Handouts, readings, lecture outlines...
Listed below are the handouts we will be referring to during the course of the Contemporary Ethical Issues course.
2. The Queen v. Dudley and Stephens
4. Ruggiero 1, Why Study Ethics
5. Ruggiero 2, The Majority View & Ethics
6. Ruggiero 3, Feelings & Ethics
7. Ruggiero 4, The Shapers of Conscience
8. Ruggiero 5, Comparing Cultures
10. Rachels, The Challenge of Cultural Relativism
11. Stages of Moral Development (outline)
12. Stages of Moral Development (pyramid)
13. Sample Ethics in the News response
14. Kozinski, "Tinkering With Death"
15.Reiman, "Justice, Civilization and the Death Penalty"
16. Tucker, "Why the Death Penalty Works"
17. "The Death Penalty is Unjust"
18. Lecture outline: Capital Punishment
19. Van den Haag, "Capital Punishment Saves Lives"
20. Capital Punishment Questionnaire
21. Stages of Moral Development
22. Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Development
23. Sample Rubric: Ethics in the News
24. Ethics in the News Instructions
25. Kohlberg's Stages Simplified
28. Pro & Con Capital Punishment Arguments
29. Death Penalty Internet Research
31. Death Penalty Paper Assignment
32. Capital Punishment Overview
33. Why the U.S. Will Abandon Capital Punishment
36. Death Penalty Case Studies
39. Pre-Unit Questionnaire: Abortion
40. Capital Punishment Paper Rubric
42. Abortion Pro- and Con- Arguments
44. Abortion Political Cartoons
46. The Storm Lake Murder Case
47. The Storm Lake In-Class Writing Assignment
48. Parental Notification Laws
49. Who is Accountable for Children's Education?
50. Educational Choices Group Assignments
51.151.1.Achievement Gap--Summary
51.1pro 51.1.Schools are Failing--Pro
51.1 con 51.1.Schools are Failing--Con
51.2pro51.2.NCLB--Pro
51.2 con 51.2.NCLB--Con
51.3pro 51.3.Vouchers--Pro
51.3 con 51.3.Vouchers--Con
51.4pro 51.4.Charters--Pro
51.4 con 51.4.Charters--Con
51.551.5.Teacher Quality--Summary
51.5pro 51.5.Teacher Compensation--Pro
51.5 con 51.5.Teacher Compensation--Con<
53. Doubt Prompts
54. Doubt Rubric
55. Just War, Terrorism & Torture Pre-Unit Questionnaire
56. Terrorism & Civil Liberties
57. Trading Civil Liberties for a Safe Society
59. Luban, Liberalism, Torture, and the Ticking Time Bomb
60. The Ticking Time Bomb Scenario
61. Dershowitz, The Case for Torture Warrants
62. Shue, "Torture in Dreamland"
64. Just War Theory
65. President Obama's Nobel Prize Speech
66. Ethics Analysis Paper Rubric
67. Illegal Immigration Summary
68. Illegal Immigration Pro & Con
69. Illegal Immigration Pre-Unit Questionnaire
70. Is Illegal Immigration Moral?
71. Border Fence
72. Dream Act
78. Key Illegal Immigration Issues