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Doing Philosophy: An Introduction Through Thought Experiments, 2/e
Theodore Schick, Muhlenberg College
Lewis Vaughn

The Problem of Relativism and Morality
Much Obliged: Duty Makes Right

Thought Probes

Medical Treatment: Do we have a moral obligation to pay the medical expenses of those who cannot afford to pay them?

Rights
(http://www.scu.edu/ethics/practicing/decision/rights.html)

Explication of the concept of rights by the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics (Santa Clara University)
Rights vs. Rights
(http://www.libertyhaven.com/personalfreedomissues/freespeechorcivilliberties/rightsvsrigh... )

Article by Tibor Machan (Auburn University) on the difference between positive and negative rights
Wrong Rights
(http://www.fff.org/freedom/fd0202c.asp)

Article by Sheldon Richman from the Future of Freedom Foundation on negative and positive rights
Is Health Care a Right?
(http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~erw/nur301/health/rights/lesson.html)

Overview of the various positions by Evelyn Wilkerson (Norhtern Arizona University)
Canada's Fatal Error: Health Care as a Right
(http://www.haciendapub.com/aubrey.html)

Article by Michael E. Aubrey criticizing Canada's health care system
Easy Rescue: Do we have a right to an easy rescue (a rescue that does not put the rescuer in peril)?

A Duty to Rescue?
(http://www.bark.net.au/Society/socart2.htm)

Article from Bark.net (Australia)
The Legal Position of the Good Samaritan
(http://www.bark.net.au/Society/socart2.htm)

Article by Saul Swartz (Emergency Preparedness Canada)
What Would Have Seinfeld Done If He Lived in a Jewish State?
(http://law.wustl.edu/WULQ/79-4/p1185rochester.pdf)

Article by Shaya Rochester (Washington University School of Law) on the question of good Samaritan laws raised by the last episode of Seinfeld
Good Samaritan Statutes
(http://www.law.wfu.edu/courses/crimlawrfw/Samaritan.doc)

List of good Samaritan laws in the United States
Abortion and the Exceptions to the
(http://www.dovberger.com/noah/submission/NGabort.doc)

Article by Noah Gradosfky (Rutgers University School of Law) examining a woman's duty to aid a fetus
An Argument Against a Legal Duty to Rescue
(http://144.92.98.103/duty2res.htm)

Article by Lester H. Hunt (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
Desert Island Bequest: Are we morally obligated to honor a promise to a dying man if we can do more good by not honoring it?

Desert Island Promise
(http://www.unisa.edu.au/lavskis/philosophy/units/U4phil/desert.html)

Presentation and analysis of a desert island promise case by Peter Lavskis (University of South Australia)
Two Objections to Utilitarianism
(http://www.ithaca.edu/faculty/cduncan/f01-101/utility2.doc)

Notes by Craig Duncan (Ithaca College) on the utilitarianism and promise making
Utilitarianism
(http://ucsub.colorado.edu/~robertme/11-19-02.htm)

Notes by Matt Roberts (Colorado University) on some of the problems facing utilitarianism
Against Utilitarianism; or, Why Not Violate Rights If It'd Do Good?
(http://www.mises.org/asc/2002/ASC8-Machan.pdf)

Article by Tibor Machan offering various objections to utilitarianism
A Principle of Justified Promise-Breaking and Its Application to Contract Law
(http://www.nyu.edu/pubs/annualsurvey/archive/57_2_163.pdf)

Article by Gil Lahav identifying the conditions under which one may justifiably break a promise
Just Policies: According to Rawls, would the following policies be just: entitlement programs such as welfare, medicare, and Medicaid; an inheritance tax of over 75% the right to an easy rescue; homosexual marriage; legalized euthanasia?

John Rawls Resource Page
(http://www.policylibrary.com/rawls/index.htm)

Set of links maintained by the Policy Library
Original Position
(http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/original-position/)

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article
Original Position
(http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/original-position/)

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article
Distributive Justice
(http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/justice-distributive/)

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article
Welfare Rights and Duties of Charity
(http://www.bookwork.net/collections/wellman/ints/intro_v5.htm)

Overview of various positions by Carl Wellman (Washington University, St. Louis)
Rawls and Machievelli: The Dream Team?
(http://www.etes.ucl.ac.be/DOCH/DOCH%2042%20(VanParijs).pdf)

Article by Philip Van Parijs advocating the use of Rawls's principles in framing public policy
Assisted Suicide: The Philosophers' Brief
(http://www.nybooks.com/articles/1237)

Brief submitted by leading philosophers to the Supreme Court in favor of physician assisted suicide
Legalizing No-Victim Crimes: Should no-victim crimes be legalized?

National Platform of the Libertarian Party
(http://www.lp.org/issues/platform/victcrim.html)

Libertarian party position on victimless crimes
Libertarian Party of North Carolina
(http://www.lpnc.org/issues/position.html)

Statement of Positions
Vices and Victimless Crimes
(http://www.free-market.net/directorybytopic/consensual/)

Set of links from freemarket.net
Decriminalize Victimless Crimes
(http://www.geocities.com/athens/thebes/9940/taboo/victimless.html)

Discussion of the effects of legalizing victimless crimes
Victimless Crimes: Where Are Their Victims?
(http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/4612/crimes-intro.html)

Article by David J. Euchner (Rutgers School of Law) arguing in favor of legalizing victimless crimes
Meth Use: A Victimless Crime that Robs Us All
(http://www.prescottaz.com/meth/opinion.htm)

Article by Art Merrill (Prescott Valley Tribune) arguing against the legalization of drugs
Crime, Violence, and Drug Use Go Hand in Hand
(http://www.dea.gov/demand/speakout/07so.htm)

Statement by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Association on the implications of legalizing drugs
Property Rights: Do we have a right to do anything we want with our property?

Defenders of Property Rights
(http://www.yourpropertyrights.org/front.asp)

National Public Interest Legal Foundation dedicated to protecting property rights
Property Rights Research
(http://www.propertyrightsresearch.org/)

Collection of articles relating to government laws regarding property rights
The Property Rights Issue
(http://www.ncseonline.org/NLE/CRSreports/Economics/econ-11.cfm?&CFID;=6849576&CFTOKEN;=43... )

Article by Attorney Robert Meltz on the legal issues surrounding property rights
Property Rights, Regulatory Takings, and Environmental Protection
(http://www.cei.org/gencon/025,01452.cfm)

Article by Richard H. Adler summarizing the arguments for and against government seizure of private property
American Land Rights Organization
(http://www.landrights.org/)

Home page of a grass roots organization dedicated to preserving land rights
Lying with Care: Do we have a duty to lie to protect those who have cared for us?

Lying
(http://www.scu.edu/Ethics/publications/iie/v6n1/lying.html)

Article by Tim C. Mazur for the Markkula Center for Aplied Ethics identifying different ethical perspectives on lyng
Feminist Ethics
(http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/feminism-ethics/)

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article
Inter-organisational Relations and the Ethics of Care
(http://www.scpm.salford.ac.uk/trust/Documents/Chicago%20Paper.doc)

Article by Peter McDermott and Will Swan on the usefulness of the ethics of care in a business environment
Ethics of Care
(http://www.lwms.ac.uk/resources/ethics/Ecareo~1.doc)

Notes by Sue Chetwynd (University of Leicester)
Ecofeminism
(http://www.dur.ac.uk/r.d.smith/ecofeminism.html)

Overview of different feminist ethical theories by Richard Smith (University of Durham)
Feminist Approaches to Bioethics
(http://www.lahey.org/PDF/Ethics/Winter_1999.pdf)

Article by Rosemarie Tong (University of North Carolina at Charlotte)
The Zygmanic Brothers: Did Lester Zygmanic do the right thing in killing his brother George?

Euthanasia.org
(http://www.euthanasia.org//index.html)

Largest collection of euthanasia related sites on the web
Euthanasia and Physician Assisted Suicide
(http://www.religioustolerance.org/euthanas.htm/tnew_window)

Detailed overview of the issue and current legal situation from ReligiousTolerance.org
Euthanasia
(http://www.faithnet.freeserve.co.uk/euthansia.htm/tnew_window)

Discussion from Faithnet; overview of different sorts of euthanasia and brief arguments for and against allowing voluntary euthanasia
Euthanasia and End-of-Life Decisions
(http://ethics.sandiego.edu/Applied/Euthanasia/index.html/tnew_window)

Collection of web resources from Lawrence Hinman's Ethics Updates (University of San Diego)
International Task Force on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
(http://www.internationaltaskforce.org/index.htm/tnew_window)

FAQs, information about advanced directives, the situation in the Netherlands, etc. from a perspective that opposes legalization
Assisted Suicide: The Philosophers' Brief
(http://www.nybooks.com/articles/1237)

Brief submitted by leading philosophers to the Supreme Court in favor of physician assisted suicide