Applied Ethics in Agriculture

Sociology/Economics 362

Fall 2011

Instructors: [Arne Hallam | Paul Lasley]

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

Course Information: [ Syllabus | Group Listing | Grades

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Presentations

Ethics in Agriculture  --  Overview Logical Arguments Agricultural Ethics - Kelvin Liebold
Six Pillars of Character Case Study Reasoning Ag Ethics Pretest -- Kelvin Liebold
Making Ethical Decisions Writing Case Studies Ethics and Moral Values - Clark Wolf
Moral Theory Cultural Relativism  
What is Morality --- Review The Social Contract  

Case Studies

Designing Society Case Studies I Veterinary Teaching Animals
A Used Car Case Studies II A Plow for Mexican Agriculture
Case Study Reasoning Case Studies III Anhydrous Ammonia Sales
Writing Case Studies Trolleyology  
What Makes a Good Case    

 

Readings

Morality and Moral Philosophy - Beauchamp Agricultural Ethics - CAST
Reading Guide for Morality and Moral Philosophy by Beauchamp Agricultural Ethics - Plant Physiology
Reading Guide for Making Ethical Decisions by Josephson Ethics of Biofuels
Concept of a Moral Position - Dworkin Trust in the Food Sector
The Human Predicament - Warnock The Precautionary Principle
The Strength of Being Clean Sustainability
Divine Command Statements Roundup Ready Alfalfa
Social Cost of Antibiotics
Virtues and Vices Animals and Human Obligations:  An Argument for Vegetarianism and Limited Testing
The Doctrine of the Double Effect - Foot Constraints and Animals - Nozick
Euthanasia What Kind of Landscape?
Selections from Leviathan - Hobbes Moral Confidence in Agriculture
Free Speech and Postmodernism The Emotional Dog and its Rational Tail
Motivated Moral Reasoning The New Synthesis in Moral Psychology
Universal Declaration of Human Rights Dissociation Between Moral Judgments & Justifications
Social Contract Theory Moral Cognition --- Mikhail
Bullying Universal moral grammar --- Mikhail
  The liver and the moral organ
  A Theory of Justice - Rawls
  Distributive Justice - 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 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 DC-Sniper Alleged Pig Abuse
In Efforts to End Bullying, Some See Agenda Jane Austen's Ethics Agriprocesors --- Postville
The $31 Billion Revenue Fantasy Global Warming --- Hacked e-mails Animal, Vegetable, Miserable
AIG, Bailouts, and TARP Pay to Spray Sacrificial Animals
Money and Morals The Smell Test Conflict of Interest
Insider Trading Is Morality Innate and Universal? Factory Farms
Fort Hood Shooting The Moral Instinct Can the World Still Feed Itself?
Trials for Terrorists The Moral Naturalists Does Kenya Need GM Crops?
Hummer Love Moral Minds Do Animals Feel Regret?
A Bridge Too Far Whose Life Would You Save? Hedge To Arrive Contracts --- Lence
Rape, Kill, Sleep Around Research Integrity Economic Inequality
Vengeance is Mine The Moral Life of Babies 10 Days in Sweden
Proper Giving Rebirth of Stem Cells Making Resolutions
Altruism and Economics Offshore Stem Cell Research Ethics for Economists
What Should a Billionaire Give? Stem Cell Research Fraud The Sugary Secret of Self-Control
Shrinking Middle Class If It Feels Right Sports Injuries
Kidney Donation(s) Reversing the Decay of London Undone Cheating
Market for Kidneys Why Men are in Trouble Selling Notes
Kidneys and Jesus Christians Sexual Abuse at Penn State SAT Cheating
Kidney For Life Grand Jury Testimony --- Jerry Sandusky The Shadow Scholar
Kidney Donors Get Priority   Ghostwriting Lobbyists
An Organ Donor   Ghostwriting Medical Papers
  Ethics for Graduate Advisers
     
     

Videos
Hy-Line Hatchery Sparboe Egg Farms  
Country View Family Farms Prisoner's Dilemma
Iowa Select Farms PCE Agitation Boat  

Links

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