PHIL152
Fall 2015
Contemporary Moral Problems

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Here is the course syllabus.  Check back periodically for additional readings or information.

Article just published on our discussion last week.

Your first midterm exam is Tuesday 10/13.  Review guide is here.

Additional readings for Ch. 9: Matt Zwolinski's response to Arnold; Zwolinski writing with Ben Powell, updated version.  Slides here.

Week of Nov 3:  Immigration.  Readings here.  Slides here.

Week of Nov 9: Drugs.  Readings here.  You need only read through page 210 of the PDF.  (I apologize in advance that some of the pages are upside down; you can rotate the display to correct.)  Slides here.

Week of Nov 16: Guns.  Readings here.  Slides here.

Your second midterm is Tuesday 11/24.  Review guide is here.

For Chapter 11, week of 11/30 - just read pp. 444-448, then in the point-counterpoint sections, just focus on arguments 1 and 3 in the first section and arguments 1 and 2 in the second section.  In the primary source section, just read the first three essays (Singer, Regan, Cohen), and also this essay: Lomasky  Here are the slides for ch. 11

For the week of Dec 7: readings on organ transplant markets  Slides here.

Final exam is Dec 15, 8:00-10:00, in our regular classroom.  Review guide is here.  Also: For reviewing for final exam: here are the slides for Ch. 1, ch. 3, ch. 4, and ch. 7