Case Study- Consumer Safety: Product Dumping
PAPERS: The papers will be a moral evaluation of cases. It should be short, about 5-6 pages, double spaced, APA or MLA format acceptable.
It is imperative that you CITE. This is the most important aspect of writing a paper. If you paraphrase from a book or journal article, you need to give me the citation from where you found the idea. If you quote, once again I need a citation. Similarly if you are simply alluding to a particular idea, I need a citation.
I need a Bibliography at the end of the paper. Please use Internet resources as a last resource, and not as a main source of information. The main sources of information should be a) your book, b) books or journal articles related to the topic at hand, c) newspaper or magazine articles, and d) as a last resort, internet resources. I do not want a paper to use primarily and only Internet resources. If the paper only uses Internet resources, it will lead to a decrease in grade (i.e. B+ as the highest grade).
1) The paper ought to begin first with explaining the case at hand:
a) It has to establish what is being asked of the agent to do
b) Who is affected?
c) What is the problem?
d) In what ways is this morally problematic?
e) What are possible future consequences of not doing the right act?
2) The paper ought to then provide a brief but SUCCINT explanation of each of the three major theories we have looked at and how each attempts to guide one's moral actions:
a) Utilitarianism and the Principle of Utility
b) For Deontology pick the formulation you UNDERSTAND the BEST: Universalizability Principle, or the Respect for Rational Beings, or the Kingdom of Ends Principle (pick one formulation and explain it instead of explaining all three)
c) Virtue and the right formation of Character
Make sure that you explain whatever concepts are important to your explaining of the Ethical Theories in Section 2. For example, but not limited to:
a) Principle of Utility
b) Justice
c) Consequences
d) Rationality/Universalizibility/Kingdom of Ends/
a. Non-contradiction
b. Consistency
c. Coherency
e) Reasonableness/Dignity of Persons
f) Rights/duties/Perfect/Imperfect/Positive/Negative
g) Justice
h) Moral and Intellectual Virtues
i) Character
j) Moral Intuitions
3) Finally: What do you think is the right act? What ought the agent do in this case?
a) You can pick from any of the theories above or borrow parts from all, or simply use the theory you think provides the best answer.
a. When doing so, make sure that you are showing me, step by step how you arrived at the ethical ruling of what the agent OUGHT to do.
b) Be sure to tell me specifically why you think this is the morally permissible outcome and what you think the consequences will be to having picked that act as the right act.
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