TEACHERS GUIDE to web resources

August 25, 2015
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Here are some suggestions on how to improve your own ethical thinking.

1.  Download a complete set of summary notes (28 sides) on Louis Pojman’s excellent ethics book (Ethics:Discovering Right and Wrong) by clicking on this link.

http://www.wadsworth.com/cgi-wadsworth/course_products_wp.pl?fid=M20b&product_isbn_issn=9780495502357&discipline_number=10

(click on chapter outlines on the left hand side menu)

 

2. Access Lawrence Hinman’s library of powerpoints (some are too advanced for A level, but really good nonetheless) by clicking on this link:

http://ethics.sandiego.edu/

 

3. Michael Sandel’s excellent lectures are available online, covering most of our course.  Click this link to access a summary of the lectures:

http://www.justiceharvard.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=9&Itemid=5#ep2

 

4.  There are some excellent materials on free will and determinism, Aristotle, Kant and issues surrounding relativism from the University of Lancaster Philosophy and Ethics course.

http://www.lancs.ac.uk/users/philosophy/courses/100/100menu.htm

5. The Massachussetts Institute of Technology have an excellent online course on ethics – more than you need for A level, but brilliant nonetheless:

http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/linguistics-and-philosophy/24-231-ethics-fall-2009/lecture-notes/

6.  For a library of links on all parts of our theory syllabus, for further research, go to:

http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072878274/student_view0/chapter5/theories.html

7.  Andy Gustafson’s very useful notes and powerpoints on Business Ethics are available on this link:

http://www.andygustafson.net/net/Businessresources.htm

8.  The Christian Medical Fellowship is a useful place to research medical ethics, from an evangelical perspective:

http://www.cmf.org.uk/students/ (type a keyword eg abortion into the search engine)

http://www.cmf.org.uk/publications/content.asp?context=article&id=2185 (for a sample article on stem cell research ethics)

9.  Self-marking multiple choices on all key theory areas (use in class for discussion, or have them do it individually with a certain time allowed for each question, or vote on the right answer and ask them to justify why) are available on:

http://www.wadsworth.com/cgi-wadsworth/course_products_wp.pl?fid=M20b&product_isbn_issn=9780495502357&discipline_number=10

(go to chapter headings, select chapter you want, then on left hand menu select Tutorial Quiz for that chapter, and the quiz will mark itself when you press submit at the end) Note, these are really for undergraduates but shouldn’t be beyond a good A level student!

10. A useful list of ethical films to add to the ones mentioned on this site can be found on:

http://library.jccc.net/guides/films/ethicalfilms.html

11. The Dialogue archive of back issues can be scanned here (subscription £25)

http://www.dialogue.org.uk/archive.php

12. American Universities have extensive indexes of applied ethical issues. Try this one from Sant Ana:

http://www.sac.edu/Library/Pages/Controversialissues.aspx

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