004 |
Blackburn. Being Good, pages. 9-42. |
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September 2nd, 2004 |
Blackburn. Being Good, pages 43-55. Singer. Practical Ethics. "Chapter 1: About Ethics" pages 1-15. |
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September 7th, 2004 |
Singer. Practical Ethics. "Chapter 2: Equality and Its Implications," pages 16-54. |
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September 9th, 2004 |
No Reading. |
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September 14th, 2004 |
Kagan. "Doing Harm" (Course Packet) |
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September 16th, 2004 |
Rachels. ''Death and evil" (Course Packet) |
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September 21st, 2004 |
Handout on Abortion (Course web page) Roe v. Wade (Course web page) |
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September 23rd, 2004 |
Noonan. 'An Almost Absolute Value in History' (Course Packet) |
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September 28th, 2004 |
Thomson. "A Defense of Abortion" (Course web page) Essay on Thomson due. |
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September 30th, 2004 |
Thomson. "A Defense of Abortion" (Course web page) |
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October 5th, 2004 |
Warren. "On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion" (Course Packet) |
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October 7th, 2004 |
Singer. Practical Ethics. "Chapter 6. Taking life: The Embryo and the Fetus," pages 135-174. |
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October 12th, 2004 |
Marquis. "Why Abortion is Immoral" (Course Packet) |
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October 19th, 2004 |
Mid-term |
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October 21st, 2004 |
Singer. Practical Ethics. "Chapter 7. Taking Life: Humans," pages 175-217. |
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October 26th, 2004 |
Kass. "Neither for love nor money: Why doctors must not kill" (Course Packet) |
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October 28th, 2004 |
Dworkin, Frey, Bok. Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide. Introduction & Chapters 1 & 2. |
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November 2nd, 2004 |
Dworkin, Frey, Bok. Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide. Chapters 3 & 4. |
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November 4th, 2004 |
Dworkin, Frey, Bok. Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide. Chapters 5 & 6. |
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November 9th, 2004 |
Dworkin, Frey, Bok. Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide. Chapters 7 & 8. |
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November 11th, 2004 |
Rawls, Thomson, Nozick, Dworkin, Scanlon, Nagel. "The Philosopher's Brief" (Course web page) |
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November 16th, 2004 |
Singer. Practical Ethics. "Chapter 5: Taking Life: Animals," pages 110-134. |
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November 18th, 2004 |
LaFollette. "Animal Rights and Human Wrongs," (Course web page) |
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November 30th, 2004 |
No Reading - Discussion of Animal testing |
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December 2nd, 2004 |
No Reading - Discussion of course themes |
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December 7th, 2004 |
No Reading - Exam Review |
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December 9th, 2004 |
No Reading - Exam Review |