Due on 09/29/2017 @ 10 am US ET - MLA format 100 words plus chart
Application Act Utilitarian - read case 11 in Chapter 24 of your textbook and then answer the questions below.
See Sample Format Below
Submit to the drop box in MLA format. Place your name, the professor's name, the course name and the date in the upper left hand corner. Include a Work Cited page,
1) Write a paragraph at the beginning of the chart:
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· Paragraph 1 - Discuss Act Utilitarianism. Include a discussion of the main concepts.
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· 2) Chart - Apply the steps of Act Utilitarianism to resolve the main moral issue. Use a chart as seen in chapter 5 and as seen in the sample format. Since you are using a chart there is no set word count but be detailed. You may use the chart you created in your Analysis section and add the appropriate numbers, scale, and net utility.
The final result should look like the sample
SAMPLE
Rose Charpentier
Dr. Hopkins
Ethics Applied
15 August 20_ _
Discuss Utilitarianism.............................................................................................................................
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Ethical issue - What should X do about _________________?
Scale = Happiness +10---------------------------0--------------------------- -10 Unhappy
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Options → |
X could
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X could |
X could |
X could |
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Stakeholders ↓ |
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Stakeholder 1 Name (1000 people) |
Briefly discuss how stakeholder 1 will be affected by this option. +10 10 x 1000 = +10,000 |
Briefly discuss how stakeholder 1 will be affected by this option. -10 10 x 1000 = -10,000
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Briefly discuss how stakeholder 1 will be affected by this option. . +10 10 x 1000 = +10,000
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Briefly discuss how stakeholder 1 will be affected by this option. . +10 10 x 1000 = +10,000
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Stakeholder 2 Name (1 person) |
Briefly discuss how stakeholder 2 will be affected by this option. +10 |
Briefly discuss how stakeholder 2 will be affected by this option.. -10 |
Briefly discuss how stakeholder 2 will be affected by this option. notice -10 |
Briefly discuss how stakeholder 2 will be affected by this option. +5 |
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Stakeholder 3 Name (1 person) |
Briefly discuss how stakeholder 3 will be affected by this option. +7 |
Briefly discuss how stakeholder 3 will be affected by this option. -10 |
Briefly discuss how stakeholder 3 will be affected by this option. +10 |
Briefly discuss how stakeholder 3 will be affected by this option. +10 |
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Stakeholder 4 Name (1 person) |
Briefly discuss how stakeholder 4 will be affected by this option. +5 |
Briefly discuss how stakeholder 4 will be affected by this option..
-10 |
Briefly discuss how stakeholder 4 will be affected by this option. -7 |
Briefly discuss how stakeholder 4 will be affected by this option. -7 |
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Net Utility |
+10,022 |
-10,030 |
+9,993 |
+10,008 |
Conclusion – The option with the greatest Net Utility, which will bring the greatest amount of happiness to the greatest number of people is __________________________________________________________.
Works Cited
Manias, Nicholas, Dave Monroe, and Jane Till. Ethics Applied. 7.5th ed. New York: Pearson, 2016. Print.