Course
Material
Syllabus
Reading
Guides
Lecture
Notes
Handouts
Exam
Preparation Materials
Links
to Sites I Recommend for This Course
The Queens
College Writing Center
For
the Theory Portion of the Course:
The
Aghori, Hindu cannibals. A German
cannibal.
Resources
on Moral Relativism
Utilitarianism
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
On
the Free Market
Libertarians
in favor of the free market
Progressives,
opposed to the free market
Each
of the above two websites is worth some time
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
Philosophy
Dictionary
For
the Practice Portion of the Course:
Abortion
Facts, from the Alan Guttmacher Institute
A
detailed examination of issues surrounding drug legalization, by the Cato
institute
The
DEA's position on drug legalization
An
amazing array of material about capital punishment.
A
timeline regarding capital punishment.
The
Website for Big Love, the HBO soap opera about polygamy.
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
CUNY
Graduate Center
Columbia
NYU
A
Few More Links
Thoughts,
Arguments and Rants, a Philosophy Blog
The
Guerilla Radio Show: Philosophy Radio on the Web
The
American Philosophical Association
Guide
to Philosophy on the Net (Links to everything, many are broken)
Philosophy
of Mind Dictionary
Fun
Ted
Rall's Website
Buffy
the Vampire Slayer and Philosophy
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