Applied Ethics in Agriculture

Sociology/Economics 362

Fall 2008

Instructors: [Arne Hallam | Paul Lasley]

Class Location & Time: 169 Hamilton Hall, Wednesday 4:10-7:00 PM

Course Information: [ Syllabus | Group Listing ]

Handouts
Guidelines for Class Presentations	Morality and Moral Philosophy - Beauchamp
Case Study Reasoning	Reading Guide for Morality and Moral Philosophy
Writing Case Studies	Concept of a Moral Position - Dworkin
Good Case Studies	The Human Predicament - Warnock
	The Doctrine of the Double Effect - Foot
	A Theory of Justice - Rawls
	Distributive Justice - Nozick
	Constraints and Animals - Nozick
	Animals and Human Obligations:  An Argument for Vegetarianism and Limited Testing

Case Studies
Case Studies I	A Used Car	Veterinary Teaching Animals
Case Studies II	Coke and Burger King	A Plow for Mexican Agriculture
Case Studies III	Kind, Generous and Eager to Boast	Grades for Sex
	An Organ Donor	Mineral Management Services
	Genentech and Tanox	Dream Mine
	Canadian Medical Journal	Online Books

Presentations
Ethics in Agriculture  --  Overview	Writing Case Studies (Overheads)	Agricultural Ethics - Kelvin Liebold
Morality and Moral Philosophy	The Social Contract	Farm Programs - Kelvin Liebold
What is Morality	Ethics and Moral Values - Clark Wolf	Farm Program Payments - Kelvin Liebold
Logical Arguments

 

Links
Relativism	Deontology	Race, Ethnicity, and Ethics
Divine Commands	Virtue Ethics	The Social Contract
Egoism	Rights Theories	Ethics and Justice
Utilitarianism	Feminist Ethics