ethics homwork 6 ex

Find an ethical issue which occurred within the last year or find an ethical issue faced by a fictional character.

TITLE - type the name of the person or article title and the philosophy you are applying.

Example – President Bush - Kant

If you use an article be sure your article was published within the last year.

• SUMMARIZE - In paragraph one give a summary of the article/person/character, in case I am not familiar with them.

• ETHICAL ISSUE - State the ethical issue that person faced – Use proper format - Make it bold print and a SHOULD QUESTION.

• APPLICATION - Using the steps outlined in your text, apply each step of Kantian Ethics to the situation. Fully show your application.  
  
•     CONCLUSION (last step in the application) - Choose the best option. If that person were a true Kantian  - what would that person have done. What would the Kantian theory say is the morally right or best thing to do?

• See the sample format below

SAMPLE FORMAT - Apply Kantian Ethics 

• What should X do about ________________?

  1.     List possible options.  

  Options

  1.    X could ____________________________________.

  2.    X could ____________________________________.

  3.    X could ____________________________________.

  4.    X could ____________________________________.

   

  Apply Categorical Imperative/Universality

  1.    X could ____________________________________.  Would I want all people, consistently, universally to _____________________?  Yes

   

  Apply universality to all of the options. 

  Apply Respect (to remaining options) Is X exploiting someone (using someone for her own benefit)

  1.    X could ____________________________________.  Is X exploiting anyone (using someone as a means to an end for her own gain)?  No (so this is a good option)

   

  Apply respect to all of the options. 

  Conclusion – If X were a Kantian she could use options 1, 3 or 4 (or some combination of all three if necessary).