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Philosophy 255: Introduction to Philosophy: Ethics and Society is a three-credit course that introduces you to philosophy by exploring leading ethical theories and their application to matters of social concern.

Textbook

Vice & Virtue in Everyday Life: Introductory Readings in Ethics. 9th edition. Edited by Christina Hoff Sommers and Fred Sommers. Boston: Wadsworth, 2013.

Course Introduction

PHIL 255 Course Introduction [video]

Unit 1: Introducing Philosophy

Wireless Philosophy. "Critical Thinking: Fallacies." YouTube. December 15, 2017. Video playlist. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtKNX4SfKpzWShEUtNiV1QhKG2cP9vbXg.

Unit 2: Moral Relativism

McCombs School of Business. "Ethics Defined: Moral Relativism." YouTube. December 18, 2018. 2:00. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RU7M6JSVtk.

Unit 3: Divine Command Theory

PBS Idea Channel. "Thoughts about Thought Experiments." YouTube. October 21, 2016. 5:12. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYezkQ05cKg.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. "Thought Experiments." Published December 28, 1996; last modified September 26, 2019. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/thought-experiment/.
Total Philosophy. "Total Philosophy: The Euthyphro Dilemma and Divine Command Theory." YouTube. October 7, 2013. 2:18. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlETz4b40yU.

Unit 4: Ethical Egoism

The Good Place. "Mother Forkin' Morals with Dr. Todd May - Part 3: Psychological Egoism - The Good Place (Exclusive)." YouTube. December 28, 2018. 4:55. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtpIsRk8tzg.

Unit 5: Utilitarianism

Wireless Philosophy. "PHILOSOPHY - Ethics: Utilitarianism, Part 1 [HD]." YouTube. September 26, 2014. 4:30. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvmz5E75ZIA.

Unit 6: Kantian Ethics

Philosophy Tube. "Beginner's Guide to Kant's Moral Philosophy." YouTube. June 10, 2016. 8:18. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ2fvTvtzBM.

Unit 7: Virtue Ethics

CrashCourse. "Aristotle & Virtue Theory: Crash Course Philosophy #38." YouTube. December 5, 2016. 9:21. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrvtOWEXDIQ.

Unit 8: Sex and the Ethics of Gay Rights

Mohr, Richard D. "Gay Basics: Some Questions, Facts, and Values." In Morality and Moral Controversies: Readings in Moral, Social, and Political Philosophy, 6th ed., 570–579. Edited by John Arthur. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2001.

Unit 9: Bullshit and the Ethics of Advertising

CNN. "Fareed Zakaria: Trump Is a B.S. Artist." YouTube. August 5, 2016. 4:44. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kJpttKLUtI.
Crisp, Roger. "Persuasive Advertising, Autonomy, and the Creation of Desire." Journal of Business Ethics 6 (1987): 413–418.
Waide, John. "The Making of Self and World in Advertising." Journal of Business Ethics 6 (1987): 413–418.
CrashCourse. "Online Advertising: Crash Course Media Literacy #7." YouTube. April 10, 2018. https://youtu.be/cmRcoJZRXEY.

Unit 10: Birth and the Ethics of Abortion

Segio Hernàndez. "Lake of Fire (2006) Trailer Subtitulado." YouTube. September 24, 2013. 2:34. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xan_yIv6YM.
DailyMotion. "Noam Chomsky and Peter Singer on Abortion." [Excerpts from video documentary Lake of Fire]. Posted by Dick Hanna c. 2015. Video, 8:46. https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2nzfiw.

Assignment 2: OER Evaluation

"Open Educational Resources (OER)." UNESCO. Accessed April 14, 2020. https://en.unesco.org/themes/building-knowledge-societies/oer.
eCampus Alberta. "Open Educational Resources Awareness Course: OER." Grande Prairie Regional College Moodle. Accessed April 14, 2020. https://moodle.gprc.ab.ca/course/view.php?id=723#section-0.
"OER - Open Educational Resources: Big List of Resources." University of Pittsburgh University Library System. Last modified September 10, 2019. https://pitt.libguides.com/openeducation/biglist.
MERLOT. Accessed April 14, 2020. https://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm.

Unit 12

Singer, Peter. "Famine, Affluence, and Morality." Philosophy & Public Affairs 1 (3): 229–243.
Singer, Peter. "The Obligation to Assist." In Practical Ethics, 3rd ed., 199–215. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Unit 13

Andrew-Gee, Eric. “Your Smartphone is Making you Stupid, Antisocial, and Unhealthy. So Why Can’t You Put It Down?” The Globe and Mail Online. Updated April 10, 2018. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/your-smartphone-is-making-you-stupid/article37511900/.
Thomas, Laurence. "Friendship in the Shadow of Technology." In Morality and Moral Controversies: Readings in Moral, Social, and Political Philosophy, 9th ed., 384–389. Edited by Steven Scalet and John Arthur. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson, 2014.