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1. What is an Open Textbook?
This material is based on original work by Christina Hendricks, and produced with support from the Rebus Community https://press.rebus.community/intro-to-phil-ethics
2. Ethics and Society- Course Goal, Description, Learning Topics & Outcomes
Deborah Holt, BS, MA
3. The Discipline of Ethics - Content Learning Outcomes
4. Philosophy, Ethics and Thinking
Mark Dimmock and Andrew Fisher, Ethics for A-Level. Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers, 2017, https://doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0125
5. Ethics: A Discipline Within Philosophy
This material is based on original work by George Matthews, and produced with support from the Rebus Community https://press.rebus.community/intro-to-phil-ethics
6. Normative Ethics, Metaethics and Applied Ethics: Three Branches of Ethics
7. Distinguishing Between the Concept of Moral Values & Other Types of Value
Creators: Adendorff, MikeMason, MarkMondiba, MaropengFaragher, LynetteKunene, ZandileGultig, John https://oerafrica.org/resource/being-teacher-section-six-teachers-values-and-society
8. The Role of Moral Values in Everyday Life: Moral Development
Educational Psychology. Authored by: Kelvin Seifert and Rosemary Sutton. Located at: https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/BookDetail.aspx?bookId=153. License: CC BY: Attribution
9. Ethical Behavior & Moral Values in Everyday Life
Ethics in Law Enforcement by Steve McCartney and Rick Parent https://opentextbc.ca/ethicsinlawenforcement/
10. What is a Moral (Ethical) Dilemma?
11. The Basics of Ethical Reasoning
Radford University, Radford University Core Handbook, https://lcubbison.pressbooks.com/
12. Moral Values in Everyday Life: The Moral Dilemma Behind Self-Driving Cars
Levin, N. (2019). The “Trolley Problem” and Self-Driving Cars: Your Car’s Moral Settings. In N. https://www.ngefarpress.com/
13. Iyad Rahawn/TEDxCambridge What Moral Decisions Should Driverless Cars Make?
Iyad Rahawn/TEDxCambridge What Moral Decisions Should Driverless Cars Make? https://www.ted.com/talks/iyad_rahwan_what_moral_decisions_should_driverless_cars_make#t-13525
14. "The Discipline of Ethics" Learning Unit - Self-Check - Dialog Cards
This material is based on original work by George Matthews, and produced with support from the Rebus Community https://press.rebus.community/intro-to-phil-ethics; Mark Dimmock and Andrew Fisher, Ethics for A-Level. Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers, 2017, https://doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0125; Creators: Adendorff, MikeMason, MarkMondiba, MaropengFaragher, LynetteKunene, ZandileGultig, John https://oerafrica.org/resource/being-teacher-section-six-teachers-values-and-society; Deborah Holt, BS, MA; Educational Psychology. Authored by: Kelvin Seifert and Rosemary Sutton. Located at: https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/BookDetail.aspx?bookId=153. License: CC BY: Attribution; Ethics in Law Enforcement by Steve McCartney and Rick Parent https://opentextbc.ca/ethicsinlawenforcement/; and Radford University, Radford University Core Handbook, https://lcubbison.pressbooks.com/
15. Moral Reasoning - Content Learning Outcomes
16. What is Logic?
Knachel, Matthew, "Fundamental Methods of Logic" (2017). Philosophy Faculty Books. 1. http://dc.uwm.edu/phil_facbooks/1
17. What is the Role of Logic in Ethics? - The Inseparability of Logic and Ethics
John Corcoran 1989. The Inseparability of Logic and Ethics, Free Inquiry, Spring, 37–40. > https://www.academia.edu/9413409/INSEPARABILITY_OF_LOGIC_AND_ETHICS
18. Deductive and Inductive Arguments
19. The Logical Structure of an Argument: Examine the Quality of Deductive & Inductive Arguments
20. Identifying Fallacious Reasoning
21. Distinguishing Between Moral & Nonmoral Claims
Radford University, Radford University Core Handbook, https://lcubbison.pressbooks.com/ and Deborah Holt, BS, MA
22. "Moral Reasoning" Learning Unit - Self-Check
23. Metaethical Theories & Relativism in Ethics - Content Learning Outcomes
24. Metaethical Theories
25. What is Cultural Relativism?
WIKIBOOKS History of Anthropological Theory, Cultural Anthropology/Introduction https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cultural_Anthropology/Introduction
26. Distinguishing Between Ethical Relativism, Subjectivism & Objectivism
WIKIBOOKS Ethics for IT Professionals/What Is Ethics https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Ethics_for_IT_Professionals/What_Is_Ethics#What_is_Ethics,_Morals_and_Laws
27. Relativism and Subjectivism
This material is based on original work by Paul Rezkalla, and produced with support from the Rebus Community https://press.rebus.community/intro-to-phil-ethics
28. Ayn Rand's Philosophy of Objectivism
Jody L Ondich Words of Wisdom: Intro to Philosophy https://mlpp.pressbooks.pub/introphil/
29. Normative Ethics - Content Learning Outcomes
30. Utilitarianism
31. Utilitarianism: Strengths & Weaknesses
Noah Levin ( B.M. Wooldridge) Introduction to Ethics (Levin et al.) https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Philosophy/Book_Introduction_to_Ethics_(Levin_et_al.)
32. Deontology - Kantian Ethics
33. Deontology: Strengths & Weaknesses
34. Aristotelian Virtue Ethics
35. Virtue Ethics: Strengths & Weaknesses
36. Fletcher’s Situation Ethics
37. Aquinas’s Natural Law Theory
38. Applied Ethics - Content Learning Outcomes
39. Guiding Questions to Ask for the Application of Utilitarianism, Deontology & Virtue Ethics to Real Life
40. Conscience
41. Stealing
42. Telling Lies
43. Euthanasia
44. Simulated Killing
45. Business Ethics
46. Eating Animals
47. Application of Ethical Theory Assignment
Deborah Holt, BS, MA and Paul Knoepfler TEDxVienna The Ethical Dilemma of Designer Babies https://www.ted.com/talks/paul_knoepfler_the_ethical_dilemma_of_designer_babies
48. Glossary
49. Suggested Course Discussion Forum Questions on Ethical Theories, Concepts & Applied Ethics Scenarios
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