Assignment: Introduction to Ethics
TASK A: Obligatory
Reflect on the following scenarios in a minimum of 350 words. Do not use any external resources (except for the notes in class and your reading experience for our sessions) while completing the exercise. Its content and language use will be evaluated based on the incorporation of ideas covered in class and your subjective thoughts, ideas, and recommendations.
1. French painter Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) gave up his job as a banker and abandoned his wife and children to pursue a cereer as an artist. He moved to Martinique and later to Tahiti, eventually becoming one of the most famous postimpressionist artists in the world. Did he do what was morally permissible?
2. Siddhartha Gautama, appalled by the tremendous and pervasive suffering in the world, abandoned his wife and child to seek enlightenment. He eventually attained enlightenment and became known as the Buddha. Is there a moral difference between Gauguin and the Buddha?
TASK B: Obligatorily Elective
Reflect on one of the following questions of your own preference in a minimum of 350 words. Follow the same instructions as indicated above.
• Shall we aim at happiness or at knowledge, virtue, or the creation of beautiful objects?
• If we choose happiness, will it be our own or the happiness of all?
• And what of the more particular questions that face us: is it right to be dishonest in a good cause?
• Can we justify living in opulence while elsewhere in the world people are starving?
• Is going to war justified in cases where it is likely that innocent people will be killed?
• Is it wrong to clone a human being or to destroy human embryos in medical research?
• What are our obligations, if any, to the generations of humans who will come after us and to the nonhuman animals with whom we share the planet?
Format your assignment according to the give formatting requirements:
• The answer must be using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, typed, with one-inch margins on all sides.
• The response also includes a cover page containing the student's name, the title of the assignment, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
• Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.