Philosophy 340 Global Ethics

Philosophy 340
GLOBAL ETHICS
Prof. Craig Duncan
Ithaca College
Fall 2006

HANDOUTS

Syllabus
Cultural Moral Relativism
First Paper Topics
Guidelines for Writing a Philosophy Paper
Handout on Common Grammar Mistakes
Defining Liberalism
The Shah Bano Case
John Rawls on Liberal and Decent Peoples
Rawls's Theory of Justice
Second Paper Topics

OVERHEAD PROJECTOR NOTES

Effects of Global Warming
Alternative Energy Sources

READING LINKS

Jared Diamond, "The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race"
Jeffrey Sachs, "The End of Poverty"
The United Nations Millenium Development Goals (I'll only require you to read this short list of goals, but if you are curious for more information about the The UN Millenium Development Goals, click here.)
Paul Krugman, In Praise of Cheap Labor
William Greider, Global Agenda
Paul Krugman, Enemies of the WTO

MISCELLANEOUS LINKS

(10/4/06) Below are some links to optional readings mentioned in the first paper topics handout:

Yael Tamir, "Hands Off Clitoridectomy!"
Martha Nussbaum, "Double Moral Standards?"
Yael Tamir's Response to Martha Nussbaum

(Note: In Yael Tamir's response linked to above, she is responding to other writers in addition to Nussbaum. If you wish to read what other writers wrote about Tamir's article, click here and scroll down to the links beneath the heading "Judging Other Cultures".)

(10/5/06) Jon Mandle's Chapter 5 on challenges to human rights mentions several UN documents on human rights. For an online collection of UN documents on human rights, click here. (One document missing from this collection is the 1993 Vienna Declaration, mentioned by Mandle on page 76. Click here for the text of this.)

(10/5/06) If in your first paper you are planning to discuss the "Asian Values" challenge to human rights, I would recommend you read Amartya Sen's article "Human Rights and Asian Values"; it is an important article on the subject.