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| Preface | |
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| Welcome to the Ethical Toolbox | |
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| Getting Started | |
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| Ethics as a Learning Experience | |
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| The Need for Open Minds | |
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| Three Easy Routes to a Closed Mind (and How to Avoid Them) | |
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| Reading: C.P. Ellis (interviewed by Studs Terkel) | |
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| Ethics and Religion | |
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| Religion's Contributions to Ethics | |
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| Religion's Limits in Ethics | |
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| Thinking for Yourself | |
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| Values | |
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| Paying Attention to Values | |
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| Definitions: Values and Moral Values | |
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| Guidelines | |
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| Reading: Edward Abbey, "The Great American Desert" | |
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| Families of Moral Values | |
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| Three Families of Moral Values | |
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| Mapping Moral Debates | |
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| Some Traditional Ethical Theories | |
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| Utilitarianism | |
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| Theories of Right Action | |
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| Theories of Virtue | |
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| When Values Clash: Theoretical Approaches | |
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| Utilitarian Strategies: Finding a Single Measure | |
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| Non-Utilitarian Strategies: Prioritizing Values | |
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| When Theories Stalemate | |
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| When Values Clash: Integrative Approaches | |
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| Another View of Moral Conflicts | |
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| Integrative Methods | |
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| When to Hold Firm | |
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| Reading: Roger Rosenblatt, "How to End the Abortion War | |
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| Tools for Critical Thinking in Ethics | |
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| Finding the Facts | |
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| When Facts Are at Issue | |
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| Inferences | |
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| Watching Words | |
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| Loaded Language | |
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| When Terms Are Unclear | |
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| When Terms Are Contested | |
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| Judging Like Cases Alike | |
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| Consistency Is Not Easy | |
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| How to Restore Consistency | |
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| Invented Cases | |
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| Reading: Colin McGinn, "Speciesism" | |
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| Tools for Creativity in Ethics | |
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| Multiplying Options | |
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| The Need for Inventiveness in Ethics | |
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| How to "Get Out of the Box" | |
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| More Provocations: "What If?" Thinking | |
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| Problem-Shifting | |
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| Reframing Problems | |
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| Making the Problem an Opportunity | |
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| Putting Ethics into Action | |
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| Picking the Right Tools | |
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| Know What Your Goals Are | |
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| Matching Tools to Goals | |
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| Dialogue: Learning by Talking | |
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| How to Have a Fruitless Debate | |
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| How to Have a Useful Discussion | |
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| Reading: The Common Ground Network for Life and Choice, "Common Ground Rules" | |
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| Service: Learning by Helping | |
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| Calls to Service | |
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| Visits to a Homeless Shelter | |
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| Reading: Ram Dass and Paul Gorman, "Compassion: The Witness Within" | |
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| Contemporary Debates | |
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| Sexuality | |
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| Who Cares About Sex? | |
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| Can We Build on Sexual Common Ground? | |
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| "Perversion" | |
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| Reading: Jason Schultz, "Bachelor Party | |
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| Abortion | |
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| Background | |
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| Key Values | |
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| Can We Get the Abortion Debate Unstuck? | |
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| Reading: Rayna Rapp, "XYLO" | |
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| Business and Professional Ethics | |
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| Ethics and the Professions | |
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| Ethics and Business | |
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| Reading: Lisa Newton and David Schmidt, "Obviously a Major Malfunction" | |
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| Poverty and Welfare | |
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| Background | |
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| Shared Values | |
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| Understanding Poverty | |
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| Reading: Roemary Bray, "So How Did I Get Here?" | |
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| The Expanding Circle | |
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| Animals | |
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| Why Should We Care About Animals? | |
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| What Can We Do? | |
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| Reading: Lori Bauston, "Animal Resuce" | |
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| Environmental Ethics | |
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| Wake-up Calls | |
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| Beyond Anthropocentrism? | |
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| Integrating Environmental Values | |
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| Reading: Violet Woodsorrel Oxalis, "It's a Little Wild Out There" | |
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| Notes for Teachers: The Toolbox in t | |