w 8 Ethics

Contemplation and Consideration

Some people believe that you can tell who a person is by what they do when no one is

looki

ng. Let's look at the following case. John Doe, a nurse, has downloaded an

application to her phone that allows him to download copyrighted textbooks for a

nursing course (that Doe is going to take) without his Internet Service Provider knowing

it. The app

lication is called "Cloak" as in cloak of invisibility (a hooded coat one wears to

make it so others cannot see you). The application disguises his phone and makes it so

the information on it is inaccessible. John is aware that other people who are of a lo

wer

socio

-

economic status (like him) also use this software program for the same reason

(and to save money). John Doe knows that his religion forbids him from using this

application to download in this manner. John Doe is focused on his own economic

situat

ion and does not consider the publisher, author, and others involved in the books.

Think about a course of social action; what social values should be used to address this

moral issue and conflict

.

Question

:

What if John Doe, upon being confronted about his activities, replies that having

been accepted to his class, and payed the tuition, it is incumbent on the class to

provide him with what he needs to take the class, and not include "st

ealth tuition

that punish the poor,"

such as having to buy overpriced texts from the

University's bookstore?

Does this effect the ethical calculation

?

A

PA format at least 250 words

Contemplation and Consideration

Some people believe that you can tell who a person is by what they do when no one is

looking. Let's look at the following case. John Doe, a nurse, has downloaded an

application to her phone that allows him to download copyrighted textbooks for a

nursing course (that Doe is going to take) without his Internet Service Provider knowing

it. The application is called "Cloak" as in cloak of invisibility (a hooded coat one wears to

make it so others cannot see you). The application disguises his phone and makes it so

the information on it is inaccessible. John is aware that other people who are of a lower

socio-economic status (like him) also use this software program for the same reason

(and to save money). John Doe knows that his religion forbids him from using this

application to download in this manner. John Doe is focused on his own economic

situation and does not consider the publisher, author, and others involved in the books.

Think about a course of social action; what social values should be used to address this

moral issue and conflict.

Question:

What if John Doe, upon being confronted about his activities, replies that having

been accepted to his class, and payed the tuition, it is incumbent on the class to

provide him with what he needs to take the class, and not include "stealth tuition

that punish the poor," such as having to buy overpriced texts from the

University's bookstore?

Does this effect the ethical calculation?

APA format at least 250 words