The handouts in this section were created by one of the Teaching Assistants for this course, Daniel Hagen, and are used with permission.
SES # | TOPICS | |
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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) |