Readings
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- George Orwell, ‘Politics and the English Language’.
- John Harris, ‘The Survival Lottery’.
- Russ Shafer-Landau, ‘Consequentialism: Its Nature and Attractions’.
- R. M. Hare, ‘What is wrong with slavery?’.
- R. M. Hare, ‘What is wrong with slavery?’.
- J. J. C. Smart, ‘Extreme and restricted utilitarianism’.
- Julia Driver, ‘Contemporary consequentialism’.
- Thomas Nagel, ‘Death’.
- Thomas Nagel, ‘Death’.
- Fred Feldman, ‘Some Puzzles About the Evils of Death’.
- Fred Feldman, ‘Some Puzzles About the Evils of Death’.
- Derek Parfit, Reasons and Persons, Chapter 16, §§119-122.
- Derek Parfit, Reasons and Persons, Chapter 16, §§123-127.
- Derek Parfit, Reasons and Persons, Chapter 17.
- Judith Thomson, ‘Killing, letting die, and the Trolley Problem’.
- Immanuel Kant, Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals, (Excerpts).
- Onora O’Neill, ‘A Simplified Account of Kant’s Ethics’.
- John Rawls, Lectures on the History of Moral Philosophy, The Categorical Imperative The First Formulation.
- Immanuel Kant, Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals, (Excerpts).
- Christine Korsgaard, ‘The Right to Lie: Kant on Dealing with Evil’, pp. 325-337.
- Onora O’Neill, ‘A Simplified Account of Kant’s Ethics’.
- David Velleman, ‘A right to self-termination?’.
- David Velleman, ‘A right to self-termination?’.
- Peter Singer, ‘Voluntary Euthanasia: A Utilitarian Perspective’.
- Judith Thomson, ‘A Defense of Abortion’.
- Judith Thomson, ‘A Defense of Abortion’.
- Plato, Euthyphro.
- Louise Antony, ‘Good Minus God’.
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