Philosophy 104: Introduction to Ethics
Russell Marcus, Instructor. Email me.
Queens College, Spring 2005
Our Final Exam will be on Friday, May 20, 1:30-3:30, in our usual room, Kiely 312. I will be in class at 1pm, if you want to start early. Here is some information on the final, including the shortened list of questions to study.
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Course Material
Links to Sites I Recommend for This Course
For the Theory Portion of the Course:
A Nice Kant Page, not specific to his moral philosophy, but with links to texts and a few other good pages
Aristotle and Virtue Ethics, good links, but also a lot of distracting material
Proudhon on "Property is Theft"
Mandeville, and the Fable of the Bees
Applications of the Prisoner's Dilemma, not entirely accurate, but interesting
An iterated (repeated) Prisoner's Dilemma, with a simple interactive simulator
A sophisticated discussion of the Prisoner's Dilemma
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
For the Practice Portion of the Course:
Abortion Facts, from the Alan Guttmacher Institute
An amazing array of material about capital punishment.
A timeline regarding capital punishment.
Divorce Statistics, from the Census Bureau (a report with lots of charts), and from an anti-divorce group (clearer, and more historical).
Other Links
Some Philosophy Departments in the New York Area
A Few More Advanced Links
Thoughts, Arguments and Rants, a Philosophy Blog
The American Philosophical Association
Guide to Philosophy on the Net (Links to everything, many are broken)
Fun
Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Philosophy