Robert Streiffer - Contemporary Moral Issues
PHIL 341 Fall 2005
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I was asked to recommend materials that included advice on reading philosophy, so here are some:

Guides to Reading Philosophy

http://www.princeton.edu/~jimpryor/general/reading.html

http://commhum.mccneb.edu/argument/summary.htm

Thinking and Writing about Philosophy, by Hugo Bedau (includes a lengthy section on reading philosophy texts)

 

Introductory Handouts

00_PHIL_341_F05_Schedule.xls (Revised)

00.PHIL_341_F05_Syllabus

00.Phil_341_F05 Terminology

 

Paper Topics

1st paper Topic

2nd Paper Topic

3rd Paper Topic

4th Paper Topic

 

 

 

Just War Theory

Bush - Hussein Must Leave Iraq

Carter - Just War or a Just War

Hussein -It's for the Oil

Silberberg - 200 Suspected Insurgents
Walzer - No Strikes

Albright - Impact of Sanctions

Mahajan - We Think the Price is Worth It

Knowlton - Bush Stresses Terror Threat

UNICEF - Disastrous Situation on Children in Iraq

UNICEF - Iraq Surveys Shows Humanitarian Emergency

Nuclear Deterrence Handout

Responsibility in War: Obedience to Authority, the Milgram Experiment

Filkins - Powerful Sunni Group Urges Iraqis to Reject New Constitution

 

 

Commercial Surrogate Motherhood

 

 

Vegetarianism

 

 

Abortion

Neergaard - FDA Official Quits over Plan B

 

Biotechnology

Highfield - Modify Her Genes

Wahlberg - Wisconsin Cloning Ban

Weiss - Stem Cell Injections Repair Spinal Cord Injures

Gills - Clone Generated Milk and Meat

Webb - Milk Surplus

AP - FDA Approves Human Growth Hormone

GE - Introduction

GE - Moral and Ethical Concerns

Crop Biotechnology (PPT)

The Humanitarian Argument for Crop Biotechnology (PPT)

GE - Labeling Issues (PPT)

GE_Animals (PPT)

Stem Cells and Therapeutic Cloning (PPT)

Chimeras (PPT)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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