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Philosophy Links M.C. Student Questions The Rawls Game John Rawls: Remembered by Amy Gutmann John Rawls: Remembered by Michael Dorf Leo Strauss: Summary Rational Decision-making Outline: Moral and Political Philosophy Six Questions Various Views on Interest Course Syllabi PL 201 PL 202 PL 203 Moral Issue 8 Utilitarians and Marx Moral Issue 9 Kant Moral Issue 10 Mussolini Moral Issue 11 Rawls Moral Issue 12 King and Outlaw Moral Issue 13 Baier and Ruddick Metaphysical Issue 1 Democritus Metaphysical Issue 2 Plato and Aristotle Epistemological Issue 1 Descartes Epistemological Issue 2 Aristotle and Kant Epistemological Issue 3 Dewey and Wittgenstein Religion Issue: Descartes and Aquinas Multicultural Issue 1 Confucianism and Buddhism Multicultural Issue 2 Hinduism and Islam Multicultural Issue 3 African and African Diaspora Multicultural Issue 4 Native and Euro-American worldviews Multicultural Issue 5 Latin American Perspectives <>PL 201 Introduction to Philosophy Directions for Final Exam Reading Schedule MW Class Reading Schedule TR Class Reading and Discussion Schedule T (evening) Class) <>PL 202 Introduction to Ethics Reading Schedule, Part 1 Reading Schedule, Part 2 Reading Schedule, Part 3 Directions for Exam 1, Feb 23 Directions for Exam 2, April 10 Directions for Paper 1, due April 27 Directions for Paper 2, due May 13 PL 203 Introduction to the Study of Religion Directions for Exam 2, April 2 Reading Schedule Students' Questions Golden Rule PL 203 Theme Questions Indigenous Religions Hinduism Jainism Buddhism Taoism and Confucianism Shintoism Zoroastrianism Judaism Christianity Islam 202 Topic: Environmental Ethics Aldo Leopold William Baxter Gregory Cajete Shari Collins-Chobanian Chung-ying Cheng 202 Topic: Hunger and Poverty Garrett Hardin Amartya Sen Peter Singer John Arthur Carlo Filice Deane Curtin 202 Topic: War and Violence Douglas Lackey Haig Khatchadourian Burleigh Wilkins Sara Ruddick Martin Luther King 202 Topic: Gender Roles Carol Gilligan Marilyn Friedman David Blankenhorn Joel Anderson Lila Abu-Lughud Jaimes and Halsey Lawrence Kohlberg (from Gilligan) Kohlberg link 202 Topic: Racial and Ethnic Discrimination Bernard Boxill Shelby Steele Kwame Anthony Appiah Vine Deloria Larry May 202 Topic: Abortion John Noonan Jane English Don Marquis Don Marquis Reply Mary Anne Warren Jing-Bao Nie John Rawls 202 Topic: Euthanasia James Rachels Bonnie Steinbock Margaret Battin John Harris John Kilner Susan Sherwin 202 Topic: Technology, Ethics, and the Remaking of the Self Peter Kramer Sara Goering Kathinka Evers Soren Holm Excerpts from Philosophy Texts Dostoevsky, "The Grand Inquisitor" Hobbes On the State of Nature Jefferson Letter to John Adams Jefferson Letter to Van der Kemp Jefferson "Public revenue and expences" Kant Conjectural Beginning of Human History Leopold Sand County Almanac MillUtilitarianism Rawls A Theory of Justice Plato Republic Thomas Aquinas On Kingship Excerpts from Religious Texts Quotes from the Qur'an on Jihad


Bill's Notes and Monographs Covenant-Contract: Actual or Metaphorical? Shakespeare: The Artist as Existentialist Hero Francis Collins: A Response Enhancements vs. Therapy Definitions of Eugenics Racism and the Concept of Perfectionism Genetic Enhancement of a Child''s Memory Jonathan Glover: Summary and Response Genetic Obligations to Future Generations Chapter One: Summary of Argument LeRoy Walters and co-authors: Summary Websites http://bioethics.georgetown.edu/nirehg.html --an annotated bibliography of various topics, including eugenics http://vector.cshl.org/ --a photo archive and critical review of the American eugenics movement Bioethics teaching resources


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