WEEK 3 Assignment: For this assignment you will create a new case study based on

WEEK 3 Assignment:
For this assignment you will create a new case study based on a new set of topics and resources. You will also apply an ethical theory to the case study in ways that show how the core principles of the theory are relevant to the case study, and how someone using those principles would answer the ethical question.
The Case Study: Applying an Ethical Theory paper.
#3 FREE SPEECH AND RACISM
Free speech is a hallmark of American society and the subject of the very First Amendment in the Constitution. Throughout our history, various cases of free speech have been challenged and some limits have been placed on this right. In recent years, the right to free speech has been called into question in cases involving the use of free speech to protect racist or hate speech. When choosing this case, take some time to formulate your ethical question and make sure that it has a specific and narrow focus. It’s a good idea for the ethical question to ask whether (fill in the blank with content from the specific case) is moral.
References:
https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2023-19650-001.html

Episode 41 – Free Speech and Racial Justice: Friends or Foes?

• Must be four to five double-spaced pages in length.
Must utilize academic voice.
Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. The introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of the paper.
Must use at least two scholarly sources and one article, video, blog, or other source related to the case study.
• Must include a separate title page with the following in title case:
o title of paper in bold font
o student’s name
o name of institution
o course name and number
o instructor’s name
o due date
Part 1: Introduction, Case Study, Ethical Question. This section should be around 300 words.
In this section, present an introduction to the general topic, explain the case study, identify the central moral controversy at stake, and articulate an ethical question that describes the central moral controversy at stake. This section must include one quote from one of the resources provided with the case study. To complete this section,
• Choose a case study from the selection provided by your instructor. ( see case study above #3).
• Present a brief introduction to the case study.
• Discuss background information.
• Identify the central moral controversy at stake in the case study.
• Articulate an ethical question based on the central moral controversy.

Part 2: Reading Philosophy Reflection. This section should be around 150 words (excluding the philosophical text).
In this section, choose one of the philosophical texts associated with your chosen ethical theory listed in the Philosophical text document. ( text #2 MLK Letter from jail highlighted) Copy and paste the text into this section of the paper. After applying the reading philosophy steps from the Week 1 discussion,
• Explain the key ideas in the text.
• Discuss how your understanding of the text evolved after multiple reads.

Letter from a Birmingham Jail – Martin Luther King Jr.
2. I guess it is easy for those who have never felt the stinging darts of segregation
to say “wait.” But when you have seen vicious mobs lynch your mothers and
fathers at will and drown your sisters and brothers at whim; when you have seen
hate-filled policemen curse, kick, brutalize, and even kill your black brothers and
sisters with impunity; when you see the vast majority of your twenty million Negro
brothers smothering in an airtight cage of poverty in the midst of an affluent
society; when you suddenly find your tongue twisted and your speech
stammering as you seek to explain to your six-year-old daughter why she cannot
go to the public amusement park that has just been advertised on television; …
when you take a cross-country drive and find it necessary to sleep night after
night in the uncomfortable corners of your automobile because no motel will
accept you; when you are humiliated day in and day out by nagging signs
reading “white” and “colored… when you are harried by day and haunted by
night by the fact that you are a Negro, living constantly at tiptoe stance, never
knowing what to expect next, and plagued with inner fears and outer
resentments; when you are forever fighting a degenerating sense of
“nobodyness” — then you will understand why we find it difficult to wait.
King, M.L. (1963)

Part 3: Explanation of Utilitarianism or Deontology. This section should be around 350 words.
In this section, describe the ethical theory of utilitarianism or deontology and explain its core principles. This section must include one quote from the provided resources on the ethical theory. To complete this section,
• Discuss the historical background of the ethical theory and the philosopher(s) associated with it.
• Explain the core moral principle of the theory, or if there is more than one, the principle that you will focus on in applying that theory to your question.
• Demonstrate how the theory and its core moral principle(s) apply to an ethical question that is different than the topic of your case study. For example, what would deontologists say about the morality of lying, and what principle would support their statement; what would utilitarians say about the morality of using animals in medical research, and what principle would support their statement?

Part 4: Application of Ethical Theory. This section should be around 350 words.
In this section, apply the core principle(s) you articulated above to the central moral controversy in the case study.
• Explain how the core principle(s) of the ethical theory apply to the case study. This might include considering which facts or features of the case study lend themselves to analysis by the ethical theory.
• Apply the core principles of the theory to the central moral controversy in the case study by showing how someone using the theory would answer the ethical question addressed by your case study.

Reference
Thames, B. (2018). How should one live? An introduction to ethics and moral reasoning. Bridgepoint Education.
King, Martin Luther, Jr. (1986). Letter from a Birmingham jail. Links to an external site.(A. Hornsby, Jr., Ed.). The Journal of Negro History, 71(1–4), 38–44. (Original work published 1963)
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