The handouts in this section were created by one of the Teaching Assistants for this course, Daniel Hagen, and are used with permission.
Recitation files. | SES # | TOPICS |
| Ending life |
| R1 | Euthanasia (PDF) |
| R2 | Killing vs. letting die (PDF) |
| R3 | Withdrawal of life support and the ICU (PDF) |
| Beginning life |
| R4 | Neonatal dilemmas and personal identity (PDF) |
| R5 | The morality and legality of abortion (PDF) |
| R6 | The obligations of pregnancy and Thomson on abortion (PDF) |
| Optimizing life |
| R7 | The non-identity problem (PDF) |
| R8 | From eugenics to genetic engineering (PDF) |
| R9 | Enhancing, treating, and cheating (PDF) |
| Valuing life |
| R10 | The political economy of organs (PDF) |
| R11 | Utilitarianism (PDF) |
| R12 | Rationing health care and valuing lives (PDF) |
| Regulating life |
| R13 | Rights, responsibilities, and public health (PDF) |
