Category: Ethics

Stage One of the Ethical Analysis Essay – Create an Outline
Instructions: The purpose of this assignment is to write an outline as the first step of the Ethical Analysis Essay that is due near the end of the term. The Ethical Analysis Essay requires that you analyze a film’s ethical dimensions that include its characters and the story.
First, select a film from the list of available works. If you cannot access these films, you may select a different film, but you will require prior approval from your instructor.
Films for Ethical Analysis Essay
John Q (2002) – Story centers on a man whose nine-year-old son desperately needs a life-saving transplant. When he discovers that his medical insurance will not cover surgery costs and alternative government aid is unavailable, John Q. Archibald takes a hospital emergency room hostage in a final attempt to save his child.
The Jacket (2005) – A Gulf war veteran is wrongly sent to a mental institution for insane criminals, where he becomes the object of a doctor’s experiments, and his life is completely affected by them. The film centers on a wounded Gulf war veteran who returns to his native Vermont suffering from bouts of amnesia.
The Last King of Scotland (2006) – While in Uganda on a medical mission, Scottish doctor Nicholas Garrigan becomes the personal physician and close confidante of dictator Idi Amin. Although at first Dr. Garrigan feels flattered by his new position of power, he soon realizes that Amin’s rule is soaked in blood, and complicit in the atrocities. Garrigan faces the fight of his life as he tries to escape Amin’s grasp.
My Sister’s Keeper (2009) – Told from multiple perspectives, My Sister’s Keeper follows the story of 13-year-old Anna Fitzgerald as she sues her parents, Brian, and Sara, for medical emancipation. Anna was conceived as an allogeneic donor for her sister, Kate, who has acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL).
Extraordinary Measures (2010) – John Crowley is a man on the corporate fast-track, with a beautiful wife and three children. Just as his career is taking off, he learns that his two youngest kids have a fatal disease. John leaves his job and devotes himself to saving their lives. He joins forces with Dr. Robert Stonehill, a brilliant but eccentric scientist. Together they battle the medical and corporate establishment, racing against time for a cure.
Contagion (2011) – When Beth Emhoff returns to Minnesota from a Hong Kong business trip, she attributes the malaise she feels to jet lag. However, two days later, Beth is dead, and doctors tell her shocked husband that they have no idea what killed her. Soon, many others start to exhibit the same symptoms, and a global pandemic explodes. Doctors try to contain the lethal microbe, but society begins to collapse as a blogger (Jude Law) fans the flames of paranoia.
Awakenings (1990) – The story of a doctor’s extraordinary work in the Sixties with a group of catatonic patients he finds languishing in a Bronx hospital. Speculating that their rigidity may be akin to an extreme form of Parkinsonism, he seeks permission from his skeptical superiors to treat them with L-dopa, a drug that was used to treat Parkinson’s disease at the time.
Coma (1978) – A young doctor in a hospital discovers that many patients are being induced into comas from simple routine surgeries. She soon finds a deep conspiracy developing that leads her to believe that nothing is as it seems. The comas are deliberate acts to permanently incapacitate patients who are later transferred to a facility called The Jefferson Institute where illegal activities are being conducted with comatose subjects.
Extreme Measures (1996) – A young British doctor confronts a famous colleague about the true methods of his work. The doctor wishes to determine why the body of a man who died in his emergency room disappears.
Gattaca (1997) – Vincent Freeman has always fantasized about traveling into outer space but is grounded by his status as a genetically inferior “in-valid.” He decides to fight his fate by purchasing Jerome Morrow’s genes, a laboratory-engineered “valid.” He assumes Jerome’s DNA identity and joins the Gattaca space program, where he falls in love with Irene. An investigation into the death of a Gattaca officer complicates Vincent’s plans.
Next, view the film and then write an outline. This outline should be written using the following subheadings (Introduction and Ethical Analysis). Write 2-5 sentences for each criterion (Introduction and Ethical Analysis). The outline be a minimum of 250 words in length.
Introduction (Film Synopsis & Ethical Theory)
Brief film synopsis that includes the medical ethical dilemma present in the film.
Ethical theory you have chosen to apply to the film. Select one (or more):
Virtue Ethics
Utilitarian Ethics
Moral Sense Theory (Conscience)
Social Contract Theory
The Ethics of Care
Kantian Ethics
Moral Relativism
Ethical Analysis
Moral values present in the film (as they relate to the ethical theory you have chosen)
Moral conflict or instances of moral values in conflict
Moral of the story or what can be learned from applying the ethical theory to the story
Always cite any sources that you have used within your work. For help with APA formatting and style, check out the assignment rubric and also refer to the Purdue Owl website, as well as the Academic Writer tool featured in Canvas.

Explain the underlying presuppositions (beliefs/arguments) of socialism and opposing rights-based free enterprise viewpoints. Argue which viewpoint you think is ethical/more ethical and explain why. Identify points of your argument that might be challenged, and briefly introduce a way you might respond. Be sure to carefully define your terms. You are expected to support your position with rational arguments, fitting examples, course material, and any additional sources of expertise that are relevant.

Précis A key skill in philosophy is the ability to critique an argument, but you must first be able to correctly
and succinctly describe the argument at hand. Hence, you will write a brief summary (précis) of one of
two articles (Altman or Arthur) from the free speech topic of no more than 500 words. Start by asking:
what is the conclusion of the article? then work your way backwards to understanding the reasons given
for the conclusion. Finally, write a succinct and purely descriptive (i.e., not evaluative) essay. I sent you the reading on Altman, thank you Make sure to have citations as well from the book and to paraphrase and not quotes.

Overview: You will research relevant cases and laws and will draft a six (6) to eight (8) page research paper. A substantial draft of the paper will be submitted in Week 6 and your final copy of the research paper and presentation will be submitted in Week 7. List of Unacceptable Topics: Human resource law, employment law, diversity, discrimination.
Research Paper Requirements: Between Weeks 2 and 6, you will research and prepare a six (6) to eight (8) full pages (excluding title page, abstract, and references) position paper in APA format addressing all of the following issues:
Identifies ethical issues as they are related to the business environment
Ethical Analysis – includes concepts, theories, practices, and social responsibility as relating to ethics studied in this class
Legal Analysis – includes appropriate legal theories, laws, codes precedent and researched court cases
Law v. Ethics – liability versus responsibility Important Information for this Paper
Students should review the template for a research paper on the main class page.
Students will be expected to include three (3) to four (4) scholarly resources which will include at least one business journal and two named companies or legal cases that have dealt with the selected topic. Wikipedia and private law firms are not scholarly sources.
Students will be expected to submit their papers in APA format with in-text citations and references
Students should review the grading rubric for additional information as to expectations for the paper
If you are not familiar with APA, please review the sections on APA on the course home page or on the library website. You can also contact the Student Success Center for assistance. This instructor as well as Wilmington University takes plagiarism very seriously. If plagiarism is detected, I will award a zero as a grade. If there are multiple instances of plagiarism, the student will be reported to the University. Students are reminded that plagiarism is also submitting a paper you prepared for another class in this class.
MAKE SURE to use in-text citations and provide the references page at the end of the paper in APA format.
TOPIC: The Ethics and Potential Negligence of Selling Dangerous Products (IN THE MIND OF THE BUSINESS, NOT THE CONSUMER)

Apple refused to provide the FBI assistance to create a “back door” to open the San Bernarndino terrorist’s IPhone. Was Apple justified in refusing this assistance, from an ethical point of view? Given the harm that may occur without the FBI’s investigation (or the harm that could be prevented with its investigation) can Apple ethically justify this refusal?
Provide a 200-250 word reply to this question. please consider some of the ethical principles mentioned from chapter 1-3 of the textbook(desjardins pdf file) for the discussion and there is also a summary of it (jpg file). I have attached the article of this case(apple FBI update pdf file). As well as the video link: https://youtu.be/tGqLTFv7v7c?si=uHu1RCjlnlpwFmzC

After completing the reading assignment this week (Chapter 5), please complete the following assignment:
Read Case Study 5.1 (found on p.145-6) regarding the Supreme Court’s ruling on the health insurance mandate found in the Affordable Care Act.
Also, think about the quote from Thomas Jefferson found at the beginning of the chapter:
“Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them like the ark of the covenant, too sacred to be touched….I am certainly not an advocate for frequent and untried changes in laws and constitutions….But….laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind.”
Please draft a case brief for this opinion. If still needed, please look at slide 21 from the first week and p.10 in the text.) Then answer the following questions:
• What was missing that the Court indicated was needed in order to find that the mandate was constitutional?
• What sources does the Court rely on for its constitutional interpretation in this case?
• Look at the quote on p.141, Based on that – do you think Thomas Jefferson (based on the quote at the beginning of the chapter) would agree or disagree with James Madison – as quoted by Chief Justice Roberts in the opinion? Why or why not?
You may keep your answers brief but do ensure that your answers are meaningful.
Your response will be graded for its content as well as adherence to the requirements. I will be looking at your understanding of the course material, your ability to summarize and explain it, and your spelling and grammar when grading this assignment
SIDES HAVE BEEN UPLOADED PLEASE REFER TO THEM TO ANSWER.

Please research a case opinion, or news article, pertaining to a government taking of property through eminent domain.
Please do not use a situation referenced in the chapter, or use the same material as another student.
Once you have found an article or opinion, then please draft a short summary of your case or article and provide a citation to your source. 
In your summary, please answer the following questions: 
1 – Identify who the stakeholders were in the case and how were they affected by the taking?;
2 – What kind of taking was at issue in your case study (a regulatory or physical taking)?;
3 – Do you think the taking in your situation was proper? Why or why not? [Please refer to slides 21-3 from this week.]
Your response will be graded for its content as well as adherence to the requirements. 
CHP 5 SLIDES ARE UPLOADED PLEASE REFER TO THEM FOR QUESTION #3.

Using the material on moral compasses from weeks 1 and 2, write a paper of no less than 600 words that accomplishes the following:
Choose one of the four templates, Markkula- APA or MLA, or Brown – APA or MLA, and follow directions. The information below offers an elaboration on these directions.
In a section titled “Theories” identify between 1 and 3 moral theories you will use to build your compass (deontological, utilitarian, common good, virtue, etc.) along with a short, documented definition for each theory. The definition should be in your own words. As citations are NOT just for quotations, be sure to give your resources proper credit with citations.
In a section titled “Explanation” explain for each theory how it would help you make what you feel would be the right decision and in what situations (e.g. Using deontology at work to ensure the company’s policies are kept and its reputation is upheld; Using care ethics at home as a way to be equitable with the kids, etc.).
In a third section titled “Compass Applied” choose one topic from the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics (under “Ethics Spotlight”) or another pressing ethical situation you or others you know are facing at the moment. It must be a legitimate moral conundrum like keeping a secret about a cheating spouse, cheating on a spouse or being an accessory to a crime. You can also pick a current event like the possibility of electing a convicted felon as president, busing illegal immigrants from Texas to other states without their permission, or passing laws that allow teens to work longer hours and in dangerous situations. Then using either Framework for Ethical Decision Making (Markkula or Brown), walk through the steps to make an ethical decision and justify what you decide is the moral action to take in this situation. USE the template and DO NOT delete the section headings.
Be sure to be clear on which of the two frameworks you are using (which is easy if you use a template). Be sure you are clear on what you are doing. Use the attached templates to address this assignment. The content is the same, but the formatting on each is different.
Note that all papers must be double-spaced and follow either APA or MLA formatting.

Write a reflection that articulates how Christians should respond to questions of injustice in the world today regardless of culture, creed, ethnicity, or socioeconomic status. Use examples from Letters to a Birmingham Jail by Bryan Loritts.

Write a reflection that articulates how Christians should respond to questions of injustice in the world today regardless of culture, creed, ethnicity, or socioeconomic status. Use examples from Letters to a Birmingham Jail by Bryan Loritts.