PHI 2604 Moral Issues in Business (Website)

This is the Website we talked about last night in class:

http://www.wadsworth.com/cgi-wadsworth/course_products_wp.pl?fid=M20bI&discipline_number=5&product_isbn_issn=0534536549

At the top of the page, you have a bar with a scroll down menu for choosing chapters. Then on your left hand side you have a menu with Chapter Resources. Click on Tutorial Quiz. Good luck!

Update for PHI 2010, Tuesdays and Thursdays 9:50-11:05am

Today I made a mistake in class when I announced that our final would be next Thursday, December 15. Actually, our final is Tuesday, December 13th. Sorry about that. I already sent an email to all to warn you.

Again: This message is for the PHI 2010 class meeting Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:50-11:05am.

Doing Philosophy link

As an additional source, please take a look at this site. They have an array of excercises and tests.

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

Final Exam Schedule (All Classes)

This is the Final Exam schedule for all my classes:

Class Final Date

PHI 2010 Honors M,W,F 10-10:50am December 14

PHI 2010 Honors M,W,F 11-11:50am December 16

PHI 2010 T,R 9:50-11:05am December 13

PHI 2010 T,R 11:15-12:30am December 15

PHI 2010 T 5:40-8:10pm December 13

PHI 2604 W 5:40-8:10pm December 14

The exam takes place at the same time, same place and extends for a period of 1½ hours.

Matrix for Topics PHI 2604 Final Exam

Chapter 7

Informed Consent
Polygraph Tests: Purpose of PT
Major assumptions
Personality tests, what are they good for?
Drug Testing; 4 remarks
Day Care and Maternity Leave

Chapter 8

Conflict of Interest: Examples
Insider Trading
Trade secret: Examples
Bribes
Kickbacks
Gifts: Seven rules p. 398
Obligations to third parties
Whistle blowing: examples: Five guidelines p. 402

Chapter 9

Meaning of job discrimination
Affirmative action
Supreme Court’s Position
Arguments in favor and against
Sexual Harassment: Explain the three different kinds of harassment discussed in the text

Chapter 10

Product safety
Due care, Caveat Emptor, Strict Product Liability
Legal Paternalism
Responsibilities of Business (6 points p. 513-515)
Warranties: Express, merchantability
Price fixing
Labeling and packaging
Deceptive techniques:
a) Ambiguity
b) Concealed facts
c) Exaggeration
d) Psychological Appeals
Ads directed at children
Consumer needs
Free speech and the media

Matrix of Topics for PHI 2010 Final Exam

Chapter 4 Personal Identity

1. Qualitative Identity, numerical identity, accidental and essential property; Animalism
a) Locke’s Tale of the Prince and the Cobbler
b) Siamese Twins
2. Soul Theory
a) The King of China
b) Nestor and Tersites
c) Transubstantiation
d) Souls in Heaven
3. Memory Theory
a) Reid’s Tale of the Brave Officer
b) Direct and indirect memories
c) Real memory, apparent memory, quasi-memory
4. Psychological Continuity
a) Psychological connectedness
b) Psychological Continuity Theory
5. The Reduplication Problem
a) William’s Reincarnation of Guy Fawkes
b) Williams’ Reduplication Argument
c) Parfit Teletransporter
6. Revised Body Theory
7. Split Brains: Brain Theory
a) Parfit’s Division
8. Identity and what matters in survival
9. Identity and what matters in responsibility
10. Explaining the Self

Chapter 5 Ethics

1. Subjective Absolutism; Counterarguments
2. Subjective Relativism; Counterarguments
3. Emotivism; Blanshard’s Rabbit
4. Cultural relativism; Counterarguments
5. Anthropological Argument
6. Logical Structure of Moral Arguments
7. Divine Command Theory; St. Thomas’ argument
8. Are there universal moral principles?
9. Principles of justice and mercy
10. Consequentialist Theory; Formalist Theory
11. Intrinsic and Instrumental Values
12. Ethical egoism
13. Psychological Hedonism; Feinberg’s Single-Minded Hedonist
14. Act Utilitarianism
a) Mc Closkey’s informant
b) Brandt’s Heir
c) Ross’ Diplomat
d) Godwin’s Fire Rescue
e) Ewing’s Torture
f) Ewing’s Innocent Criminal
15. Rule Utilitarianism; Organ Transplants
16. Kant’s Categorical Imperative
17. Universalizability, reversibility
18. Perfect and imperfect duties
a) Hare’s Nazi fanatic
b) Ross’ Good Samaritan
19. Second Formulation
a) Broad’s Typhoid Man
b) Ewing’s Prudent Diplomat
20. Ross’ Prima Facie Duties; actual duties. You most know hierarchy and each one of these duties
21. Pluralistic formalism
22. Virtuous Utilitarian and virtuous Kantian
23. Aristotle on virtue; MacIntyre on virtue
24. Virtue Ethics