unit 1. Fundamental issues in morality

issue 1. Is morality relativism correct?

issue 2. Does morality need religion?

issue 3. Is Ayn Rand's ethical egoism correct?

unit 2. Gender, sex, and reproduction

issue 4. Is abortion immoral?

issue 5. Must sex involve commitment?

issue 6. Should same-sex marriage be allowed?

issue 7. Should human cloning be banned?

unit 3. Law and society

issue 8. Is cloning pets ethically justified?

issue 9. Should Congress allow the buying and selling of human organs?

issue 10. Should drugs be legalized?

issue 11. Is gambling immoral?

issue 12. Is affirmative action fair?

issue 13. Should handguns be banned?

issue 14. Should the death penalty be abolished?

issue 15. Is torture ever justified?

issue 16. Is physician-assisted suicide wrong?

unit 4. Human beings and other species

issue 17. Does morality require vegetarianism?