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Date |
Required
Reading |
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Sept 5 |
Introduction &
Greeting |
EXTRA CREDIT:
The topic for the extra credit paper is
how the rest of the world views the death penalty in the US. For example,
European nations have abolished the death penalty and do not believe the
US should still be executing people, let alone juveniles and mentally ill
people. What do other countries say? What arguments, positions and data do
they rely on in discussing our death penalty?
You may use library sources or the
internet to do this short paper. If you'd like to use the internet, check
out the links in the 'European View' box on the death penalty page of CJ
Ethics or the International
section of the Death Penalty Information Site. One of the many places
to start in the library with books and journals is Grant,
Stephanie. (1998). A Dialogue of the Deaf? New International Attitudes and
the Death Penalty. Criminal Justice Ethics v 17 #2, p 19-32.
[this is a journal called Criminal Justice Ethics, not the text for
the class]
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| Sept 10 |
Intro Reiman |
more information about moral reasoning and moral systems from the CJ
Ethics website |
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My
website on Sept 11 | Do 9-11 victims count as homicides in 'crime' reports? Did homicide go up 3% -
or 26%? |
| Sept 12 |
Part 1,
Bazelon
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companion
materials on the insanity defense; Criminal
Justice Ethics page related to the social adversity defense
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| Sept 17 |
Part 1, Katz |
Material
on mens rea and attempts (including impossible attempts).
The article I mentioned this morning in
class is Corporate Scandals Tainting Donations
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| Sept 19 |
Part 2,
Feinberg; start drug debate |
Harm
Principle, Paternalism & Legal Moralism |
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The article I mentioned this morning in
class is Tyco Report Paints Picture Of Greed
($15,000 dog umbrella stand?); Business Today also did a report noting a $2,200
trash basket
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| Sept 24 |
Part 2, Drug
Legalization
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Drug
Legalization debate pages |
| PAPER
1 DUE: In a 3-4 page paper, define the Harm Principle,
Paternalism and Moralism, providing examples where appropriate. Your paper
MUST include a reference to the textbook and some information from
at least one of the websites found through the link on the harm
principle. (make sure to include full information, including the URL -
address - of the website) |
| Sept
26 |
Part 2,
Prostitution |
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Fallen Men: At 'John School,' Students Review a Lesson Picked Up on the Street
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| Oct 1 |
Part 2,
Hate
Crime |
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| Oct 3 |
Part 2,
Corporate Violence |
More
on Tobacco and Corporate Violence
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| Oct 8 |
review
& catch up
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PAPER
2 DUE: Read Etzioni's article from the Washington Post "Profit Without Honor
When It Comes to Ethics, Business Schools Get an F". In a
1-2 page paper, review his statements about the status of ethics in
business school, the problems with teaching it and his
recommendations.
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| Oct 10 |
test
on Parts 1 & 2 |
| Oct 15 |
Part 3, Kleinig;
Appendix on Codes of Ethics |
More
on Police Ethics ~ Read
a copy of the Appendix that has working links and some additional info |
| Oct 17 |
Part 3, Deception and
Influence - read Skolnick & Leo, Marx |
Miranda
v Arizona abstract, opinion & audio of oral argument
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| Oct 22 |
Part 3, Deception and
Influence - read Klockars, US v Tobias |
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| Oct 24 |
Part 3, Selective
Enforcement |
Why
Driving While Black Matters
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| Oct 29 |
Part 4, Lawyers’
Ethics |
More
info on Legal Ethics and some lawyer jokes |
| Oct 31 |
Part 4, Amar &
Cochran debate |
PAPER
3 DUE: Read the
true story about the behavior of a lawyer, taken from a book called
the moral compass of the American Lawyer. In a 2-3 page paper, summarize
the facts and draw on Haskell to identify the specific rules that would
justify such behavior. |
| Nov 5 |
Part 4, Kipnis
& Review |
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| Nov 7 |
test
on Parts 3 & 4 |
| Nov 12 |
Part 5,
Treatment of Inmates - read Gorman |
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| Nov 14 |
Part 5,
Treatment of Inmates - read Newman |
PAPER
4 DUE: Read this short article on corporal punishment and in a
3 page paper, review the main arguments it makes. Please be sure to
include the best arguments in favor of using corporal punishment and the
best arguments against it.
CLASS IS CANCELLED ON 11/14 (I'm at the criminology
conference). PAPER IS STILL DUE - turn into my mailbox in 712 Pray Harrold
by 5pm.
The text for the first edition of Just
and Painful is available online.
|
| Nov 19 |
Part 5: National Council of Churches on death penalty;
Nathanson, Reiman, van den Haag exchange |
Death
Penalty links from Criminal Justice Ethics
A study by the Texas Defender Service concludes that capital defendants in the state have more than a 1 in 3 chance of being executed without benefit of competent appellate attorneys.
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| Nov 21 |
Part 6, Tribe |
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| Nov
26 |
Part 6, Strossen and Allen debate |
Decision
on virtual child porn case |
| Ashcroft v Free Speech Coalition,
concerned whether the
government can prohibit computer generated images that look like child
pornography but did not involve actual children engaged in sexual
activities. The 9th
Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the law as violating the 1st
Amendment (it is still captioned as Reno v Free Speech but the
Supreme Court case reflects the change in administration and Attorney
General). Recommended background reading: Washington
Post article on the Supreme
Court hearing arguments in the case.
Brief
filed by Clinton administration to the Supreme Court seeking certiorari
(the formal petition for the Supreme Court to hear this case) to
overturn the 9th Circuit opinion. The brief
filed by the Bush administration to the Supreme Court outlining their
position in the case. MSNBC had a good piece on 'child
erotica' - nonnude but suggestive pictures of young teenage girls;
there's also a link to the Knox
case where a circuit court decides nudity is not a requirement for 'lewd
and lascivious exhibition of the genitals' required for a child porn
conviction.
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Nov 27-
30 Thanksgiving
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| Dec 3 |
Part 6, Reiman;
Seagal |
When you board a plane in the next year, your pilot may be armed. Make a call from a pay phone at the
ballpark, and it may be tapped. Pay for a sandwich with a credit card, and the transaction may wind up in an
electronic file with your tax returns, travel history, and speeding tickets.
These are some of the ways that the biggest reorganization of the federal government in half a century could trickle down into the minutiae of the
daily life of Americans. rest
of story |
| Dec 5 |
Part 6,
Leighton |
Televising
executions |
| Dec 10 |
review & catch up |
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| Dec
17 |
Final Exam 9:00 – 10:30
(parts 5 & 6)
remember
to be on time because no one will be admitted to take the final after the
first person has left |
