Note: Dr. Hinman remains in the hospital for the first several days of this week. He will compose and grade the final exam. Guidelines are available below. Esther Aguilar, Dr. Hinman's administrative assistant, will meet with the class to discuss the remaining two class meetings. The final exam will cover less material than previously planned.

Final exam notes

Please turn in print copies of the last five journal entries at the beginning of the final exam.

The exam will be the same format the the mid-term: ten short answer questions and one long essay. The short answer questions are worth five points apiece, the long essay is worth fifty points.

Potential material for short-answer questions:
--all of Chapters Four and Five.
--all class PowerPoints
---CMI, Chapter 5, "Overview of the Issues" and PowerPoint on "Race" (including senses of affirmative action)
--Pew Report on Americans in Prison 2008, pp. 5-10. (available on-line in PDF)
--movie "Dead Man Walking" (shown in class 11.23.08); script available on-line
--PBS Video on "The Torture Question" (shown in class on 12.4.08)
--David Sussman, "What's Wrong with Torture?" (eReserve; password Phil321)

Possible long-essay questions:

#1. Write an essay on ethical issues relating to the death penalty as illustrated in the movie "Dead Man Walking". Draw on the various class readings and lectures relevant to this topic.

#2. Is torture ever justified? Write an essay in which you examine the
morality of torture. Show a thoughtful awareness of the required and recommended course readings, lectures, and videos.


Sept.	4	Th	Welcome; Introduction to Course Requirements; Some tantalizing issues Initial essay assignment 253
Sept.	9	T	*Morally Formative Events: The Attacks of 9/11* *United Flight 93* (Part One)
	11	Th	*Morally Formative Events: The Attacks of 9/11* (conclusion) United Flight 93 (Concluding Part); discussion of short papers First journal assignment: What is the moral significance for you of the 9/11 attacks? How did these events shape your moral outlook on the world? In what ways have your views of these events changed since they occurred? (1-2 pages typed, double-spaced)
	16	Tuesday	Cloning and Reproductive Technologies Read CMI, Chapter One Case Study: Down Syndrome View "Embryo Screening", New York Times video Notes on "Embryo Screening" Text of article View Down Syndrome, New York Times video Amy Harmon, " Prenatal Test Puts Down Syndrome in Hard Focus." New York Times, May 9, 2007. Stock-Fukuyama debate PowerPoint: The Stock-Fukuyama Debate Stock-Fukuyama Debate on-line in RealVideo and available in transcript from from the Cato Institute. This is an excellent resource. Additional Resources Ethics Updates - Bioethics, Cloning,& Reproductive Technologies The Clone Zone (University of Utah) BBC Cloning Timeline BBC on Cloning, Ethics & Religion Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) (UK) Hinman, Cloning Pets New York Times on The DNA Age Baruch et al., Genetic Testing of Embryos Genetics and Public Policy Center: Publications More on animal cloning
	18	Thursday	Cloning and Reproductive Technologies In-class Video: Gattaca Gattica cast list Notes on Gattaca Gattaca script Gattaca highlighted script Video Michael Sandel, "The Case against Perfection" Art Caplan, "Using Biomedicine to Enhance Ourselves" Fukuyama and Stock on biotechnology, The Charlie Rose Show. 6/3/02. Craig Venter: "A voyage of DNA, genes and the sea." TED: Ideas Worth Spreading. "A Discussion about Personal Genetics." Charlie Rose Show with David Agus, Co-Founder, Navigenics, Dean Ornish, President, Preventive Medicine Research Institute and George Church of Harvard Medical School. 7/29/2008. "A Discussion with Craig Venter" about having his own genome mapped and published." Charlie Rose Show. 1/9/07 "A Discussion with Craig Venter" The Charlie Rose Show. 12/25/07 PowerPoint presentations: The Ethics of Genetic Manipulation: McGee's "Parenting in an Age of Genetics." Recommended on eReserve (password "phil321" without the quotation marks): "Girl or Boy? As Fertility Technology Advances, So Does an Ethical Debate." Grady, D. "There is No Me Without You." Shapiro, D. "Wanting Babies Like Themselves, Some Parents Choose Genetic Defects." Sanghavi, D.M. Katrina Clark, "My Father Was an Anonymous Sperm Donor" Washington Post. December 17, 2006. Peggy Orenstein, "In Vitro We Trust" New York Times. July 20, 2008. Additional resources: President's Council on Bioethics Genetics and Public Policy Center: Publications Second Journal Assignment: Genetic testing has made it increasingly possible to test for genetic traits extremely early in a pregnancy. In some cases the results of these tests may result in abortion, in non-implantation of embryos, or in modification of embryos. What general principles should be used in deciding (a) when such tests can be performed and (b) what actions may be taken as a result of such tests. (1-2 pages, double-spaced)
	23	Tuesday	Stem Cell Ethics PowerPoint presentations: Stem Cell Ethics: Alternative Sources of Human Embryonic Stem Cells Stem Cell Ethics: Understanding the Arguments Francis Kamm,"Stem Cell Research:A Moral Defense" Videos Rat with severed spinal cord Video: Charlie Rose show on stem cells with Paul Nurse, president of The Rockefeller University, Doug Melton, Co-director of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute, George Daley of Children's Hospital Boston and the Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Larry Goldstein, director of the UC San Diego Stem Cell program, and Story Landis of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Stamagen cloning Stem Cell Ethics Conference - 04/06/07 Ronald Cole-Turner defends a view of the “relative value” of human embryos—more than cells, less than persons, at •http://www.counterbalance.net/stemcol/rct-frame.html Cole-Turner’s Burke Lecture on the genetic revolution and designer babies: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRrNwFFta5w Web Resources NBAC Executive Summary on stem cell research additional material President's Council on Bioethics Alternative Sources of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells National Institutes of Health website on stem cell research National Academies Guidelines for Stem Cell Research (April 2005) Catholic perspectives Hinman and Kalichman, "Moral Questions about Stem Cell Research" San Diego Union-Tribune , January 6 2005, p. B9. Lawrence M. Hinman and Michael Kalichman, KPBS, "These Days" on stem cell ethics, June 8 2005 Stem Cell Ethics--Canada Overview of embryonic development Recommended on eReserve: "Can Science Resolve the Ethical Impasse in Stem Cell Research?" Snyder, E.Y., Hinman, L.M. and Kalichman, M.W. Nature Biotech Stem Cell Reviews: Volume 1, Number 4 Michael J. Sandel, "Embryo Ethics: The Moral Logic of Stem-Cell Research," NEJM 351;3 (www.nejm.org , July 15, 2004) (eReserve) Shari Roan, "Infertility patients caught in the legal, moral and scientific embryo debate," Los Angeles Times, October 6, 2008.
	25	Thursday	Stem Cell Ethics Recommended: George, R.P. and Tollefsen, C., Embryo: A Defense of Human Life (2008) Andres Siegel, "Ethics of Stem Cell Research," Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Third Journal Assignment: Stem cell research offers great promises of cures to diseases and disorders that are both very serious and also not susceptible to cures by other means. What limits, if any, should be placed on the conduct of stem cell research?
	30	Tuesday	Abortion Read CMI, Chapter Two PowerPoint on Abortion PowerPoint on Principle of Double Effect Recommended: John Haldane and Patrick Lee, "Aquinas on Human Ensoulment, Abortion, and the Value of Life." Philosophy, Vol. 78 (2003), 255-278, Alison McIntyre, "Doctrine of Double Effect," Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Debra Satz, "Feminist Perspectives on Reproduction and the Family," Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Section 3.1 on abortion. 233
Oct.	2	Thursday	Abortion Recommended: (all on eReserve) Gary Wills, “Why Abortion Is Not a Religious Issue” “Missing female births in India,” Lancet 2006. Alexi A. Wright, M.D., and Ingrid T. Katz, M.D., M.H.S., “Roe versus Reality — Abortion and Women's Health.” NEJM “China's surplus of sons: A geopolitical time bomb.” Christian Science Monitor. October 19, 2007. “Under Din of Abortion Debate, an Experience Shared Quietly” NYT 2007. Fourth Journal Assignment: Abortion is a contentious issue in the current presidential election. Write an essay in which you develop and defend your position on the proper role of government in the regulation of abortion in the United States. (1-2 pages, typed)
	7	Tuesday	Euthanasia & End-of-Life Moyers, "A Death of One's Own" Notes on Moyers video PowerPoint on Euthanasia Read CMI, Chapter Three Recommended: reading Joan Didion, "The Case of Theresa Schiavo" New York Review of Books, Volume 52, Number 10 - June 9, 2005; (eReserve) John Cornwell, "The Undead." The Times of London. December 9, 2007. (eReserve) Lawrence M. Hinman and Michael Kalichman, "The Schiavo Case: What Can We Learn?" Voice of San Diego, April 25, 2005. Michael Kalichman and Lawrence M. Hinman, "The Schiavo Case: Ethics and the End of Life" North County Times, March 26 2005. William Saletan, "The Doctors Who Are Redefining Life and Death." Washington Post, October 5, 2008. Notes: Beyond Belief III New England Journal of Medicine Roundtable on Organ Donation after Cardian Death "Scientists explore new source of stem cells," Los Angeles Times, October 9, 2008. 229
	9	Thursday	Euthanasia & End-of-Life (Bill Moyers video, "A Death of One's Own,", part 1)
	13	Monday	Gandhi Lecture by Narayanbhai Mahadevbhai Desai. Manchester Conference Center. 4:40 PM. Extra credit (1 point added to final average) with 1-2 page reaction paper.
	14	Tuesday	Euthanasia & End-of-Life (video, part 2) Fifth Journal Assignment: Increasingly we are forced to choose when to discontinue further medical care for terminally ill patients. Write an essay in which you begin to develop your position on active and passive euthanasia. (1-2 pages, typed.)
	16	Thursday	Concluding Discussion: End-of_life Decisions Review for Mid-term Exam
	21	Tuesday	Mid-Term Exam Previous exam Short answer questions may cover: Class PowerPoint presentations Class videos and discussions Overviews of the Moral Issues in CMI Stock and Fukuyama, "The Clone Wars" McGee. "Parenting in an Era of Genetics" Jame English, "Abortion and the Concept of a Person" Don Marquis, "Why Abortion Is Immoral" John Hardwig, "Is there a duty to die?" James Rachels, "Active and Passive Euthanasia" Long Essay Questions: (I will choose one of the following questions.) Consequentialist and deontological approaches to moral questions sometimes yield quite different answers. Write an essay, showing a critical awareness of the class readings and lectures and discussions, in which you discuss the relative strengths and weaknesses of both deontological and consequentialist approaches to the question of the public funding of human embryonic stem cell research. Be sure to indicate what the current status of such funding is in the United States. State and defend your own position on this issue. Write an essay critically applying the ideas in your readings on end-of-life issues to Bill Moyers' "A Death of One's Own." Be sure to highlight the difference between consequentialist and deontological approaches. Journals: At the beginning of the exam please turn in your journals. There should be five journal entries on the topics listed above. Punishment & the Death Penalty Read: CMI, Chapter Four Punishment Pew Report on Americans in Prison 2008 "Keep crack criminals in prison" LA Times Feb. 27 20008; U.S. Sentencing Commision "Prison Population around the Globe." Interactive Graphic, New York Times. American Exceptionalism: Criminal Justice. New York Times series by Adam Liptak.
	23	Thursday	The Death Penalty; Dead Man Walking Video Dead Man Walking script of Dead Man Walking PowerPoint Death Penalty & Capital Punishment
	28	Tuesday	Return of Mid-term; Theories of Punishment
	30	Thursday	The Death Penalty (Dead Man Walking, middle) Sixth Journal Assignment: Write an essay on your position on the morality of the death penalty in the United States. (2 pages, double-spaced)
Nov.	4	Tuesday	Don't forget to vote!!! The Death Penalty (Dead Man Walking, conclusion) Office hours today will be held in Aromas
	6	Thursday	Just War Theory PowerPoint: Just War Seventh Journal Assignment: When is a nation justified in going to war?
	11	Tuesday	Humanitarian Intervention Humanitarian Intervention Read: CMI, Chapter 5 (required) David Sussman, "What's Wrong with Torture?" (eReserve) (required) "Secret Order Lets U.S. Raid Al Qaeda," New York Times, November 10, 2008.
	13	Thursday	Terrorism Recommended Videos: Rendition; Munich; Syriana Eighth Journal Assignment: Write an essay in which you discuss the ethical issues raised in one of the following movies: Rendition, Munich, or Syriana.
	18	Tuesday	Torture PowerPoint: Torture Yoo memo 2003 CBS 60 Minutes on Terror Detainee John Esposito and Dalia Mogahed, "Muslim True/False" Gallup Pole on "Who Speaks for Islam?" Mark Danner, "Torture, Human Rights Bush's Exception." UCSD. September 27, 2008. Ethics Updates resources on torture
	20	Thursday	No class. Assignment: View either Steven Spielberg's "Munich" or Gavin Hood's "Rendition"
	25	Tuesday	Torture PowerPoint Ninth Journal Assignment: Write an essay in which you develop and defend your position on the morality of torture.
	27	Thursday	Thanksgiving Vacation
Dec.	2	Tuesday	In the news: Juliet Macur, "Born to Run? Little Ones Get Test for Sports Gene," New York Times, November 29, 2008. initial presentation on Race. Read Chapter Six, Overview of the Ethical Issues PowerPoint on Race Tenth Journal Assignment: Write an essay in which you discuss either ethical issues relating to race..
Readh Chapter	4	Thursday	Video: "The Torture Question." Frontline.
	9	Tuesday	Note: Dr. Hinman remains in the hospital for the first several days of this week. He will compose and grade the final exam. Guidelines are available below. Esther Aguilar, Dr. Hinman's administrative assistant, will meet with the class to discuss the remaining two class meetings. The final exam will cover less material than previously planned. Final exam notes Please turn in print copies of the last five journal entries at the beginning of the final exam. The exam will be the same format the the mid-term: ten short answer questions and one long essay. The short answer questions are worth five points apiece, the long essay is worth fifty points. Potential material for short-answer questions: --all of Chapters Four and Five. --all class PowerPoints ---CMI, Chapter 5, "Overview of the Issues" and PowerPoint on "Race" (including senses of affirmative action) --Pew Report on Americans in Prison 2008, pp. 5-10. (available on-line in PDF) --movie "Dead Man Walking" (shown in class 11.23.08); script available on-line --PBS Video on "The Torture Question" (shown in class on 12.4.08) --David Sussman, "What's Wrong with Torture?" (eReserve; password Phil321) Possible long-essay questions: #1. Write an essay on ethical issues relating to the death penalty as illustrated in the movie "Dead Man Walking". Draw on the various class readings and lectures relevant to this topic. #2. Is torture ever justified? Write an essay in which you examine the morality of torture. Show a thoughtful awareness of the required and recommended course readings, lectures, and videos.
	11	Thursday	Concluding Comments
	16	Tuesday	Final Exam: 8:00-10-:00 AM for section 1; 11:00 Am - 1:00 PM for section 2. Long essay question: two possible long essay questions will be posted on December 11th. Journals: Five journal entries on topics from second half of semester.