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:
Di Leo, Jeffrey R., ed. Morality Matters: Race, Class, and Gender in Applied Ethics. Boston, MA: McGraw-Hill, 2002. ISBN: 0072840759.
Please refer to the readings for information about the specific authors being discussed and cited.
Lecture notes table.
| LEC # |
TOPICS |
LECTURE NOTES |
| 1 |
Introductory Lecture |
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| I. Goodness |
| 2 |
Pleasure |
Pleasure and the Good Life (PDF) |
| 3 |
Desire Satisfaction |
Goodness and Rational Desire (PDF) |
| 4 |
Objective List Theories |
Objective Goods and the Good Life (PDF) |
| 5 |
Environmentalism |
Value and the Environment (PDF) |
| 6 |
Animal Rights |
Animal Liberation (PDF) |
| 7 |
Immortality |
Is Death a Misfortune? (PDF) |
| II. Right and Wrong |
| 8 |
Egoism and Skepticism |
Moral Theory: Skepticism and Egoism (PDF) |
| 9 |
Religion and Morality |
Religion and Morality (PDF) |
| 10 |
Relativism and Toleration |
Moral Relativism, Moral Isolation (PDF) |
| 11 |
Utilitarianism, Deontology and Virtue |
Three Moral Theories (PDF) |
| 12 |
Continuing Moral Theory |
Virtue (PDF) |
| III. Justice |
| 13 |
Global Justice |
Duty and Famine (PDF) |
| 14 |
Equality |
Social Values: Liberty and Equality (PDF) |
| 15 |
Social Justice |
Rawls: Liberal Egalitarianism and Justice as Fairness (PDF) |
| 16 |
Race, Gender, Poverty |
Analyzing Structures (PDF) |
| 17 |
Welfare and Freedom |
Welfare, Work and Family (PDF) |
| IV. Punishment and the Death Penalty |
| 18 |
Vengeance, Retribution, Reform |
Punishment (PDF) |
| 19 |
Punishment and the Body |
Punishment and Discipline (PDF) |
| 20 |
Death Penalty and Deterrence |
The Death Penalty and Deterrence (PDF) |
| 21 |
Race and the Death Penalty |
Race and the Death Penalty (PDF) |
| V. Sexuality and Marriage |
| 22 |
The Purpose of Sex |
Sexual Morality (PDF) |
| 23 |
(Film in lecture, but keep reading) |
|
| 24 |
Other Sexualities |
Family Forms (PDF) |
| 25 |
Marriage and Gay Marriage |
Gay Marriage (PDF) |
| 26 |
Final Lecture |
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