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• Syllabus
• Online Discussion Forum |  Forum Contribution Worksheet
• Texts
• Required: A Guide to Good Reasoning, David C. Wilson, McGraw-Hill Inc.
• Recommended: Student Solutions Manual, David C. Wilson, McGraw-Hill Inc.
• Philosophy Comix: Logic & Language
• Lecture Outlines
1. Good Reasoning (Ch. 1) 
2. Arguments (Ch. 2) 
3. Format for Clarifying (Ch. 3)
• Strawman and Missing the Point Fallacies
4. Streamlining (Ch. 4) 
5. Specifying (Ch. 5)
• Life's a Pitch: Unclear and Ambiguous Advertisements
• Lexicon of Intentionally Ambiguous Recommendations
• Slippery Slope & Heap "Fallacies"
6. Structuring (Ch. 6)
7. Format for Evaluating (Ch. 7)
• Probability Basics
• Probability Problems with Answers
• More Probability Problems: Answers
8. Fallacies (Ch. 8)
9. Truth (Ch. 9)
10. Deductive Logic (Ch. 10)
11. If-Then Arguments (Ch. 11)
• Secondary Assumptions and the Fallacy of Accident (Handout)
• Fallacy of Accident Exercise Answers
12. Either-Or Arguments (Ch. 12)
13. Induction & Frequency Arguments (Ch. 13)
14. Inductive Generalization (Ch. 14)
15. Arguments from Analogy (Ch. 15)

PHL126: Introduction to Values (TTh 2:30-3:50)

• Syllabus
• Final Study Guide: Exam "Questions"
• Online Discussion Forum: Forum Contribution Worksheet
• Philosophy Comix: Ethics
• Texts
• The Elements of Moral Philosophy 4th edition, James Rachels, McGraw-Hill Inc.
• Text: Practical Ethics, Peter Singer, Cambridge University Press.
• Model Commentaries: Theses
• On the Golden Rule: Anonymous | Chardin S. Claybourne
• On Cultural Relativism: Karen Brunsting | Christi Boldrey
• Term Paper Guidelines and Suggestions
• Schedule of Presentations & Survey Results
• Exemplary Student Essays
• Affirmative Action: Should it be Mended or Ended? by Beatrice Chege
• Affirmative Action: Staying on the Road to Equality by Ann Armbruster
• Animal Use and Abuse: Issues and Alternatives by Sara Travis
• Animal Experimentation and Research: An Unresolved Debate by Jennie Simms
• Murdering our Future Generation by Anne Westerman
• Abortion: Rights vs. Responsibility by Miriam Zinger
• Mercy Killing by Brianne Hauser
• Rich vs. Poor by Allison Treloar
• Rich v. Poor by Joe Bush
• Rich vs. Poor: Distributing the World’s Wealth Equally by Lindsey Thelen
• The Necessity of Giving Aid by Alicia Allen
• Insiders and Outsiders by John Gardai
• The Great Immigration Debate by Katie Kooyers
• Bring 'em on: Immigration Fallacies and Facts by Jennifer Cornacchione
• On Environmental Ethics by Andrew McCracken
• The Need for Environmental Ethics by Shannon Dier
• Shallow Ecology, Deep Ecology, and Environmental Action by Adel C. Wentworth
• Are Things Really That Bad? by Teresa J. Miller
• The Case Against America's War on Drugs by Clark Abel
• Civil Disobedience by Elizabeth Pitts
• Civil Disobedience by Kristi Roberts
• Unjust Laws by Nick D'Aigle
• Why Be Moral: A Purpose to Life by James Hunsanger
• Meaning Through Morality by Abby Bonar
• Lecture Outlines: New & Old
• Rachels: Elements of Moral Philosophy (4th edition)
• What is Morality? (Rachels, Ch. 1) 
• Cultural Relativism (Rachels, Ch. 2)
• Subjectivism (Rachels, Ch. 3)
• Morality and Religion (Rachels, Ch. 4)
• Psychological Egoism (Rachels, Ch. 5)
• Ethical Egoism (Rachels, Ch. 6)
• The Utilitarian Approach (Rachels, Ch.7)
• Debate Over Utilitarianism (Rachels, Ch. 8)
• Are There Absolute Moral Rules (Rachels, Ch. 9)
• Kant and Respect for Persons (Rachels, Ch. 10)
• The Idea of a Social Contract (Rachels, Ch. 11)
• Feminism and the Ethics of Care (Rachels, Ch. 12)
• The Ethics of Virtue (Rachels, Ch. 13)
• Singer: Practical Ethics
• Ethics and Equality (Singer, Ch. 1-2)
• Equality for Animals (Singer, Ch. 3)
• What's Wrong With Killing (Singer, Ch. 4)
• Killing Animals (Singer, Ch. 5)
• Taking Fetal Life: Abortion (Singer, Ch. 6)
• Mercy Killing (Singer, Ch. 7)
• Rich and Poor (Singer, Ch. 8)
• Refugees and Immigration (Singer, Ch. 9)
• Environmental Ethics (Singer, Ch. 10)
• Law & Morality: Unjust Laws, Civil Disobedience, Insurrection, & Terrorism (Singer, Ch.11)
• Why Act Morally? (Ch. 12)

Of General Interest

• Materials on the Internet: Cautionary Note: Let the Browser Beware!
• Alma Online Forums
• LH's Philosophy Resources, Etc.
• Search Engine(s)
• LH's Philosophy Bookshelf
• APA Guide to Nonsexist Writing
• Guidelines on Writing a Philosophy Paper from James Pryor of Harvard
• Blackwell's Glossary of Philosophical Terms
• LH's Mainly Modern Philosophical Glossary
• Middle East News Service
• New Orleans Times Picayune

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