Applied Ethics in Agriculture

Sociology/Economics 362

Fall 2009

Instructors: [Arne Hallam | Paul Lasley]

Class Location & Time: 119 East Hall, Wednesday 16:10-19:00

Course Information: [ Syllabus | Group Listing | Grades ]

Handouts
Fall 2009 Reading List	Case Study Reasoning
Fall 2009 Paper Assignments	Writing Case Studies
Paper Guidelines	What Makes a Good Case
Guidelines for Class Presentations	Writing a Case Study Scoring Rubric
Thank You Notes	Case Study Analysis Scoring Rubric

Case Studies
A Used Car	Veterinary Teaching Animals	Class Case Studies Fall 2009
Case Studies I	A Plow for Mexican Agriculture
Case Studies II
Case Studies III

 

Readings
Morality and Moral Philosophy - Beauchamp	Agricultural Ethics - CAST
Reading Guide for Morality and Moral Philosophy	Agricultural Ethics - Plant Physiology
Concept of a Moral Position - Dworkin	Ethics of Biofuels
The Human Predicament - Warnock	Trust in the Food Sector
The Doctrine of the Double Effect - Foot	The Precautionary Principle
A Theory of Justice - Rawls	Sustainability
Distributive Justice - Nozick	Roundup Ready Alfalfa
The Strength of Being Clean	Social Cost of Antibiotics
Euthanasia	Animals and Human Obligations:  An Argument for Vegetarianism and Limited Testing
What Kind of Landscape?	Constraints and Animals - Nozick

Newspaper articles and such
Coke and Burger King	Illinois Admissions Scandal	Can Biotech Food Cure World Hunger?
Lockerbie: Justice and Mercy	Mineral Management Services	The Carnivore's Dilemma
BofA --- Merrill Lynch: Bonuses	Law and Manners	Downer Cows
Bonuses for Bank Employees	An Organ Donor	Enviropigs
Rural Brain Drain	Genentech and Tanox	The Bread We Waste
Kind, Generous and Eager to Boast	Dream Mine	Perishing Possessions
Torture	Are Today's Grads Unprofessional?	Unhappy Meals
Online Books	Canadian Medical Journal	The Omnivore's Delusion
Grades for Sex	Forced Womb Removal	McDonalds and Animal Welfare
You Liar!	The End of Self-Help	The "History" of DeCoster Farms
What if Marriage is Bad For Us?!	Birth Control in Afghanistan	Horse Racing
The Worst Thing About Gay Marriage	Ghostwriting Lobbyists	Alleged Pig Abuse
Selling Notes	Ghostwriting Medical Papers	Agriprocesors --- Postville
Fort Hood Shooting	Hummer Love	Animal, Vegetable, Miserable
AIG, Bailouts, and TARP	DC-Sniper
Trials for Terrorists	Jane Austen's Ethics
Money and Morals	Global Warming --- Hacked e-mails

Presentations
Ethics in Agriculture  --  Overview	What is Morality --- Review	Agricultural Ethics - Kelvin Liebold
Six Pillars of Character	Logical Arguments	Ag Ethics Pretest -- Kelvin Liebold
Making Ethical Decisions	Writing Case Studies (Overheads)	Ag Ethics Pretest/Key -- Kelvin Liebold
Moral Theory	The Social Contract	Ethics and Moral Values - Clark Wolf

 

Links
Relativism	Deontology	Race, Ethnicity, and Ethics
Divine Commands	Virtue Ethics	The Social Contract
Egoism	Rights Theories	Ethics and Justice
Utilitarianism	Feminist Ethics