 |  Doing Philosophy: An Introduction Through Thought Experiments, 2/e Theodore Schick,
Muhlenberg College
Lewis Vaughn
The Problem of Relativism and Morality Much Obliged: Duty Makes Right
Thought ProbesMedical Treatment: Do we have a moral obligation to pay the medical expenses of those who cannot afford to pay them?
| Rights
(http://www.scu.edu/ethics/practicing/decision/rights.html)
Explication of the concept of rights by the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics (Santa Clara University) | | | | Rights vs. Rights
(http://www.libertyhaven.com/personalfreedomissues/freespeechorcivilliberties/rightsvsrigh...
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Article by Tibor Machan (Auburn University) on the difference between positive and negative rights | | | | Wrong Rights
(http://www.fff.org/freedom/fd0202c.asp)
Article by Sheldon Richman from the Future of Freedom Foundation on negative and positive rights | | | | Is Health Care a Right?
(http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~erw/nur301/health/rights/lesson.html)
Overview of the various positions by Evelyn Wilkerson (Norhtern Arizona University) | | | | Canada's Fatal Error: Health Care as a Right
(http://www.haciendapub.com/aubrey.html)
Article by Michael E. Aubrey criticizing Canada's health care system |
Desert Island Bequest: Are we morally obligated to honor a promise to a dying man if we can do more good by not honoring it?
| Desert Island Promise
(http://www.unisa.edu.au/lavskis/philosophy/units/U4phil/desert.html)
Presentation and analysis of a desert island promise case by Peter Lavskis (University of South Australia) | | | | Two Objections to Utilitarianism
(http://www.ithaca.edu/faculty/cduncan/f01-101/utility2.doc)
Notes by Craig Duncan (Ithaca College) on the utilitarianism and promise making | | | | Utilitarianism
(http://ucsub.colorado.edu/~robertme/11-19-02.htm)
Notes by Matt Roberts (Colorado University) on some of the problems facing utilitarianism | | | | Against Utilitarianism; or, Why Not Violate Rights If It'd Do Good?
(http://www.mises.org/asc/2002/ASC8-Machan.pdf)
Article by Tibor Machan offering various objections to utilitarianism | | | | A Principle of Justified Promise-Breaking and Its Application to Contract Law
(http://www.nyu.edu/pubs/annualsurvey/archive/57_2_163.pdf)
Article by Gil Lahav identifying the conditions under which one may justifiably break a promise |
Just Policies: According to Rawls, would the following policies be just: entitlement programs such as welfare, medicare, and Medicaid; an inheritance tax of over 75% the right to an easy rescue; homosexual marriage; legalized euthanasia?
| John Rawls Resource Page
(http://www.policylibrary.com/rawls/index.htm)
Set of links maintained by the Policy Library | | | | Original Position
(http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/original-position/)
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article | | | | Original Position
(http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/original-position/)
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article | | | | Distributive Justice
(http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/justice-distributive/)
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article | | | | Welfare Rights and Duties of Charity
(http://www.bookwork.net/collections/wellman/ints/intro_v5.htm)
Overview of various positions by Carl Wellman (Washington University, St. Louis) | | | | Rawls and Machievelli: The Dream Team?
(http://www.etes.ucl.ac.be/DOCH/DOCH%2042%20(VanParijs).pdf)
Article by Philip Van Parijs advocating the use of Rawls's principles in framing public policy | | | | Assisted Suicide: The Philosophers' Brief
(http://www.nybooks.com/articles/1237)
Brief submitted by leading philosophers to the Supreme Court in favor of physician assisted suicide |
Property Rights: Do we have a right to do anything we want with our property?
| Defenders of Property Rights
(http://www.yourpropertyrights.org/front.asp)
National Public Interest Legal Foundation dedicated to protecting property rights | | | | Property Rights Research
(http://www.propertyrightsresearch.org/)
Collection of articles relating to government laws regarding property rights | | | | The Property Rights Issue
(http://www.ncseonline.org/NLE/CRSreports/Economics/econ-11.cfm?&CFID;=6849576&CFTOKEN;=43...
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Article by Attorney Robert Meltz on the legal issues surrounding property rights | | | | Property Rights, Regulatory Takings, and Environmental Protection
(http://www.cei.org/gencon/025,01452.cfm)
Article by Richard H. Adler summarizing the arguments for and against government seizure of private property | | | | American Land Rights Organization
(http://www.landrights.org/)
Home page of a grass roots organization dedicated to preserving land rights |
Lying with Care: Do we have a duty to lie to protect those who have cared for us?
| Lying
(http://www.scu.edu/Ethics/publications/iie/v6n1/lying.html)
Article by Tim C. Mazur for the Markkula Center for Aplied Ethics identifying different ethical perspectives on lyng | | | | Feminist Ethics
(http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/feminism-ethics/)
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article | | | | Inter-organisational Relations and the Ethics of Care
(http://www.scpm.salford.ac.uk/trust/Documents/Chicago%20Paper.doc)
Article by Peter McDermott and Will Swan on the usefulness of the ethics of care in a business environment | | | | Ethics of Care
(http://www.lwms.ac.uk/resources/ethics/Ecareo~1.doc)
Notes by Sue Chetwynd (University of Leicester) | | | | Ecofeminism
(http://www.dur.ac.uk/r.d.smith/ecofeminism.html)
Overview of different feminist ethical theories by Richard Smith (University of Durham) | | | | Feminist Approaches to Bioethics
(http://www.lahey.org/PDF/Ethics/Winter_1999.pdf)
Article by Rosemarie Tong (University of North Carolina at Charlotte) |
The Zygmanic Brothers: Did Lester Zygmanic do the right thing in killing his brother George?
| Euthanasia.org
(http://www.euthanasia.org//index.html)
Largest collection of euthanasia related sites on the web | | | | Euthanasia and Physician Assisted Suicide
(http://www.religioustolerance.org/euthanas.htm/tnew_window)
Detailed overview of the issue and current legal situation from ReligiousTolerance.org | | | | Euthanasia
(http://www.faithnet.freeserve.co.uk/euthansia.htm/tnew_window)
Discussion from Faithnet; overview of different sorts of euthanasia and brief arguments for and against allowing voluntary euthanasia | | | | Euthanasia and End-of-Life Decisions
(http://ethics.sandiego.edu/Applied/Euthanasia/index.html/tnew_window)
Collection of web resources from Lawrence Hinman's Ethics Updates (University of San Diego) | | | | International Task Force on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
(http://www.internationaltaskforce.org/index.htm/tnew_window)
FAQs, information about advanced directives, the situation in the Netherlands, etc. from a perspective that opposes legalization | | | | Assisted Suicide: The Philosophers' Brief
(http://www.nybooks.com/articles/1237)
Brief submitted by leading philosophers to the Supreme Court in favor of physician assisted suicide |
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