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Instructor: K. Shaffer Ray

This is a list of topics you may choose from to research for one of you Applied Ethics Response Papers.  If there is some other topic of interest to you, please discuss it with me for approval. You will sign up in class. 

LIST OF TOPICS:                                      

Abortion (Term, Funding, Circumstance)                                      

Adoption (Giving up a Child, Domestic/Foreign, Mixed Race,

Open/Closed, Same Sex Parents)                                                                   

Affirmative Action                                                                            

Animal Rights/Abuse                                                                         

Animal Rights -- Use of Furs                                                            

Animals in Captivity (Zoo, Reserve, Circus,

Private Exotic Ownership)                                                                

Animal Testing for Medical Purposes                                               

Artificial Embryo Creation                                                                

Birth Control (Parental Consent, Type, Availability)                                  

Capital Punishment -- Death Penalty                                                

Censorship (Art, Music, TV, Movies, Video Games, or Print)        

Cloning (Animal or Human)                                                              

Concealed Handgun Laws                                                                  

Corporal Punishment  (School or home)                                            

Environmental Ethics                                                                         

Euthanasia                                                                                          

Fetal Tissue Research                                                                        

Flag Burning                                                                                       

Gun Control (Concealed Handgun Laws, etc.)                                  

Genetic Engineering    (Plant, Animal, or Human)                

Juvenile Justice – (Culpability and Punishment)      

Plagiarism                                                                                           

Police Use of Force and Deadly Force                                              

Recycling: Cost vs. Benefit                                                               

Same Sex Marriage                                                                             

School Prayer                                                                                     

Stem Cell Research                                                                            

Surrogate Parenting                                                                            

Sweat Shops (Child Labor/Adult)     

Tort Law/Reform                                                                   

Use of Illegal Drugs or Marijuana for Medical Purposes