ethics homwork 6 ex
Find an ethical issue which occurred within the last year or find an ethical issue faced by a fictional character.
TITLE – type the name of the person or article title and the philosophy you are applying.
Example – President Bush – Kant
If you use an article be sure your article was published within the last year.
- SUMMARIZE – In paragraph one give a summary of the article/person/character, in case I am not familiar with them.
- ETHICAL ISSUE – State the ethical issue that person faced – Use proper format – Make it bold print and a SHOULD QUESTION.
- APPLICATION – Using the steps outlined in your text, apply each step of Kantian Ethics to the situation. Fully show your application.
- CONCLUSION (last step in the application) – Choose the best option. If that person were a true Kantian – what would that person have done. What would the Kantian theory say is the morally right or best thing to do?
- See the sample format below
SAMPLE FORMAT – Apply Kantian Ethics
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What should X do about ________________?
1. List possible options.
Options
1. X could ____________________________________.
2. X could ____________________________________.
3. X could ____________________________________.
4. X could ____________________________________.
Apply Categorical Imperative/Universality
1. X could ____________________________________. Would I want all people, consistently, universally to _____________________? Yes
Apply universality to all of the options.
Apply Respect (to remaining options) Is X exploiting someone (using someone for her own benefit)
1. X could ____________________________________. Is X exploiting anyone (using someone as a means to an end for her own gain)? No (so this is a good option)
Apply respect to all of the options.
Conclusion – If X were a Kantian she could use options 1, 3 or 4 (or some combination of all three if necessary).
