Part I
Define the following ethical perspectives in your own words. A
minimum of three sources must be utilized and cited properly with
in-text citations and a reference list. Avoid using direct quotes.
If you summarize or paraphrase information in your own words, you
must cite sources to provide credit for the ideas and concepts.
A = Rule utilitarianism
B = Kantian ethics
C = Virtue ethics
D = Care ethics
E = Social contract ethics
F = Subjective relativism
G = Cultural relativism
H = Divine command theory
I = Act utilitarianism
Part II
Determine which ethical perspective above is primarily reflected
in each of the ten arguments below and explain why. A minimum of
three sources must be utilized and cited properly with in-text
citations and in the reference list. Avoid using direct quotes. If
you summarize or paraphrase information in your own words, you must
cite sources to provide credit for the ideas and concepts.
Arguments:
- Although many societies have practiced human sacrifice, human
sacrifice was not considered wrong, even though we believe it is
wrong in our culture. Therefore, human sacrifice within those
cultures was not really wrong.
- Same-sex marriage is right because the Constitution offers
equal protection under the law and society has agreed to follow the
laws set forth in that document.
- "And the pig, though it has a split hoof completely divided,
does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you. You must not eat
their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you."
(Leviticus 11:7–8)
- Your neighbor runs into her house screaming, blood dripping
down her arm. Five minutes later a man with a bloody machete comes
running down the street and stops and asks you where she went. You
answer honestly "in her house."
- Margarita spoke with her family and they all agreed that they
would let her take the medication that would allow her to die
peacefully instead of in pain.
- Souerette watched over the children in the daycare
meticulously. She knew which children she could trust alone because
of their behaviors with each other.
- He does not have the right character and temperament to be a
state governor. He avoided service by faking a medical condition,
he rarely tells the truth, he eats and drinks too much, and he has
little patience with people.
- Patient autonomy and free choice are morally correct.
- I believe that it is perfectly fine to lie about some
things.
- Wearing a mask when engaging with the public is the right
decision because it protects the welfare of those in your
community.