Week 5 DQ Phil
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Week 5 Discussion
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untenable. Pick a situation like charity,
community service or government assistance
(Welfare) and, after providing what you feel
would be her attituded toward the action,
discuss if you feel she is morally right.
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W5: Utilitarianism 0
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Description:
For this forum, choose one of the following
topics to respond to for your initial post.
When you respond to your peers please
respond, if possible, to a learner who has
posted a contrary view on the topic you
selected and then, at a minimum respond to
at least one learner who has posted on the
topic you did not select.
Topic A: Would you kill the fat person?
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Looking back at the original trolley
problem, throwing one switch to divert
a train so it would only kill one person
rather than five, discuss whether you
think you would throw the switch.
Then consider the twist where you
could push a rather large person
(gender should make no difference)
from a bridge to save the lives of five
others. What is the difference, if any,
between the two scenarios? What do
you think your answer says about your
moral compass?
Topic B: Mask up?
During any pandemic featuring a virus
that is spread through the respiratory
system, people are encouraged to
wear masks as doing so helps not only
the wearer but the people around that
person if he or she happens to be
infected unaware. Using the
fundamentals of utilitarianism, argue
either that people who refuse to wear
the masks (for other than medical
reasons) should be fined or jailed OR
that personal rights to freedom are
more important for the greater good.
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edit your writing to ensure it is
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Week 6 Discussion
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professional and academic. For more
details about how the initial post and
peer replies are graded, see the
"Discussion Guidelines" and "Grading
Rubric" linked below.
Discussion Guidelines & Grading Rubric
W6: Kantian Deontology 0
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For this forum, choose one of the following
topics to respond to for your initial post.
When you respond to your peers please
respond, if possible, to a learner who has
posted a contrary view on the topic you
selected and then, at a minimum respond to
at least one learner who has posted on the
topic you did not select.
Topic A: Physician Assisted Suicide
Some people promote the idea that
humans should have the right to
die with dignity (see
https://www.deathwithdignity.org/
). Several states have legalized
physician-assisted suicide (PAS).
However, others may argue that a