Robert Streiffer - The Ethics of Abortion
MHB 559 / PHIL 543 Fall 2004
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Syllabus & Introductory Handouts

MHB 559 / PHIL 543 Syllabus F04

MHB 559 / PHIL 543 Revised Syllabus F04

01 Abortion Backgrounder.ppt

01 Construction of GMPs

 

Paper Topics

First Paper Topic

Second Paper Topic

Sample Paper on Noonan, First Draft

Sample Paper on Noonan, Second Draft

Third Paper Topic

Fourth Paper Topic

 

Handouts

02 Personhood I (Noonan, Tooley)

03 Personhood II (Schwarz, Pojman)

04 Valuable Future I (Devine, Marquis)

05 Valuable Future II (Sinnott-Armstrong, Harman)

05 Good Samaritan I (Thomson, Beckwith)

07 The Court Cases (Roe v Wade, Planned Parenthood v Casey, Horan & Balch)

08 The intrinsic Value Model I (Dworkin)

09 The Intrinsic Value Model II (Dworkin, Stroud, Thomson, Beckwith)

10 Ethical Issues in Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research (PowerPoint)

 

Debate Materials

Debate Teams and Time Table

Debate Materials 1

Debate Materials 2

Debate Materials Partial Birth Abortion

Debate - Criteria for Judging and Analysis Tables

 

News

LA Times - Election Could Turn on Stem Cell Issue

Reuters - Arrest in Stem-Cell Lab Blast Probe

National Right to Life Committee - Partial Birth Abortion Ban

Planned Parenthood - Ashcroft Strikes Out

Associated Press - Third Judge Finds Late-Term Abortion Ban Unconstitutional

Associated Press - Dolly Creator Seeks Human Cloning

Testa - Ethical Aspects of ES Cell-Derived Gametes

Associated Press - Ohio Judge Overturns Procreation Order

Pearson - Cloned Monkey Embryos

Bush - Aug 9 2001 Stem Cell Announcement

RNC for Life - Bush Should Refuse

Weiss - Cloning Yields Human-Rabbit Hybrid Embryo

Cook - New Technique Eyed in Stem Cell Debate

 

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