4 Applied Ethics
Learning Objectives
The material in this module alligns to the following Ohio Introduction to Ethics TAG Outcomes:
- Demonstrate exposure to and knowledge of the views and approaches to specific moral problems or ethical issues as presented in the writings of several figures/texts from contemporary philosophy.
- Demonstrate increased awareness and understanding of complex issues and complex ethical issues as presented in philosophic texts.
- Demonstrate an understanding of how to examine questions and issues from diverse perspectives.
- Demonstrate exposure to and recognition of philosophical arguments addressing traditional and contemporary ethical and moral issues within the contexts and traditions that inform them.
- Develop an ability to (re)present complex philosophical ideas, theories, and perspectives fairly, objectively, and critically.
- Engage students in development of written reflection and response
Recommended Textbook Resources
1. Euthanasia Introduction
2. Key Terms
3. Case One: Persistent Vegetative State
4. Case Two: Incurable and Terminal Illness
5. Pro-Euthanasia: Argument One
6. Pro-Euthanasia: Argument Two
7. Pro-Euthanasia: Argument Three
8. Anti-Euthanasia: Argument One
9. Anti-Euthanasia: Argument Two
10. Anti-Euthanasia: Argument Three
11. Anti-Euthanasia: Argument Four
12. Allowing versus Doing
Summary
Common Student Mistakes
Issues to Consider
Key Terminology
References
1. Introduction to Business Ethics
2. Employers and Employees
3. Businesses and Customers
4. A Business and the Environment
5. Business and Globalization
Summary
Common Student Mistakes
Issues to Consider
Key Terminology
References
1. Introduction
2. The History of Conscience
3. Aquinas on Conscience
4. Freud and the Conscience
5. Freud’s Psychosexual Development Theory
Summary
Common Student Mistakes
Issues to Consider
Key Terminology
References
1. Philosophy of Sex Introduction
2. What Is It to "Have Sex”?
3. Natural Law and Sex
4. Kant and Sex
5. Sex and Utilitarianism
6. Sex and the Virtue Theory
Summary
Common Student Mistakes
Issues to Consider
Key Terminology
References
1. Stealing: Introduction
2. Defining Stealing
3. Kantian Ethics on Stealing
4. Act and Preference Utilitarianism on Stealing
5. Rule Utilitarianism on Stealing
6. Virtue Ethics on Stealing
7. Metaethics and Stealing
Summary
Common Student Mistakes
Issues to Consider
Key Terminology
References
1. Introduction
2. Utilitarianism and Simulated Killing
3. The Kantian and the Virtue Ethics Approach
4. Films and Plays
5. The Paradox of Tragedy (or More Correctly the Paradox of "Negative Emotions”)
Summary
Common Student Mistakes
Issues to Consider
Key Terminology
References
1. Introduction
2. What Is It to Lie?
3. Utilitarianism
4. The Kantian and Lying
5. Some Final Thoughts about the Political Context
Summary
Common Student Mistakes
Issues to Consider
Key Terminology
References
1. Eating Animals Introduction
2. Justifying Meat Eating
3. Act Utilitarianism
4. Challenges to Bentham
5. Utilitarian Reasons for Eating Animals
6. Kantian Ethics and Eating Animals
7. Virtue Ethics and Eating Animals
8. Cora Diamond
Summary
Common Student Mistakes
Issues to Consider
Key Terminology
References
Supplemental Content/ Resources
Bioethics
- Hastings Center Bioethics Briefings
- Abortion
- Aging
- Asisted reproduction
- Biobanks: DNA and Research
- Brain Injury: Neuroscience and Neuroethics
- Clinical Trials
- Cloning
- Conflict of Interest in Biomedical Research
- Conscience Clauses, Health Care Providers, and Parents
- Disaster Planning and Public Health
- DNA and Law Enforcement
- End-of-Life Care
- Enhancing Humans
- Environment, Ethics, and Human Health
- Family Caregiving
- Gene Patents
- Genetic Testing and Screening
- Health Care Costs and Medical Technology
- Influenza Pandemic
- Intellectual Property and Biomedicine• Medical Error
- Mental Health in Children and Adolescents
- Nanotechnology
- Nature, Human Nature, and Biotechnology
- Neonatal Care• Newborn Screening
- Organ Transplantation• Personalized Medicine and Genomics
- Physician-Assisted Death• Public Health Ethics and Law
- Quality Improvement Methods in Health Care
- Research in Resource-Poor Countries Sports Enhancement
- Stem Cells
- Synthetic Biology
- Torture: The Bioethics Perspective
Business Ethics
Business Ethics - is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of the single-semester business ethics course. This title includes innovative features designed to enhance student learning, including case studies, application scenarios, and links to video interviews with executives, all of which help instill in students a sense of ethical awareness and responsibility.
Justice
- WHAT’S THE RIGHT THING TO DO?
- LECTURE 1: THE MORAL SIDE OF MURDER
- LECTURE 2: THE CASE FOR CANNIBALISM
- LECTURE 3: PUTTING A PRICE TAG ON LIFE
- LECTURE 4: HOW TO MEASURE PLEASURE
- LECTURE 5: FREE TO CHOOSE
- LECTURE 6: WHO OWNS ME?
- LECTURE 7: THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND
- LECTURE 8: CONSENTING ADULTS
- LECTURE 9: HIRED GUNS?
- LECTURE 10: FOR SALE: MOTHERHOOD
- LECTURE 11: MIND YOUR MOTIVE
- LECTURE 12: THE SUPREME PRINCIPLE OF MORALITY
- LECTURE 13: A LESSON IN LYING
- LECTURE 14: A DEAL IS A DEAL
- LECTURE 15: WHAT’S A FAIR START?
- LECTURE 16: WHAT DO WE DESERVE?
- LECTURE 17: ARGUING AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
- LECTURE 18: WHAT’S THE PURPOSE?
- LECTURE 19: THE GOOD CITIZEN
- LECTURE 20: FREEDOM VS. FIT
- LECTURE 21: THE CLAIMS OF COMMUNITY
- LECTURE 22: WHERE OUR LOYALTY LIES
- LECTURE 23: DEBATING SAME SEX MARRIAGE
- LECTURE 24: THE GOOD LIFE