Assigned Readings

Week 1

Rachels - The Challenge of Cultural Relativism

Huemer - Ethical Intuitionism (excerpt)

Week 2

Rachels - Debate Over Utilitarianism

Nozick - The Experience Machine

Ross - What Makes Right Actions Right?

Week 3

Greene - Moral Dilemmas and The Trolley Problem

Rawls - Justice as Fairness

Week 4

Nozick - Distributive Justice

Hale - The Veil of Opulence

Week 11

Singer - All Animals are Equal

Cohen - The Case for the Use of Animals

Norcross - Puppies, Pigs, and People

Week 13

Glover - Questions About Genetic Engineering

Glannon - Genetic Enhancement

Week 14

Cracking Your Genetic Code

Wilkinson - Genetic Information is Not Exceptional

Week 15

Radcliffe-Richards - Allowing Kidney Sales

Moss & Siegler - Should Alcoholics Compete Equally for Liver Transplantation?

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