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Overview In this written assignment, you will create an ethics case study based on provided topics, resources, and ethical questions. Your tasks here are to present the case study and the information necessary to consider it. You will choose one of the ethical questions provided with the case study and discuss the central moral controversy the question addresses. You will also briefly apply utilitarianism to the case study. This written assignment should be an essay and include the following ...

Prior to taking this quiz, view the Week 3 PHI208: Ethics & Moral Reasoning Links to an external site. interactive multimedia. The quiz contains four multiple-choice questions and is worth 2% of your course grade. You will have 2 hours to complete the quiz, and it must be taken in one sitting. You will have two attempts to take this quiz. Score for this attempt: 4 out of 4

In the Week 2 written assignment, you created an ethics case study based on one of the provided topics and resources. For this assignment you will create a new case study based on a new set of topics and resources. You will also apply an ethical theory to the case study in ways that show how the core principles of the theory are relevant to the case study, and how someone using those principles would answer the ethical question. The Week 3 written assignment should be an essay and include the fo...

Part 1: Introduction, Case Study, Ethical Question In this section, present an introduction to the general topic, explain the case study, identify the central moral controversy at stake, and articulate an ethical question that describes the central moral controversy at stake. This section must include one quote from one of the resources provided with the case study. To complete this section, Choose a case study from the selection provided by your instructor in the Week 3 announcement title...

In the Week 2 written assignment, you created an ethics case study based on one of the provided topics and resources. For this assignment you will create a new case study based on a new set of topics and resources. You will also apply an ethical theory to the case study in ways that show how the core principles of the theory are relevant to the case study, and how someone using those principles would answer the ethical question. The Week 3 written assignment should be an essay and include the fo...

PART 1 – Test Case Discuss either the formula of universal law or the formula of humanity. Create your own test case following the format presented in Section 4.2 of the text. The text case can be anything you want to consider, but it must be an action such as lying, cheating, or killing one person to save the lives of five others. It can even be an absurd or far-fetched example such as a test case with a maxim that states you will eat a piece of cake any time you sneeze, or that you will ...

You must post a minimum of three separate posts: a primary post that addresses all elements of the discussion prompt and two reply posts. Your main post must answer all the questions in the prompt and show evidence of having read the resources that are required to complete the discussion properly (such as by using quotes, referring to specific points made in the text, etc.). All posts (including replies to peers) are expected to be thought-out; proofread for mechanical, grammatical, and spelli...

the ancient Greece of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, a “symposium” was a banquet held after a meal, an “after-party” of sorts that usually included drinking, dancing, recitals, and engaging conversations on the topics of the day. For our purposes in this course, the Symposium discussions will not involve dancing, recitals, or a banquet, but they will provide food for thought on current ethical issues and direct application of the ethical theory discussed in each of these weeks. For t...

You must post a minimum of three separate posts: a primary post that addresses all elements of the discussion prompt and two reply posts. Your main post must answer all the questions in the prompt and show evidence of having read the resources that are required to complete the discussion properly (such as by using quotes, referring to specific points made in the text, etc.). All posts (including replies to peers) are expected to be thought-out; proofread for mechanical, grammatical, and spelli...

In the ancient Greece of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, a “symposium” was a banquet held after a meal, an “after-party” of sorts that usually included drinking, dancing, recitals, and engaging conversations on the topics of the day. For our purposes in this course, the Symposium discussions will not involve dancing, recitals, or a banquet, but they will provide food for thought on current ethical issues and direct application of the ethical theory discussed in each of these weeks. Fo...