tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51636827202633526962024-03-04T22:47:01.642-08:00Contemporary Moral ProblemsJean Kazezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06297159994901018071noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5163682720263352696.post-51618394111117227482015-01-23T06:55:00.001-08:002015-01-23T06:56:21.167-08:00Bentham, NoddingsToday we'll talk about two more approaches to individual ethics and another moral puzzle--the Heinz Dilemma.<br />
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Do the readings for Monday! We will need to have our first quiz soon.Jean Kazezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06297159994901018071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5163682720263352696.post-23577132615227109672015-01-21T06:40:00.000-08:002015-01-23T06:40:20.385-08:00Aristotle, Aquinas, KantToday we talked about three approaches to individual ethics and how they apply in the case of the prolific inseminator and the minibar. Jean Kazezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06297159994901018071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5163682720263352696.post-81625946130584560902015-01-16T14:52:00.000-08:002015-01-16T07:51:26.635-08:00Welcome!<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is the hub for Philosophy 1318, Contemporary Moral Problems (sec 5) taught at Southern Methodist University Spring 2015.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Our first "contemporary moral problem" will be censorship</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Interview - <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2cx5lj_kim-jong-un-death-scene-the-interview-ending-scene_shortfilms">Death Scene</a> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Charlie Hebdo <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2015/01/12/charlie-hebdo-reveals-next-cover-a-cartoon-of-prophet-muhammad-behind-the-sign-je-suis-charlie/">cartoons</a> and massacre </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">An important distinction</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Individual ethics--what should I do? (<i>Was Seth Rogen wrong to create the death scene?)</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Social justice--what laws and institutions are just? (<i>Should there be laws prohibiting Rogen from creating the death scene?)</i></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Most of our 9 topics will have both facets -- see Schedule</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We will periodically study some "theory" in the area of both individual ethics and social justice </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Next time: theory about individual ethics -- Is there a prime directive? What is it?</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Aristotle </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Aquinas </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Kant </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Bentham and Mill </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Noddings </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Useful example for illustrating what these theories say: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/meet-men-sex-strangers-babies/story?id=26870643"> the prolific inseminator</a>. What's wrong with this guy's behavior, according to each ethical theory? </span><br />
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