Michael Green   Manuel Vargas   phone, office information Course Readings Final Exam First Assignment Getting in touch Second Assignment		Medical Ethics: Syllabus Who, Where, and When Michael Green Building 90, 92Q MWF 10-10:50 a.m. Schedule Wednesday, 1 April Introduction Friday, 3 April Abortion The basic argument against abortion Judith Jarvis Thomson, "A Defense of Abortion" Monday, 6 April The extreme view Thomson Wednesday, 8 April The voluntariness objection Thomson Friday, 10 April Samaritanism Thomson Monday, 13 April Criticism of Thomson Mary Anne Warren, "On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion" Wednesday, 15 April An alternative defense of abortion: fetuses are not persons Warren Friday, 17 April Against abortion rights Don Marquis, "Why Abortion is Immoral" Monday, 20 April Same Marquis Wednesday, 22 April ** First paper topics distributed Discussion: wrap-up on abortion Friday, 24 April Euthanasia Passive vs. active Alastair Norcross, "Introduction" James Rachels, "Active and Passive Euthanasia" Monday, 27 April Foreseen vs. intended consequences; ordinary vs. extraordinary means Thomas D. Sullivan, "Active and Passive Euthanasia: An Impertinent Distinction?" Wednesday, 29 April Replies Rachels, "More Impertinent Distinctions " Sullivan, "Coming to Terms" Friday, 1 May Discussion: who is right? Monday, 4 May ** First paper due Euthanasia protects patient autonomy Dworkin, et. al. "Assisted Suicide: The Philosophers" Brief" Wednesday, 6 May The disadvantage of greater autonomy Singer and Siegler, "Euthanasia -- A Critique" J. David Velleman, "Against the Right to Die" Friday, 8 May More discussion of Dworkin and Velleman Monday, 11 May Rationing Should we favor the greater number? John Taurek, "Should the Numbers Count?" ** Second paper topics distributed Wednesday, 13 May Numbers should count Jonathan Glover, Causing Death and Saving Lives, pp. 203-210. Frances Kamm, Morality, Mortality, pp. 74-5, 81-7. Friday, 15 May Should we favor the highest quality results? John Harris, "QALYfying the Value of Life" Monday, 18 May Rationing by quality is fair: the veil of ignorance argument Singer/McKie, et al. and Harris: debate in the Journal of Medical Ethics. Wednesday, 20 May Objections to the veil of ignorance argument McKie, et al. and Harris Friday, 22 May Is it ever fair to use a criterion for rationing? Michael Lockwood, "Quality of Life and Resource Allocation," "IV and Postscript. Monday, 25 May Memorial Day. No class. Wednesday, 27 May ** Second papers due Should we favor the young? Eric Rakowski, "Should Health Care be Rationed By Age? -- Yes" Stephen Post, "Should Health Care be Rationed By Age? -- No" Friday, 29 May Fair innings John Harris, The Value of Life, pp. 87-94. 1-4 June Dead Week Review Course Materials Readings may be found in a course reader (CR) which will be available shortly from Pulse Copy Center in the Tresidder building. Copies will be kept on reserve in the Tanner Philosophy library in Building 90. Full citations for the readings are available in the Tanner library or on the course readings page. Course Requirements Grading will be based on two five to seven page papers and a take-home exam, weighted equally. All assignments must be completed in order to pass the course. Late papers will not be accepted. If you will be unable to complete an assignment on time, you must contact either Manuel Vargas or me before it is due. Plagiarism will result in failure in this course and will be reported to the relevant academic authorities. Plagiarism is presenting someone else's work as your own. If you are unsure about whether something would be plagiarism, please ask. This page was originally posted on 5/22/98; 12:39:09 PM and was last built on 6/3/98; 2:24:23 PM with BBEdit and Frontier 5 on a Macintosh running System 8.1.