PHILOSOPHY 102 – CONTEMPORARY MORAL PROBLEMS - Summer, 2010

SYLLABUS

INSTRUCTOR - Steven M. Duncan, Ph.D. Adjunct Philosophy Faculty, Bellevue Community College

Office: C207A E-Mail:sduncan@bellevuecollege.edu

Office Hours: By App't

TEXT – Barbara MacKinnon, Ethics: Theory and Contemporary Issues, sixth edition, Belmont, CA., Wadsworth Publishing Company, 2009 (M)

COURSE OUTLINE

WEEK ONE - Ethics and Moral Reasoning (M, Chapters 1-3, Hobbes)\WEEK TWO - Moral Theory (M, Chapters 4-7, as directed)

WEEK THREE - Euthanasia, (M, Chapter 8, Gay-Williams, Rachels)

WEEK FOUR - Pornography (M, Chapter 11, Mill, Garry)

WEEK FIVE - Animal Rights, (M, Chapter 16, Singer, Steinbock),

WEEK SIX - Equality and Discrimination (M, Chapter 12, Fullinwider, Newton)

ASSIGNMENTS AND GRADING- Assignments will be listed weekly in the Assignments area for each week. Grading will be based on the quality of student answers to the review and discussion questions and on the frequency and quality of student contributions to class discussion via the bulletin board. In addition, there will be a 3-5 page term paper required of each student. Topics are to be approved no later than the end of week IV; the completed paper is due at the end of Week VI. The text of the Paper Topic Assignment can be found in the Week I classroom. There will also be Midterm and Final assignments to be determined at the discretion of the instructor; consult the class calendar for information concerning specific dates, etc.