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1. Assume you are a police captain who is training new recruits. Take a position on Kant’s claim that the “categorical imperative” is the basis of morality. Support your position with examples.

2. Examine the relevance and importance of “ prima facie duties” in policing. Provide examples (not found in the textbook) to support your position. (Cite your sources.)

3. Analyze two ways in which legal and moral rights in criminal justice might collide and recommend at least one principle by which to make decisions. Support your view with an example. Analyze issues related to punishment and prevention.

4. Then, comment on the following statement: If it can be shown that punishment fails to prevent crime, then, by utilitarian standards, we have no grounds on which to punish. (the examples need to be related with the criminal justice (police officers, judge, etc.)