Part I: MORAL REASONING. 1. Moral Reasons. Moral Reasoning. Individual Morality and Social Morality. Ethical Relativism. Principles of Individual Morality. Principles of Social Morality. Summary and Conclusions. Readings: Moral Virtue, Aristotle. Respect for Persons, Immanuel Kant. Utilitarianism, John Stuart Mill. The Need For More than Justice, Annette C. Baier. 2. Good Reasoning. Arguments. Evaluating Moral Arguments. Summary and Conclusions. Part II: ISSUES. 3. Sexual Morality. The Traditional View. The Libertarian View. Treating Sex Differently. Arguments for Sexual Libertarianism. Arguments against Sexual Libertarianism. Readings: Sexual Morality, Roger Scruton. Plain Sex, Alan H. Goldman. Why Homosexuality is Abnormal, Michael Levin. Homosexuality and Nature, Timothy F. Murphy. Case Presentations: Deception or Joke? AIDS Education. Lawrence v. Texas: Private Rights and Public Morality. Marriage and Civil Unions. 4. Abortion. Biological Background. The Moral Problem. The Ontological Status of the Fetus. The Moral Status of the Fetus. Pro-Life Arguments (against Abortion). Pro-Choice Arguments (for Abortion). Readings: An Almost Absolute Value in History, John T. Noonan. A Defense of Abortion, Judith Jarvis Thomson. On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion, Mary Ann Warren. Virtue Theory and Abortion, Rosalind Hurthouse. Case Presentations: Mrs. Sherri Finkbine and the Thalidomide Tragedy. Conceived in Violence, Born In Hate. Death in Pensacola. The Fight for Martina Greywind''s Baby. 5. Euthanasia. Personhood. Death. Ordinary vs. Extraordinary Treatment. Killing vs. Allowing to Die. Meaning of Euthanasia: Narrow vs. Broad Interpretations. Voluntary vs. Non-voluntary Euthanasia. Assisted Suicide. The Right to Refuse Treatment. Defective Newborns. Arguments for Voluntary (Active) Euthanasia. Arguments against Voluntary (Active) Euthanasia. Readings: The Wrongfulness of Euthanasia, J. Gay-Williams. Active and Passive Euthanasia, James Rachels. Euthanasia, Philippa Foot. A Moral Principle About Killing, Richard Brandt. Case Presentations: I Did It Because I Loved My Son. Myrna is DeadDesolation. A Choice Central to Personal Dignity. Legalized Assisted Suicide and Decriminalized Euthanasia. 6. Human Cloning. How Cloning Works: A Brief History. Why Clone Humans? Moral and Legal Issues. Arguments against Human Cloning. Arguments for Human Cloning. Readings: The Wisdom of Repugnance, Leon R. Kass. Moral Status of Cloning Humans, Michael Tooley. Genetic Encores: The Ethics of Human Cloning, Robert Wachbroit. The Constitution and the Clone, Cass R. Sunstein. Case Presentations: Recommendations of The President''s Council on Bioethics on Human Cloning and Human Dignity, Clonaid. A Birth to Save a Life. Therapeutic Human Cloning in Britain. 7. Capital Punishment. The Nature and Definition of Punishment. The Moral Acceptability of Punishment. Aims of Punishment. Retentionist and Abolitionist Defined. Capital Punishment as Deterrent. Abolitionist Arguments (against Capital Punishment). Retentionist Arguments (for Capital Punishment). Readings: Humane Punishment: The Death Penalty, J.S. Mill. The Death Sentence, Sidney Hook. On Deterrence and the Death Penalty, Ernest Van Den Haag. Capital Punishment and Social Defense, Hugh Adam Bedau. Case Presentations: J.D. Autry: Death in Texas. Karla Faye Tucker: The Pickax Murderer. A Failed Experiment? Warren McClesky. 8. Terrorism and Civil Liberties. Just War Theory. Pre-emptive Wars. Violence and Terrorism. Jihadism. Pacifism. Civil Liberties. Readings: Just War and Human Rights, David Luban. Realism, Just War, and Feminism in a Nuclear Age, Jean Bethke Elshtain. Violence, terrorism, and justice, R.G. Frey and Christopher W. Morris. Enemy Aliens, David Cole. Case Presentations: Pre-emptive War. Driving While Veiled. Feeling Safe. Racial Profiling Before and After 9/11. 9. Welfare and Social Justice. Transfer Payments. Does Welfare Work? Why Have Welfare? Distributive Justice. Equality, Need,