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clayton littlejohn clayton littlejohn friday september 20 2019 readings for ethics i 4aana002 if you are looking for additional readings as you should be you can find good overviews for most topics in the stanford encyclopedia of philosophy their articles also provide you with helpful references for additional readings the starred selections are the ones that will be the focus of discussion in seminars but lectures will cover some material not covered in the starred readings e g to provide important context background or critical perspective and will not cover everything in the starred readings the main readings are the kinds of things that you should master for the purposes of exams and or essays the recommended readings are recommended for anyone interested in pursuing some issue further than we can cover in lectures or seminars week 1 death epicurus and lucretius selections robert nozick the experience machine fred feldman some puzzles about the evil of death week 2 consequentialism foundational issues john stuart mill utilitarianism chapter 4 it is worth reading the whole chapter but the proof of the principle of utility should be the main focus g e moore principia ethica sections 17 89 91 103 derek parfit reasons and persons susan wolf week 3 consequentialism criticisms philippa foot euthanasia aquinas of killing just read article 7 whether it is lawful to kill a man in self defense mangan an historical analysis of the principle of double effect warren quinn actions intentions and consequences the doctrine of double effect recommended james rachels active and passive euthanasia bernard williams utilitarianism for and against judith thomson physician assisted suicide two moral arguments week 4 consequentialism further critical discussions philippa foot utilitarianism and the virtues alastair norcross two dogmas of deontology recommended peter vallentyne against maximizing act consequentialism week 5 kantian ethics immanuel kant groundwork japa pallikkathayil deriving morality from politics rethinking the formula of humanity recommended nandi theunissen must we be just plain good on regress arguments for the value of humanity reading week we will not have lectures seminars or revision hours office hours week 6 animals immanuel kant lectures on ethics alastair norcross puppies pigs and people recommended peter singer all animals are equal good to refer to because it is a classic in the field but the important argument is the marginal cases argument and you can find that in the norcross reading the norcross reading is much more entertaining and it touches on some important questions about responsibility that we ll discuss in the lecture carolina sartorio how to be responsible for something without causing it recommended for those interested in link between moral responsibility and causation jonathan glover it makes no difference whether or not i do it recommended for those interested in link between moral responsibility and causation mary anne warren on the moral and legal status of abortion recommended for those interested in moral status week 7 pluralism and particularism w d ross the right and the good jonathan dancy ethical particularism and morally relevant properties week 8 duties of beneficence peter singer famine affluence and morality onora nell lifeboat earth recommended fiona woollard doing and allowing harm week 9 abortion don marquis why abortion is immoral judith thomson a defence of abortion recommended mary anne warren on the moral and legal status of abortion week 10 freedom and determinism peter van inwagen the incompatibility of free will and determinism harry frankfurt alternative possibilities and moral responsibility maria alvarez actions thought experiments and the principle of alternate possibilities on formative essays formative essay questions please choose one of these questions for your formative essay the essays should focus on the specifics of particular arguments but shows a good understanding of additional readings from the module and show some signs of further research it would be a good idea to consult the undergraduate marking criteria before you begin your essay so that you can think about what to include and what to omit in order to get the kind of mark that you want 1 please state and critically evaluate the strongest argument for the claim that death cannot be bad for the one who dies 2 should we believe that an act is right iff it promotes the greatest happiness for the greatest number 3 how if it all do the agent s intentions matter to morality 4 does the difference between doing something and allowing something to happen matter to morality 5 explain and evaluate foot s criticisms of consequentialism 6 should we follow the categorical imperative when the consequences of doing so would be bad for all of us 7 what does it mean to say that all animals are equal what if anything does this claim about moral status tell us about our obligations as individual consumers concerning animals 8 explain and evaluate ross s argument for pluralism 9 explain and evaluate singer s argument for the claim that we ought to do what is in our power to prevent bad things from happening to others unless doing so requires us to sacrifice something of comparable moral significance 10 the moral permissibility of abortion is determined entirely by the moral status of the foetus discuss 11 if we live in a deterministic universe we are never responsible for our actions discuss posted by clayton littlejohn at 2 33 am email this blogthis share to twitter share to facebook share to pinterest home subscribe to posts atom simple theme powered by blogger