Category: Ethics

What are some examples of the ways that modern computing technology like phones, laptops and social media have contributed to a cultural change that has resulted in a breakdown of our values, institutions like family and community, and our manners and traditions?

Answer All Five Questions:

1. What are some examples of the ways that modern computing technology like phones, laptops and social media have contributed to a cultural change that has resulted in a breakdown of our values, institutions like family and community, and our manners and traditions?

2. Do you think that these trends of breakdown can be reversed? If so, how?

3. Analyze whether it is wrong for us to allow this breakdown according to consequentialism (utilitarianism)?

4. Analyze whether it is wrong for us to allow this breakdown according to deontology.

5. Analyze whether it is wrong for us to allow this breakdown according to virtue ethics.

Why did the case spark so much controversy? Did Reed Walters, the district attorney, overcharge the six African American students? Should the white students who hung the nooses in the tree have been charged with hate crimes?

Jena Six

Research on the Jena Six. Why did the case spark so much controversy? Did Reed Walters, the district attorney, overcharge the six African American students? Should the white students who hung the nooses in the tree have been charged with hate crimes?

Select a social justice movement and discuss how at least two ethical concepts listed below have been or could be used to create social change.What is their ethical motivation for joining together to elicit social change?

Ethics in Society power point Project

This assignment requires that you construct a PowerPoint presentation that explores the ethics behind a social justice cause or movement.

People join social justice movements to achieve equity, inclusion, and justice for entities such as humans, nonhuman animals, and the environment.

Select a social justice movement and discuss how at least two ethical concepts listed below have been or could be used to create social change.

Your presentation must address the following:

Briefly explain the history of the social movement.

What ethical problem are activists hoping to solve?

What is their ethical motivation for joining together to elicit social change?
Include at least two of the following ethical concepts:

Empathy
Beneficence
Nonmaleficence
Autonomy
Fairness
Justice
Motive
Consequences
Free Will
Determinism
Punishment
Natural Rights
Contractarian Rights
Equity
Duty
Welfarism
Retributivism
Speciesism

 

Identify consequences as primary, secondary or tertiary as well as intended or unintended.But Senator Dan, who has the deciding vote, has not yet declared his intention. Dilemma Is it ethical for Senator Dan to vote for the bill?

But Senator Dan, who has the deciding vote, has not yet declared his intention. Dilemma Is it ethical for Senator Dan to vote for the bill?

Describe your Current Events topic AND the scenario /Ethical Dilemma in at least three full paragraphs, as follows:

Describe the topic in enough detail so the rest of the analysis is clear.
Let the reader know in what way this is a current event or current topic, why it is important to us.

You must include your Scenario and Ethical Dilemma as this is what you will be doing the analysis of
Section 2: Beneficial Aspects

Explain and justify your reasoning for 2 beneficial aspects to your scenario. Basically, what are two benefits of doing the action.

You must clearly identify AND JUSTIFY each of these beneficial aspects as follows, so that it is clear to the grader:
A beneficial aspect is XXX (and then explain)

Explain and justify your reasoning for 2 detrimental aspects to your scenario. Basically, what are two detriments of doing the action.

Clearly identify AND JUSTIFY each of these detrimental aspects as follows

Here you will discuss 3 Issues that affect society and/or are ethical issues based on the scenario that you have assigned again based on doing the action.

Use the following formats to clearly identify each item as a societal issue or ethical issue. The grader will NOT try to figure it out, if it is not clearly identified you WILL NOT get credit for it.

Clearly identify AND JUSTIFY each as follows, so that it is clear to the grader. A societal (or ethical) issue is XXX (and then explain)

Can a societal/ Ethical Issue also be a beneficial/detrimental aspect? YES – but be sure it is appropriately explained under each heading.

Section 5: Intended Consequences of the doing the action of the dilemma – identify 3
Remember that intended consequences may be negative or positive.

Identify consequences as primary, secondary or tertiary as well as intended or unintended

An intended [primary/secondary/tertiary] consequence is XXX (and then explain)

Can an intended consequence also be a beneficial/detrimental aspect? YES – but be sure it is appropriately explained under each heading.

Section 6: Unintended Consequences of doing the action the dilemma – identify 3
Remember that unintended consequences may be negative or positive.

Identify consequences as primary, secondary or tertiary as well as unintended

An unintended [primary/secondary/tertiary] consequence is XXX (and then explain)

Can an unintended consequence also be a beneficial/detrimental aspect? YES – but be sure it is appropriately explained under each heading.
Citations & Bibliography

 

Compare and contrast plato’s and Aristotle’s views on the role of art, vis-à-vis character formation. If alive, how would these two thinkers likely assess the character and moral messages of Medea or pulp fiction.

Compare and contrast plato’s and Aristotle’s views on the role of art, vis-à-vis character formation. If alive, how would these two thinkers likely assess the character and moral messages of Medea or pulp fiction. Be sure to defend your responses.

What are the potential harms and benefits to the stakeholders? is it fair to the stakeholders? Is it consistent with virtue considerations?Identify the stakeholders and their obligations. Identify and consider all of the people affected by a decision – the stakeholders.

Ethical dilemma

1. What is the primary ethical issue in this case?

2. Gather all the facts. Specify the relevant facts, disagreement, and other conflicts situations.

3. Identify the stakeholders and their obligations. Identify and consider all of the people affected by a decision – the stakeholders.

4. Identify the relevant accounting ethics standards involved in the situation. Identify the most ethical values of the accounting profession that should be considered in evaluating the facts and alternative courses of action.

5. Identify the operational issues

6. Identify the accounting and auditing issues.

7. List all the possible alternatives that you can or cannot do.

8. Compare and weigh the alternatives. Is it legal ( in conformity with Laws PCAOB rules)? is it consistent with professional standards AICPA principles, IMA ethics standards; GAAP, and GAAS? Is it consistent with in-house rules
(firm’s policies and its own code of ethics), is it right?

What are the potential harms and benefits to the stakeholders? is it fair to the stakeholders? Is it consistent with virtue considerations?

9. Decide on a course of action. After evaluating the ethics of the alternatives, select the one that best meets the ethical requirements of the situation.

Reflect on your decision.

Do you think it is fair to say that virtue ethics, as Tamar Gendler explains this moral theory, is a type of human programming and, if so, does this view challenge or undercut the idea of good human behavior as a matter of choice rather than response without thought? Explain.

Virtue essay

According to Sommers, what is the main problem today and what is her basic answer both in terms of content and scope? And then, from the lecture by Dr.

Gendler, explain how we can turn normative commitments into descriptive laws and what does it mean to do that, according to her explanation of Aristotle’s virtue ethics (video link)?

Do you think it is fair to say that virtue ethics, as Tamar Gendler explains this moral theory, is a type of human programming and, if so, does this view challenge or undercut the idea of good human behavior as a matter of choice rather than response without thought? Explain.

Do you think this approach of Professor Gendler to how virtue ethics becomes part of us goes along with Professor Sommers’ on what is needed in schools today or not? Explain. Finally, what part of Christina Sommers’ analysis and proposal you find convincing, if any, and what part of it, if any, do you find questionable?

https://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Teaching-the-Virtues-November-2011.pdf

Describe a different human choice or action for each of the two perspectives, or describe the same choice from the standpoint of both perspectives at once). Do you think it is possible, as Kant did, to view human choice and action as being both free and caused, or was Kant mistaken, and are these positions mutually exclusive?

Disscussion 4

1. As part of a chain of causes and so, being determined by it. ( in metaphysics known as Determinism)

2. As standing outside a chain of causes (a metaphysical known as the Free Will thesis)

Provide a description of human choice that can be seen to exemplify both of the above perspectives. (Note you may either choose to describe a different human choice or action for each of the two perspectives, or describe the same choice from the standpoint of both perspectives at once). Do you think it is possible, as Kant did, to view human choice and action as being both free and caused, or was Kant mistaken, and are these positions mutually exclusive?