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CLASS CALENDAR / INFORMATION
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Monday - June 19
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TOPIC: INTRODUCTION
1. CLASS WEBSITE
2. EVALUATION
3. APPROACH
4. HOW DOES MR. FARSHTEY TEACH? / HOW DO I LEARN? [A Little Psychology]
- CLASS PRESENTATION: LEARNING STYLES
- TAKE THE LEARNING STYLES TEST HERE [Want to try some more tests?]
NO AFTERNOON CLASS
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: ETHICS GUIDE
1. Read the FIRST TWO sections:
- What is Ethics?
- What Use is Ethics?
2. Bring in questions (vocabulary and ideas) for discussion in class
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| Tuesday - June 20
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MORNING CLASS
TOPIC: INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS
CLASS PRESENTATION: Lesson 1
CLASS ACTIVITY: Values Clarification Exercise #1 - RANK ORDER
TOPIC: INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS
CLASS PRESENTATION:
1. Basic Moral Orientations
2. Moral Orientation Survey
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: Complete NORMS/MORALS/ETHICS Worksheet - DUE AT START OF CLASS ON WEDNESDAY
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Wednesday - June 21
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MORNING CLASS
TOPIC: PHILOSOPHY & ETHICS
CLASS PRESENTATION:
1. Greek Philosophers
2. Excerpts from PBS Empires - THE GREEKS, Episode 3: Empires of Mind
NOTES: Socrates, Plato and Aristotle - The BIG THREE in Greek Philosophy
TOPIC: PHILOSOPHY & ETHICS
CLASS PRESENTATION:
1. Basic Ethics - A Variety of Perspectives
2. Who Would You Kill? - Test your moral intuitions
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: READ What You Need to Know About the World's Water Wars
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Thursday - June 22
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TOPIC: CASE STUDY #1 - THE WATER DILEMMA
CLASS ACTIVITY: PLAY Quandary - EPISODE 2, Water War
CLASS PRESENTATION
1. Water Wars - Supply and Demand
2. Water Wars
3. The American Southwest: ARE WE RUNNING DRY?
NOTES:
1. The Water Crisis
2. Access to Water
NO STUDY HALL TONIGHT - Trip to FLAGSTAFF RODEO |
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Friday - June 23
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TOPIC: Tactile Learner Day
CLASS ACTIVITY: Selections from Philosophy Games
1. Follow-up to the Trolley Problem - Should You Kill the Backpacker?
2. Morality Play
3. Would You Eat Your Cat?
4. Staying Alive
[Submit a brief reaction to each game/experiment]
CLASS PRESENTATION: Background Information - Ring of Gyges
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: DUE AT START OF CLASS ON MONDAY
- Ring of Gyges STORY
- Ring of Gyges ASSIGNMENT
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| Monday - June 26
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MORNING CLASS
TOPIC: Topics for Study in Ethics
CLASS ACTIVITY:
1. Survey of Topics - What topics most / least interest YOU?
2. Integrity and Work Ethics Test (20 minutes)
3. The Moral Sense Test: Disgust/Social/Morality/Judge/Psycho/Judge [You might have to register to access these tests - I did]
AFTERNOON CLASS
TOPIC: Topics for Study in Ethics
CLASS ACTIVITY: LONG Integrity and Work Ethics Test (60 minutes)
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: Copy and Paste your results to the surveys into a document and email to me.
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Tuesday - June 27
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TOPIC: Terrorism
CLASS PRESENTATION:
1. Morning - Ethics / Definitions / Ideologies
2. Afternoon - The Psychology of Terrorism
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: Terrorism
WEBQUEST - DUE AT START OF CLASS ON THURSDAY
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Wednesday - June 28
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NO CLASSES - Trip to MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS MUSEUM
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Thursday - June 29
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TOPIC: Terrorism - Winning the Hearts and Minds?
CLASS PRESENTATION:
1. FRONTLINE - Kill / Capture
2. FRONTLINE - American Terrorist
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Friday - June 30
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TOPIC: War - Violence - Just War Theory
CLASS PRESENTATION: Just War Theory
CLASS ACTIVITY: Grounds for War? SCENARIOS
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: Just War Webquest - DUE AT START OF CLASS ON MONDAY
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Monday - July 3
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MORNING CLASS
TOPIC: MILITARY ETHICS
CLASS PRESENTATION:
1. 18 of the Most Outrageous Military Ethics Violations
2. Top 10 Ethical Dilemmas in War Movies
AFTERNOON CLASS
TOPIC: MILITARY ETHICS - Debating U.S. Drone Policy
CLASS PRESENTATION:
1. The Drone Warfare Debate
2. ProCon.org - Should the United States Continue Its Use of Drone Strikes Abroad?
3. video clips from The Choices Program [David Rohde]
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT:
1. Summary of 3 Options for Using Drones
2. Considering U.S. Drone Policy WORKSHEET - DUE AT THE START OF CLASS ON WEDNESDAY |
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Tuesday - July -4
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INDEPENDENCE DAY - NO CLASSES |
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Wednesday - July 5
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TOPIC: ETHICS OF WHISTLEBLOWING/WHISTLEBLOWERS
MORNING CLASS
CLASS PRESENTATION:
1. Whistleblowing
2. 5 Famous Whistleblowers Who Shaped History
3. 10 Famous / Infamous Whistleblowers
4. Case Studies
NOTES: Legal Dictionary - WHISTLEBLOWER
AFTERNOON CLASS
CLASS PRESENTATION: Philosophy Talk, The Ethics of Whistleblowing - Edward Snowden
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT:
1. READ Edward Snowden: Traitor or Hero?
2. WATCH Causing Harm YouTube clip
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Thursday - July 6
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TOPIC: The Case of Edward Snowden
CLASS PRESENTATION: Snowden
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: Snowden DISCUSSION QUESTIONS - DUE AT START OF CLASS ON FRIDAY
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Friday - July 7
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TOPIC: ETHICS OF GENETIC ENGINEERING - Plants
CLASS PRESENTATION: The Ethics of Genomics
NOTES: Genetic Engineering Pros and Cons
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: Genetic Engineering Simulations - DUE AT START OF CLASS ON MONDAY |
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Monday - July 10
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TOPIC: ETHICS OF GENETIC ENGINEERING - Humans: Assisted Reproductive Technology
CLASS PRESENTATION: Reproductive Technology
NOTES: Assisted Reproductive Technologies - Blessing? Curse? Both?
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: Biotechnology Webquest - DUE AT START OF CLASS ON TUESDAY |
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Tuesday - July 11
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TOPIC: ETHICS OF GENETIC ENGINEERING - Humans: Human Cloning / Stem Cell Research
CLASS PRESENTATION:
1. Ethical Issues on Human Cloning
2. Ethics of Stem Cells and Therapeutic Cloning
3. AND a related topic - Is it Ethical for Parents to Create a Savior Sibling?
ONLINE ACTIVITY: IS IT CLONING?! OR NOT?!
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: Choose ONE of the following - DUE AT START OF CLASS ON WEDNESDAY
1. To Clone Or Not to Clone?
2. Stem Cell Ethics
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Wednesday - July 12
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Thursday - July 13
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TOPIC: SEMESTER EXAM PROJECT
CLASS PRESENTATION: HyperNormalisation [Background Information]
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Friday - July 14
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Monday - July 17
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MORNING CLASS
TOPIC: RE-INTRODUCTION [Welcome, Evan!]
CLASS PRESENTATION:
1. An Introduction to "Applied" Ethics
2. ROUND 2 Voting: Survey of Topics - What topics most / least interest YOU?
NOTES: Ethics and Ethical Reasoning
TOPIC: ETHICS UNWRAPPED - Being Your Best Self
CLASS PRESENTATION - Being Your Best Self videos:
1. Part 1 - Moral Awareness
2. Part 2 - Moral Decision-Making
3. Part 3 - Moral Intent
4. Part 4 - Moral Action
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: Being Your Best Self DISCUSSION QUESTIONS - DUE AT START OF CLASS ON TUESDAY |
| Tuesday - July 18
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TOPIC: RACISM and SEXISM
CLASS PRESENTATION:
1. Racism and Sexism
2. Discrimination - Crash Course Philosophy
3. Race, Racism, Prejudice and Discrimination
4. Discrimination Against Women
NOTES: Racism & Sexism
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: Racism-Sexism-Stereotypes-Discrimination WEBQUEST - DUE AT START OF CLASS ON THURSDAY
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Wednesday - July 19
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NO CLASSES - Trip |
| Thursday - July 20
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TOPIC: ETHICAL THEORIES - RELATIVISM
CLASS PRESENTATION:
1. Ethical/Cultural Relativism
2. Crimes and Misdemeanors
NOTES: Pros and Cons of Ethical Relativism
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: QUESTIONS for Crimes and Misdemeanors - DUE AT START OF CLASS ON FRIDAY |
| Friday - July 21
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TOPIC: LGBT ETHICS ISSUES
CLASS PRESENTATION: LGBT Issues
NOTES:
1, Injustice at Every Turn
2. Glossary from genderspectrum.org
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: VIDEO ANALYSIS
- The Gay Rights Movement
- The Gay Rights Movement, Part II
- Dare to Stand (Homophobic Anti-Gay Commercial)
- The Ultimate Anti-Gay Marriage Ad
- Equality House
- Same Love |
Monday - July 24
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TOPIC: LGBT ETHICS ISSUES - Same Sex Marriage
CLASS PRESENTATION: The Same Sex Marriage Debate
NOTES:
1. What Are The Reasons For And Against Gay Marriage?
2. List of Pros and Cons of Gay Marriage
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: Argumentative Essay Topic - GAY MARRIAGE - DUE AT START OF CLASS ON TUESDAY
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Tuesday - July 25
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TOPIC: LGBT ETHICS ISSUES - Stereotyping in the Media
CLASS PRESENTATION: Sexism and Stereotypes in Media
NOTES: Top 12 LGBT Movies You Need to See
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: Role of Gender-Identity-Sexuality in the Media PROJECT - DUE AT START OF CLASS ON THURSDAY
- INTRODUCTION
- Part 1 WORKSHEET
- Part 2 WORKSHEET
- Part 3 WORKSHEET
- Part 4 POWERPOINT GUIDELINES |
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Wednesday - July 26
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MORNING CLASS
TOPIC: LGBT ETHICS ISSUES - Stereotyping in the Media
CLASS ACTIVITY: Work on MEDIA STEREOTYPES PROJECT
AFTERNOON CLASS
TOPIC: ETHICS ISSUES - Journalists / The Catholic Church / Lawyers-Judges / The Community
CLASS PRESENTATION:
1. HISTORY vs. HOLLYWOOD - Spotlight Movie vs. The True Story
2. Spotlight: 10 Intriguing Facts
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: Role of Gender-Identity-Sexuality in the Media PROJECT - DUE AT START OF CLASS ON THURSDAY |
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Thursday - July 27
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TOPIC: ETHICS ISSUES - Journalists / The Catholic Church / Lawyers-Judges / The Community
CLASS PRESENTATION: Spotlight
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: FILM STUDY WORKSHEET for Spotlight - DUE AT START OF CLASS ON FRIDAY
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Friday - July 28
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TOPIC: THE NAME GAME or THE WEIRD(?) SCIENCE OF NOMINATIVE DETERMINISM
- Does a person's name have a significant role in determining key aspects of their job, profession or even character?
CLASS PRESENTATION: Meet the Hitlers
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Monday - July 31
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MORNING CLASS
TOPIC: Current Events Issues
CLASS PRESENTATION:
1. HEADLINES
2. Biological Warfare: U.S. & Saudis Use Cholera to Kill Yemenis
3. Ethical Considerations for Germ Warfare and Bioterrorism
TOPIC: Organ Donation / Transplants
CLASS PRESENTATION: Ethical, Legal and Psychological Aspects of Organ Transplantation
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: READ "Kidney Village" Article / COMPLETE WORKSHEET - DUE AT START OF CLASS ON TUESDAY
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Tuesday - August 1
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TOPIC: BODY MODIFICATION
CLASS PRESENTATION:
1. Ideals of Beauty and Body Modification
2. Church of Body Modification (YouTube)
3. National Geographic - TABOO, Extreme Bodies
NOTES: Body Modification & Body Image
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: Body Modification RESEARCH WORKSHEET - DUE AT START OF CLASS ON WEDNESDAY |
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Wednesday - August 2
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TOPIC: BUSINESS ETHICS
CLASS PRESENTATION:
1. Corporate Social Responsibility
2. Business Ethics: Corporate Social Responsibility
3. The Shareholder and Stakeholder Approaches to Social Responsibility
4. The Corporation
NOTES: Ethical Implications of Corporations
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: Business Ethics CASE STUDIES - DUE AT START OF CLASS ON THURSDAY
1. Laughing Man Coffee
2. New Mexico Employee Embezzles Money from Company - Again
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Thursday - August 3
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TOPIC: AI / ROBOTIC WARFARE / CYBER WARFARE
CLASS PRESENTATION:
1. ETHICS - AI / Robotics / Cyber Warfare
2. Zero Days
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: Zero Days REACTION - List your "MOSTS" [surprising? interesting? disturbing? encouraging?] about the documentary - DUE AT START OF CLASS ON MONDAY
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Friday - August 4
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TRIP |
Monday - August 7
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TOPIC: FINAL EXAM PROJECTS
- GUIDELINES for the Final ETHICS Research Projects
- Final Project TOPICS
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: PROJECT #1 - DUE ON WEDNESDAY |
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Tuesday - August 8
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TOPIC: FINAL EXAM PROJECTS
- GUIDELINES for the Final ETHICS Research Projects
- Final Project TOPICS
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: PROJECT #1 - DUE ON WEDNESDAY
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Wednesday - August 9
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TOPIC: FINAL EXAM PROJECTS
- GUIDELINES for the Final ETHICS Research Projects
- Final Project TOPICS
CASE STUDIES:
- When Parents Call God Instead of the Doctor / Religious Freedom vs. Child Protection / Faith Healing Kills Children
- ETHICS: Abortion-Disability / ABORTION: Decision Scenarios (scroll down to next to last scenario)
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: PROJECT #2 - DUE AT END OF EXAM PERIOD ON THURSDAY
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| Thursday - August 10
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END OF SECOND SEMESTER
FINAL EXAM PROJECT #2 - DUE AT END OF EXAM PERIOD
[YOU have SURVIVED the 8 WEEKS of TORTURE!!!!] |