| Spring, 2010
Schedule of Topics and Required Readings
(Detailed Bibliography Below)
Readings available as links here, on Cedarville’s Electronic Reserves, or at the Library front desk
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Date |
Lecture / Discussion Topic |
Readings |
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| W |
01/06 |
Introduction: Bioethics context for personhood |
Class Notes, "Who Am I" video |
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| M |
01/11 |
Ethical Theory |
Hinman [link] |
| W |
01/13 |
Ethical Theory |
Hinman [link] |
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| M |
01/18 |
Being Human |
NBNG: 1-18 (Meilaender text) |
| W |
01/20 |
Biblical Basis for Personhood |
Sullivan 1: 11-17 |
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| M |
01/25 |
Evolution and Personhood |
Dawkins (E-Res) |
| W |
01/27 |
Philosophical Basis |
Sullivan 1: 17-21 |
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| M |
02/01 |
Substance |
Moreland and Rae (E-Res), esp. pp. 70-85 |
| W |
02/03 |
Dualism v. Physicalism |
Murphy (E-Res) |
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| M |
02/08 |
Birth and Breeding |
NBNG: 21-36 |
| W |
02/10 |
Childhood |
NBNG: 37-51 |
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| M |
02/15 |
Personality and personhood |
Yancey (E-Res) |
| W |
02/17 |
Personhood as "Speciesism" |
Singer |
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| M |
02/22 |
Biological Basis for Personhood |
Sullivan 1: 21-31 |
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02/24 |
C.S. Lewis and personhood |
Lewis: Transposition (on reserve at the library) |
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| M |
03/01 |
SPRING BREAK |
(no class) |
| W |
03/03 |
SPRING BREAK |
(no class) |
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| M |
03/08 |
Loyalties, Death |
NBNG: 52-76 |
| W |
03/10 |
Personal Dignity |
NBNG: 79-103 |
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| M |
03/15 |
Issue: Is Abortion Immoral? |
Levine: 120-140 |
| W |
03/17 |
Issue: Women and the Health of the Unborn |
Levine: 141-158 |
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| M |
03/22 |
Issue: Advance Directives |
Levine: 60-73 |
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03/24 |
Issue: Assisted Suicide |
Levine: 83-103 |
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| M |
03/29 |
Issue: Genetic Enhancement |
Levine: 205-218 |
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03/31 |
Issue: Animal-Human Hybrids |
Levine: 219-232 |
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| M |
03/05 |
EASTER BREAK |
(no class) |
| W |
03/07 |
Issue: Human Experimentation |
Levine: 233-245 |
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| M |
03/12 |
Issue: Transplantation Ethics |
Levine: 290-298 |
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03/14 |
Issue: Rights of Conscience |
Levine: 299-318 |
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| M |
03/19 |
Human Perfectionism |
Hawthorne (E-Res) |
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03/21 |
Personhood and Materialism |
Gilder (E-Res) |
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03/26 |
Course Wrap-Up |
FINAL PAPER DUE |
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Detailed Bibliography:
Dawkins, R (1995). God’s utility function. Scientific American, November, pp. 80-85.
Gilder, G (1996). The materialist superstition. The Intercollegiate Review, Spring, pp. 6-14.
Hawthorne, N. (1897). The birthmark. in Crews, F. (ed.), Great short works of Hawthorne, Harper and Collins, 1967.
Hook, CC (2004). Techno sapiens: nanotechnology, cybernetics, transhumanism, and the remaking of humankind. Colson, CW and NM Cameron (eds.). Human Dignity in the Biotech Century, IVP.
Lewis, CS (1949), Transposition, in The Weight of Glory. Harper-Collins.
Levine C (2009): Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Bioethical Issues (13th Ed.). McGraw-Hill.
Meilaender, G (2009): Neither Beast nor God: The Dignity of the Human Person. Encounter Books.
Moreland, J P and S Rae (2000). Human persons as substances or property-things (Ch. 2). Body and Soul. IVP.
Murphy, N (2005). Nonreductive Physicalism, in Green, Palmer, Corcoran: In Search Of The Soul: Four Views Of The Mind-body Problem, IVP.
Singer, Peter, "Animal Liberation at 30," The Animal Rights Library, found at http://www.animal-rights-library.com/
Sullivan, DM (2003). The Conception View of Personhood: A Review. Ethics and Medicine 19(1): 11-33.
Yancey, P (1998). Dark nature. Books and Culture, March.
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