Ethics

Explain and discuss the Biocentrism Argument.  Do you agree that all and only living things are intrinsically valuable?  Why or why not? • Defend your answers

You will write a 1,200-word essay focusing on analyses and criticisms of the four articles/arguments from your first essay (so, roughly, 600 words for analysis and criticism of the pro-side and 600 words for analysis and criticism of the con-side, so about 300 words per article that you explained in Part I). You must use the sources I provide for Part II as the basis of your analysis and criticism (but you do not need to summarize those arguments).  Again, you are NOT taking a position on the issue at this stage. You are objectively analyzing and criticizing both sets of arguments that you discussed. You want to discuss the strengths of each set of arguments and their weaknesses. Your analysis and criticism of each set of arguments will be a mixture of your own assessment of the arguments, but you should show familiarity with (and directly reference) (i) the articles I provided, (ii) readings from the textbook or videos from the discussion boards, and (iii) MY LECTURES. I want to know that you are engaging with the material from this class! Do not simply give a bunch of uninformed opinions on the topics. Steinbock, Bonnie. “Why Most Abortions are Not Wrong .” Advances in Bioethics, vol. 5. JAI Press, 1999: 245-267. Boonin, David. “The Future Like Ours Argument ” A Defense of Abortion. Cambridge University Press, 2003: 56-85. Lee, Patrick. “Is Abortion Justified as Nonintentional Killing? ” Abortion & Unborn Human Life . Second edition., Catholic University of America Press, 2010: 108-139 Smith, Barry, and Berit Brogaard. “Sixteen Days .” Journal of Medicine & Philosophy, vol. 28, no. 1, Feb. 2003, p. 45. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1076/jmep.28.1.45.14172. Part III   Tips: ·        Refer back to the suggestions in part one. ·        Remain objective and dispassionate; you are not taking a side yet. You are treating each side of the argument respectfully and trying your best to analyze the strengths and weaknesses of each Grading Criteria (80 points): I am always happy to discuss the grade you earned on your work. The following is a set of general considerations and guidelines I use for assigning grades. 72 – 80 points: Excellent Essay 68 – 71.75 points: Above-Average Essay  59 – 67.75 points: Good Essay  53 – 58.75 points: Needs Work   0 – 52.75 points: Serious Problems with the Essay An excellent essay … is the assigned word limit (neither longer nor shorter) is free from grammatical and spelling errors is well-organized and easy to follow is scholarly in tone and style (objective and dispassionate) clearly and correctly analyzes all major and significant premises and conclusions of the authors’ arguments identifies the strengths of the arguments and clearly explains why they are strengths identifies the weaknesses of the arguments and clearly explains why they are weaknesses utilizes scholarly literature to identify criticisms of the primary arguments demonstrates a thorough understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of the arguments in your own words is free from unsubstantiated opinions  I assess your essays by how they deviate from an excellent essay. I do not assign specific points to each element described above, but rather judge the essay as a whole. A relatively minor element, like grammatical errors, might become more significant if errors permeate the essay, since they can make an essay unreadable.

Outline: First, dedicate a paragraph to describing what Marxism is and its history. Issues that need to be discussed:  “free-rider problem” Innovation Wishful Thinking False Consciousness Another paragraph summarizing issues of marxism

MANDATORY MUST BE COMPLETED  As a required assignment, worth 100 points, write a 2-page (between 800-900 words) reflection essay about the role of ethics in your life. FORMAT (NO COMPLIANCE WITH THE FORMAT WILL LEAD TO LOSS OF POINTS AS INDICATED IN THE RUBRIC BELOW) A 2-page reflection essay (between 800-900 words), typed in 1.5-space, font times new roman 12, margins of 1,” and must contain a heading as shown in the sample provided by the instructor in Blackboard. The essay should be based on the student’s thoughts (DO NOT GOOGLE FOR THIS ESSAY) about the importance of philosophy in his/her life and must address the questions described below under “content”. This is a reflection essay, writing style MLA is required. The essay must be created in MS Word (no other form of delivery will be accepted/graded). CONTENT (NO COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONTENT WILL LEAD TO LOSS OF POINTS AS INDICATED IN THE RUBRIC BELOW) Provide an overview of the philosophy importance and the effects that it might have on your life. Make sure your essay addresses the following questions: 1.What is ethics? 2.Can ethics help you live a better life? Why or why not? 3.What kind of ethical parameters do you use to determine your actions, your thoughts, in summary, the kind of life you live? 4.You live the kind of life you live because you think it is the best life possible, right? Do you think that if other people lived your kind of life, the world would be a better place? Why or why not? ESSAY GRADINGThis essay is a required assignment worth 100 points. It will be graded based on the following criteria: 1.Essay format and structure 2.Presentation (in a narrative format, not bullet points, nor Q&A) of the requested content 3.Coherence/consistency among the ideas/parts of the essay 4.Grammar and spelling 5.Professor’s general opinion about the paper 6.Voluntary or involuntary Plagiarism as detected by TURNITIN Students must write the essays using their own words. Copying sentences from websites, textbooks, or PPT slides (except for small referenced quotes in MLA or APA format stye) might be construed as plagiarism

Discussion: 1. Discuss what examples of paternalism you have gleaned from this case. 2. Do you think Dan was treated fairly? Discuss your answer. 3. Discuss the issues of trust, confidentiality, and fairness as they relate to this case. Guidelines:  Question Assignments shall include: Required: Complete detailed answers addressing each of the issue(s) in the selected cases using proper English and APA Style for citations and references. The issue(s)/question(s) must be repeated in full and followed by the narrative response which must include properly used and APA Style cited sources. The references used for each issue/answer shall follow before proceeding to the next question/issue. Required: More than two “External Authoritative Sources” are required in addition to the textbook for maximum points on EACH issue/question. In addition each paragraph and/or each substantive issue addressed in an answer must have at least one “External Authoritative Sources” cited (not including the text book). It is unacceptable to have paragraph(s) or issue(s) with zero sources cited and then have one paragraph or issue to contain all three “external authoritative sources” and the text book. The assigned cases are as follows.  Module I – Paternalism and Breach of Confidentiality, Chapter 2 Page 47/48 5. Required: A source cannot be referenced unless it was cited in the narrative answer. 6. Required: The text book must be cited just like any other source. It is not permissible to write “In the text book…” or in the case study…” 7. Required: Any direct quote in the narrative must include the page or paragraph number in the citation. 8. Required: It is improper to place a citation/source at the end of a paragraph if material from the source appears before the last sentence in the paragraph. 9. Required: It is improper to place a citation in the middle of a sentence. One can lead with the source in the sentence but cannot use a citation within parenthesis except at the end of the sentence. 10. “External Authoritative Sources” for purposes of this course shall mean: articles from published books, peer reviewed journal articles, education and government sites as well as non-partisan national or international organizations (such as WHO, UNICEF, UNAIDS etc) provided, however the article selected has: Authors In text citations and references to support statements made therein. Under no circumstances are newspapers (e.g., the Wall Street Journal), blogs (regardless of source), editorials, panel discussions and “dot com” sites be used. The foregoing are not considered authoritative for this course.

Answer the following question for your first posting. Use Your Last Name Intersection for your subject heading. What should the role of companies or universities such as the University of Engineering and Technology in Lima, Perul be in searching for alternative energy sources? Do you think there should be environmental regulations in all countries?  What are some benefits?

Visit the Bureau of Justice Statistics website and read the a job position description for your desired position or a position of interest: BLS Job Site You will need to Enter the Job into the Search box to find the position. Type your desired job and search the site. What are the growth projections for the position? Up or Down?  What are the most important qualifications? What are the key job duties? Do you still think you want to pursue this career?  Why?

a situation from your perspective as a client in which the business you visited had a situation and they displayed morals standards to deal with the situation and come to a resolution. what bought your attention in this situation? what role played did it happen to you or you were an expectator? did the business had a reason for their or the costumer? how was it resolved? did the business solve the issue?

Instructions Review the following ethical dilemmas: John Doe has decided to clone himself. He is sterile. He cannot find anyone to marry him. He wishes to have children. He knows that he will not be able to love a child that is adopted or not connected directly to him biologically. He will be making use of a new procedure that involves taking his skin cells to produce a twin. The twin starts out as an embryo and grows into a child. The child in this case will have the same genetic information as John Doe. John Doe and his child will be twins. Jane Doe is eighteen. For as long as she can remember she has been sexually attracted to other females. Her parents belong to a religion that has a religious text stating that God forbids one to be a lesbian. This religion goes on further to say that lesbians will be punished in the afterlife. Jane Doe is debating whether she should tell her parents about her sexual attraction. She has not yet decided if she should come out to her parents and live as a lesbian now that she is a legal adult. Joe and Mary are a couple. Before becoming sterile, they had a child. This child died of a rare disease. Joe and Mary miss their child terribly. They have heard that there is a new IVF procedure that can ensure that they can have another child. However, their religion forbids using IVF. Use the resources assigned for this week and additional research, Instructions Select two of the situations above and then address 2 of the following: What is the relation between ethics and religion? Formulate and investigate the relation. For each case, determine the ethical path of conduct. Then, determine what paths of conduct would be unethical For each case, what would an emotivism say to appraise what you determine is the ethical form of conduct? For each case, would a natural law ethicist agree with what you say is the ethical form of conduct? Why or why not? Articulate, explain, and evaluate in each case an approach that makes use of divine command ethics. Writing Requirements (APA format) Length: 2-3 pages (not including title page or references page) 1-inch margins Double spaced 12-point Times New Roman font Title page References page (minimum of 2 scholarly sources)

Select a case involving conflict between different corporate stakeholders. This case can be from your own experience or research. Cover the following topics: Describe the case, assess how different stakeholders were affected by the case, explain the stakeholder and shareholder positions on corporate responsibility, determine how an adherence to the shareholder view of moral responsibility would resolve the case, determine how an adherence to the stakeholder view of moral responsibility would resolve the case.