FINAL
ETHICS WRITING ASSIGNMENT
Please answer the following with 4-5 pages of clear,
concise, and grammatically correct writing.
Please follow standard formatting- double spaced, Times New Roman 12 point
font, one inch margins, and otherwise MLA style citations if needed. Writing
mechanics will be evaluated for 20% of this grade. USE MOODLE to submit your
work; do not email the essay without an OK from the professor. DUE TUESDAY MAY 3th at 10:00am
Pick ONE article from the following, read it
carefully, then state its ethical argument. State what the author says is good,
then and state WHY they say it is good. (50% of your grade)
Next, argue YOUR position after reading the article.
State whether you agree or disagree, AND WHY (provide reasons). Your reasons
should clearly utilize utilitarianism, or deontology, and include that
theories’ basic principles (30% of your grade).
These selections are from the Applied Ethics: A Multicultural
Approach text.
Agricultural
Biotechnology and Environmental Justice: Golden Rice as a Case Study (p. 164)
Jus
Post Bellum and the Prosecution of Al Bashir for
Darfur (p. 199)
Letter from the
Birmingham City Jail (p. 233)
Collective Responsibility
& Multiple Racial, Ethnic, & Cultural Identities (p. 256)
Should Public Policy Be
Class Conscious Rather than Color Conscious? (p. 281)
Love and (polygamous)
Marriage: A Liberal Case Against Polygamy (p. 348)
When Prospective Parents
Disagree (p. 379)
The Problem of Coerced
Abortion in China and Related Ethical Issues (p. 393)
The Classical Hindu View
on Abortion & the Moral Status of the Unborn (p. 410)
Confucian Ethic of Death
with Dignity and Its Contemporary Relevance (p. 477)
Buddhist Views of Suicide
and Euthanasia (p. 490)
Women and Climate Change:
A Case Study from Northeast Ghana (p. 545)
Look to the Mountain:
Reflections on Indigenous Ecology (p. 557)
Environmental Racism,
American Indians, and Monitored Retrievable Storage Sites for Radioactive Waste
(p. 564)