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Lecture Notes

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This section features the majority of lecture notes for the course (please note: notes are not available for all lectures). Parenthetical citations are found throughotu the notes; when these citations consist solely of a page number without the author or title of the work, the source is Morality Matters, the course's main text:

Amazon logo Di Leo, Jeffrey R., ed. Morality Matters: Race, Class, and Gender in Applied Ethics. Boston, MA: McGraw-Hill, 2002. ISBN: 0072840757.

Please refer to the readings for information about the specific authors being discussed and cited.


LEC #TOPICSLECTURE NOTES
1Introductory Lecture
I. Goodness
2PleasurePleasure and the Good Life (PDF)
3Desire SatisfactionGoodness and Rational Desire (PDF)
4Objective List TheoriesObjective Goods and the Good Life (PDF)
5EnvironmentalismValue and the Environment (PDF)
6Animal RightsAnimal Liberation (PDF)
7ImmortalityIs Death a Misfortune? (PDF)
II. Right and Wrong
8Egoism and SkepticismMoral Theory: Skepticism and Egoism (PDF)
9Religion and MoralityReligion and Morality (PDF)
10Relativism and TolerationMoral Relativism, Moral Isolation (PDF)
11Utilitarianism, Deontology and VirtueThree Moral Theories (PDF)
12Continuing Moral TheoryVirtue (PDF)
III. Justice
13Global JusticeDuty and Famine (PDF)
14EqualitySocial Values: Liberty and Equality (PDF)
15Social JusticeRawls: Liberal Egalitarianism and Justice as Fairness (PDF)
16Race, Gender, PovertyAnalyzing Structures (PDF)
17Welfare and FreedomWelfare, Work and Family (PDF)
IV. Punishment and the Death Penalty
18Vengeance, Retribution, ReformPunishment (PDF)
19Punishment and the BodyPunishment and Discipline (PDF)
20Death Penalty and DeterrenceThe Death Penalty and Deterrence (PDF)
21Race and the Death PenaltyRace and the Death Penalty (PDF)
V. Sexuality and Marriage
22The Purpose of SexSexual Morality (PDF)
23(Film in lecture, but keep reading)
24Other SexualitiesFamily Forms (PDF)
25Marriage and Gay MarriageGay Marriage (PDF)
26Final Lecture


 








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