For Thursday and Friday, back on schedule:

June 14

Read: RACHELS, ELEMENTS OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY CH  3

Topics: homosexuality

Additional writing: Arguments lists: state at least 10 reasons people sometimes give to think that homosexuality is wrong.

9.       June 15

Read: RACHELS, ELEMENTS OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY CH  3

Topics: homosexualit

Wednesday, in class notes:

Read paper on trans fat bans; in class:

In class writing assignment: summarize the main point(s) of the article as concisely as possible. If someone asked, “What was the main point of that article? What did Nobis argue in that article?” what’s the shortest way to answer that?

Cultural relativism: a moral theory

1. what is it?
2. Why think it’s true?
3. Why think it’s false? If CR is true, then ___X__. But X is wrong, so Cr is false.
4. Whadaya think about it, in light of the arguments for and against?

Believing to be X versus it really being X

Reacting with good reasons or NOT. If someone is harmed, then that’s a good reason to think doing whatever is wrong.

Differences – is anyone harmed or not?

Female genital mutilation -  – Reading, “What’s Culture Got to Do with it?” "What's Culture Got to Do with it? Excising the Harmful Tradition of Female Circumcision"  and Rachels

1. what is it?
2. Why think it’s permissible?
3. Why think it’s wrong?
4. Whadaya think about it, in light of the arguments for and against?

1.      Understand (the theory, the argument, whatever.): what is it?

2.      Arguments in favor of X?

a.      Evaluate the arguments

3.      Arguments against X?

a.      Evaluate the arguments

4.      Given our understanding of X and the arguments for and against X, what should we think about X?