Philosophy

Week 4 Discussion

The purpose of this discussion assignment is to reflect upon your belief about how our society should be structured to achieve justice. In 1-2 pages, write a letter to one of your elected officials in which you identify an unjust circumstance in your community and advise your representative as to how it might be remedied. Include the following in your letter:

· Identify and explain the injustice in your community.

· Discuss your proposed solution.

· Explain at least one social philosophy from Chapter 9 in the textbook that supports your solution.

Week 5 Discussion……. Last Week

The purpose of this discussion assignment is to reflect upon your beliefs about what is good by discussing how you would resolve an ethical dilemma of your choosing. In 1-2 pages, address the following:

· Identify an ethical dilemma you or someone you know has faced.

· Identify and explain the ethical philosophy from the reading that you think either should have or did inform how you resolved the dilemma. You can choose utilitarianism, deontology, virtue ethics, care ethics, Buddhist ethics, African ethics, or existential ethics.

· Identify and explain an ethical theory that would take a different approach.