Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Revised Schedule

Based on our discussion in class on March 9th and our efforts to closely match the old schedule from your prior professor, here is our tentative schedule for the rest of the semester:

March 23: Race & Gender

-Susan Sherwin (pgs. 253-258) ← sample consensus session
-Annette Dula (pgs. 258-264) ← in class informal group work
-optional: (pgs. 211-214, 223-227)

March 30: Embryonic Stem Cells & Genetic Control
-President’s Council on Bioethics (pgs. 312-316)
-Pontifical Academy (pgs. 316-317)
-Michael Sandel (pgs. 318-319) ← in class informal group work
-optional: (pgs. 270-288)
-Jeff McMahan (pgs. 333-337)
-Dena Davis (pgs. 337-346) ← group presentation 4

April 6: Reproductive Control, Cloning, & Scarce Medical Resources
-Gillian Hanscombe (pgs. 406-409) ← group presentation 5
-Leon Kass (pgs. 438-443)
-Carson Strong (pgs. 443-447) ← in class informal group work
-George Annas (pgs. 500-504) ← group presentation 6
-optional: (pgs. 377-383, 457-462)

April 13: The Economics of Health Care
-TEST (on ethical theories, race & gender, stem cells, genetic control, reproductive control, cloning, & medical resources)
-New York Times synopsis of U.S. Healthcare Reform (handout)
-Allen Buchanan (pgs. 525-529) ← in class informal group work
-William Custer, Charles Kahn, & Thomas Wildsmith (pgs. 534-536) ← group presentation 7
-Paul Krugman (pgs. 533-534)
-optional: (pgs. 512-519)

April 20: Abortion
-Mary Anne Warren (pgs. 586-594) ← in class informal group work
-Don Marquis (pgs. 594-598) ← group presentation 8
-optional: (pgs. 546-559)

April 27: Impaired Infants
-Tristram Engelhardt (pgs. 646-650)
-John Robertson (pgs. 639-645) ← group presentation 9
-Robert Weir (pgs. 651-657) ← in class informal group work
-optional: (pgs. 624-630)

May 4: Euthanasia
-Daniel Callahan (pgs. 706-711) ← group presentation 10
-Daniel E. Lee (pgs. 722-725)
-James Rachels (pgs. 725-729) ← in class informal group work
-Winston Nesbitt (pgs. 729-732)
-optional: (pgs. 682-689)
-review for Final Exam

May 11: Final Exam
-TERM PAPER DUE
-FINAL EXAM
It's Starting to Look Like a Triple Rainbow!

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