Assigned Readings

Week 1

Rachels - The Challenge of Cultural Relativism

Week 2

Huemer - The Implausibility of Nihilism (to be used again in week 8)

Plato - Euthryphro

Week 3

Shafer-Landau - Does Ethical Objectivity Require God?

The Craig vs. Antony debate

Week 4

Rachels - Debate Over Utilitarianism

Week 5

Ross - What Makes Right Actions Right?

Week 6

Foot - Abortion & the Doctrine of Double Effect

Norcross - The Road To Hell

Week 7

Thomson - Killing, Letting Die, and the Trolley Problem (no longer available online)

Rachels - Active and Passive Euthanasia

Week 8

Greene - An FMRI Investigation (no longer available online)

Holbach - The Illusion of Free Will

Week 9

Nagel - Moral Luck

Parfit - What Makes Someone's Life Go Best?

Week 10

Kass - Preventing A Brave New World

Week 11

Hardin - Lifeboat Ethics

Patton - Game Preserve Ethics

Week 13

Cohen - The Case For The Use of Animals

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