Ethical Theories

8/26 - 9/6

• Pojman: A Defense of Ethical Objectivism (P 43)
• Fischer & Ravizza: Introduction: Theory (F&R p.25)
• Fischer & Ravizza: Introduction: Methodology (F&R p.12)
• Fischer & Ravizza: Introduction: Objections (F&R p.44)
• Kant: Deontological Ethics (P p.4)

• Schweitzer: Reverence for Life (P p.60)
• Glover: Against the Sanctity of Life Doctrine (P p.68)
• Englehardt: The Sanctity of Life and the Concept of a Person (P p.77)

• Aquinas: Suicide is Unnatural and Immoral (P p.139)
• Hume: On the Naturalness of Suicide (P p.142)
• Brandt: On the Morality and Rationality of Suicide (P p.152)

• Bennett: Whatever the Consequences (F&R p.93)
• Thompson: Killing, Letting Die, and the Trolley Problem (F&R p.67)
• Tooley: An Irrelevant Consideration: Killing Versus Letting Die (F&R p.106)
• Trammell: Saving Life and Taking Life (F&R p.116)
• Russell: On the Relative Strictness of Negative and Positive Duties (F&R p.121)
• Malm: Killing, Letting Die, and Simple Conflicts (F&R p.133)
• Quinn: Actions, Intentions, and Consequences: The Doctrine of Doing and Allowing (F&R p.145)

• Kamisar: Against Legalizing Euthanasia (P p.176)
• Williams: For Legalizing Euthanasia: A Rejoinder (P p.184)
• Rachels: Active and Passive Euthanasia (P p.190)
• Sullivan: Active and Passive Euthanasia: An Impertinent Distinction (P p.195)

• Quinn: Actions, Intentions, and Consequences: The Doctrine of Double Effect (F&R p.179)
• Davis: The Doctrine of Double Effect: Problems of Interpretation (F&R p.199)

• Noonan: Abortion is Morally Wrong (P p.235)
• Foot: The Problem of Abortion and the Doctrine of Double Effect (F&R p.59)
• Thompson: A Defense of Abortion (P p.240)
• Thompson: Rights and Deaths (F&R p.191)
• Warren: The Personhood Argument in Favor of Abortion (P p.261)
• Gensler: The Golden Rule Argument Against Abortion (P p.268)

• Kass: The Wisdom of Repugnance (P p.308)
• Lewontin: The Confusion over Cloning (P 341)

• Taurek: Should the Numbers Count? (F&R p.214)
• Kavka: The Numbers Should Count (F&R p.236)

• van den Haag & Schwartz: The Death Penalty: Pro and Con (P p.391)
• Bedau: Against the Retributivist Justification of the Death Penalty (P p.381)

• Narveson: A Critique of Pacifism (P p.479)
• Ryan: A Defense of Pacifism (P p.489)
• Phillips: Just War Theory (P p.472)

• Kant: We Have Only Indirect Duties to Animals (P p.398)
• Singer: All Animals are Equal (P p.400)
• Regan: The Radical Egalitarian Case for Animal Rights (P p.422)
• Warren: Difficulties with the Strong Animal Rights Position (P p.445)
• Cohen: The Case Against Animal Rights (P p. 453)

• Hardin: Lifeboat Ethics: The Case Against Helping the Poor (P p.526)
• Singer: Famine, Affluence, and Morality (P p.543)
• Arthur: Famine Relief and the Ideal Moral Code (P p.559)

• Epicurus: Death is Nothing to Us (P p.105)
• Murphy: Rationality and the Fear of Death (P p. 123)
• Das: A Hindu Theory of Life and Death (P p.132)

This schedule is subject to change.