Handouts, readings, lecture outlines...

Listed below are the handouts we will be referring to during the course of the Contemporary Ethical Issues discussions.

1. The Trolley Problems

2. The Queen v. Dudley and Stephens

3. Categories & Principles

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

9. The Heinz Dilemma

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

26. Relativism Overview

27. Right vs. Right Dilemmas

28. Pro & Con Capital Punishment Arguments

29. Death Penalty Internet Research

30. Death Penalty Arguments

31. Death Penalty Paper Assignment

32. Capital Punishment Overview

33. Why the U.S. Will Abandon Capital Punishment

34. The Executioner's IQ Test

35. Death Penalty Cartoons

36. Death Penalty Case Studies

37. Experiential Accounts

38. Abortion Issues Overview

39. Pre-Unit Questionnaire: Abortion

40. Capital Punishment Paper Rubric

41. A Defense of Abortion

42. Abortion Pro- and Con- Arguments

43. Abortion Powerpoint

44. Abortion Political Cartoons

45. Why Abortion is Immoral

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

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