ETHICS Written Assignments
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INSTRUCTIONS for PREPARING and SUBMITTING WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS
MODULE 1 Introduction to the Course
MODULE 2 Moral Development, Mores, Law
MODULE 4 Ethical Theories: Egoism
MODULE 7 Kant: Categorical Imperative
MODULE 8 Rawls: Justice as Fairness
MODULE : MID COURSE EVALUATIONS AND CHANGES
MODULE 9 Postmodernism: Pragmatism
MODULE 12 Relativism Reconsidered: CONCLUSION
MODULE 13 Application: Medicine and Health Care
MODULE 14 Application: Computers and Technology
MODULE : CULMINATING ACTIVITY: BONUS EXERCISE
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EXAMINATION ESSAYS /WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS
Each student is requested to submit the following papers and essays according to the schedule for the semester. Check on the COURSE CALENDAR for the due dates. Follow the INSTRUCTIONS for PREPARING and SUBMITTING WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS
Assignments are intended to provide for an assessment of the learner's achievement and progress. Assignments and parts of assignments are intended to assess the learner's motivation, reading comprehension, critical thinking skills and appreciation of philosophy. Assignments may be revised. Assignments for modules 1 to 5 may be revised and resubmitted any number of times up to one month before the end of the semester. Assignments for modules 6 to 8 may be revised and resubmitted up to the date of the last scheduled class.
MODULE 0
ORIENTATION
ASSIGNMENTS: ORIENTATION WEEK
For this first
module you are expected to
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TEN STEPS TO START OFF
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INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSEAnswer all the questions
and submit them to the instructor by the
DUE DATE.
Answer the following questions.
A. Why did you take this course?
B. Why did you think Ethics was about?
C. What is the difference between ethics and morals?
D. What is the difference between Ethics and Laws?
E. What are the basic questions in Ethics?
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MODULE 2 Moral Development, Mores, Law
Answer all the questions
and submit them to the instructor by the
DUE DATE.
Answer the following questions.
A. What is the difference between Ethics and Law?
B. How do people come by their ideas about morality?
C. Why does any society need a moral base?
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Answer all the questions
and submit them to the instructor by the
DUE DATE.
Answer the following questions.
A. What is the difference between Cultural and Individual Ethical Relativism?
B. What is the difference between Descriptive and Normative Ethical Relativism?
C. Distinguish a description of the factors that have led to the Theory of
Normative Ethical Relativism being so widely held from an attempt to provide a
proof and justification for the Theory.
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MODULE 4 Ethical Theories: Egoism
Answer all the questions
and submit them to the instructor by the
DUE DATE.
Answer the following questions.
A. What is the difference between psychological and ethical egoism?
B. What is problematic with claiming about an egoist that "He did a really bad
thing just to make himself happy"?
C. What is wrong with being an Ethical Egoist?
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DUE DATE.
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Answer all the questions
and submit them to the instructor by the
DUE DATE.
Answer the following questions.
A. What is the difference between Act and Rule Utilitarianism?
B. How is Utilitarian Principle an "objective" measure?
C. What are the major problems with Utilitarianism ?
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Answer all the questions
and submit them to the instructor by the
DUE DATE.
Answer the following questions.
A. What is the difference between Divine Command Theory and Natural Law Theory?
B. What is the difference between Atheistic and Theistic Natural Law Theory?
C. What are the major problems with Natural Law Theory?
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MODULE 7 Kant: Categorical Imperative
Answer all the questions
and submit them to the instructor by the
DUE DATE.
Answer the following questions.
A. What is the difference between the Golden Rule and the Categorical
Imperative? How exactly are they different? Illustrate it.
B. How is it that Kant establishes what is the GOOD? What is the basis for
an action being morally good for Kant?
C. What are the major problems with Kant's Theory and Principle ?
Are they defeating of the approach or the principle? Are they any worse
than the criticisms of Utilitarianism or Natural Law Theory?
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MODULE 8 Rawls: Justice as Fairness
Answer all the questions
and submit them to the instructor by the
DUE DATE.
Answer the following questions.
A. What is the difference between the Liberty Principle and the Difference
Principle? What is the focus of each?
B. How did and does Rawl's principle impact on US society? Has or could it
have the same impact on other countries?
C. What are the major problems with Rawl's Theory of Justice as Fairness ? Which
is the most troublesome? Why do you think it is the most troublesome?
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MODULE: MID COURSE EVALUATIONS AND CHANGES
Module Overview:
A week to take stock. A week for a small rest. A week to give you an opportunity to revise papers and to revise the approach to the course as well as an attempt to improve the learner's performance and final grade.
.Evaluations of the course , the subject matter and student performance will take place during this module.
Module Learning Objective:
Students will discuss what problems they are encountering with the course and make suggestions as to how to improve the course and their performance in the course.
Students will become more aware of what is required to do well in the course.
Readings: None
Assignments: None
Discussions: Several. They are the only feature of this module.
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MODULE 9 Postmodernism: Pragmatism
Answer all the questions
and submit them to the instructor by the
DUE DATE.
Answer the following questions.
A. What is the difference between the Pragmatist approach to ethics and that of
Kant or Rawls?
B. How does Dewey approach the idea of the GOOD? What is his paradigm?
C. What are the major problems with the Pragmatic approach to ethics ? Do
they prevent a society from using this approach to resolving moral dilemmas and
problems?
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Answer all the questions
and submit them to the instructor by the
DUE DATE.
Answer the following questions.
A. What is the basis for the existentialist rejection of absolutes and
universals?
B. How does Nietzsche describe the world of masters and slaves?
C. What are the major problems with the Existentialist approach to Ethics?
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Answer all the questions
and submit them to the instructor by the
DUE DATE.
Answer the following questions.
A. What is the Ethics of Caring?
B. How do feminists expect a care- based ethical principle to be applied?
C. What are the major problems with the Feminist approach to Ethics?
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MODULE 12 Relativism Reconsidered: CONCLUSION
Answer all the questions
and submit them to the instructor by the
DUE DATE.
Answer the following questions.
A. What are the major problems with Normative Ethical Relativism ?
B. How do you plan to make moral judgments? What approach? What principles?
C. Which approach to moral decision making would serve a pluralist world best at
this time and why do you think so?
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MODULE 13 Application: Medicine and Health Care
Answer all the questions
and submit them to the instructor by the
DUE DATE.
Answer the following questions found in Chapter 14 Section 4 of the textbook.
A. Read
about
J.J.
Thomson's essay, " A Defense of Abortion"
In J.J. Thomson's essay, " A Defense of Abortion"
she attempts to construct a long, winding argument which defends the moral right
of a "mother" to have an abortion under a variety of circumstances. In the
course of her argument she defends the legitimacy of abortions under a number of
different scenarios beginning with cases in which a woman is raped. Pick three
of the scenarios in which Thomson argues that the woman has a moral right to
terminate the pregnancy, and explain the reasoning that Thomson's uses in her
defense.
Evaluate the arguments Thomson gives. Are they
persuasive? Are they inadequate?
B.
Sidney Callahan on Bad arguments: twenty-five years after 'Roe.' (abortion arguments)
In Sidney Callahan's article, she directly addresses reasons that prochoice feminists typically give in order to legitimate abortion as a legal and moral option. Examine the reasons that, according to Callahan, prochoice feminists employ in order to defend the woman's "moral right" to have an abortion, and explain why, from her perspective, these arguments fail.
Evaluate the arguments Callahan gives. Are they
persuasive? Are they inadequate?
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MODULE 14 Application: Computers and Technology
Answer all the questions
and submit them to the instructor by the
DUE DATE.
Answer the following questions using ethical principles and moral reasoning.
A. Should people who buy a software program be permitted to make copies of it
for their own use on a second or third machine even if the license is for a
single use?
B. Should people in chat rooms on the internet use a false identity ?
C. Should cloning of one's own dead infant be permitted?
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MODULE : CULMINATING ACTIVITY: BONUS EXERCISE
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Answer each of the questions below and submit
ABOUT THE SUBJECT MATTER: FINAL EXERCISE
1. Which of the issues covered this semester has been the most important and why so?
2. Which of the issues covered this semester has meant anything to you personally and why so?
3. Why are not more people aware of these troublesome questions, issues or problems?
4. Now that you have been educated as to these issues in Ethics in what way will they have any consequence in your life?
5. Are you in a better position now to think about and handle these issues using philosophical reflection and critical thinking?
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ABOUT THE COURSE: FINAL EXERCISE
Part 1: What did you like best about this course?
Part 2: What specific things do you think could be improved in the structure or design of the course and learning activities?
Part 3: How would you improve the quality and participation in course discussions/interactions?
Part 4: What changes would you suggest be made to the pacing or sequence of the content and activities for this course? (e.g., were the due dates doable for you? Were the course materials sequenced well?)
Part 5: What changes would you suggest be made to the quantity of work required for this course?
Part 6: How could the course be improved in terms of my interaction, participation, and management of the course?
Part 7: What other suggestions, comments, or recommendations would you have for the instructor?
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Research in Philosophy on the Internet.
Free tutorial on doing research in Philosophy on the Internet.
http://www.humbul.ac.uk/vts/philosophy/index.htm
As for the search engine, you would enter:
problem of evil + Augustine
existence of god + teleological argument
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INSTRUCTIONS for PREPARING and SUBMITTING WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS
This document provides instructions on how to create a written assignment in this course. Be sure you have practiced creating a written assignment in the Orientation week BEFORE you attempt to submit your first graded assignment.
Composing your assignment
Normally, you should compose your response using your word processor or on paper. This will give you the opportunity to revise, proofread, and spell check. When you have completed your assignment document be sure to spell check it .
Make sure to read the directions for each assignment carefully for details on required length of your assignment, due dates, and any thing else that may be specific to the assignment.
Whether you are in an ONLINE CLASSES or a traditional class or a hybrid class
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In the subject line put:
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