Week 2 Discussion: Ethical Relativism and the Social Contract 1 1

Due: Post your initial response by Wednesday night at 11:59pm Pacific Time.
Your Instructor will post a response to your post by
Friday 11:59 pm MT.

Respond to your instructor’s comments by Sunday 11:59pm Mountain Time.

Step 1
Choose either Option A or Option B and post a 150+ word discussion by Wednesday, 11:59 pm
MT,
Be specific and give examples,
using at least two outside references, to buttress your argument. Cite all sources in APA format.

Option A:
“Ethical relativism is an excuse for laissez faire morality – anything goes as long as it is what I
want.”
Discussion:

Using your reading in this course so far and other research, discuss the ethical concepts referred
to in this statement.

Option B:
“The institutions of the government serve the people in government rather than their constituents.”

Discussion:

Using your reading in this course so far and other research, discuss the ethical concepts referred
to in this statement.

Step 2

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Sunday, 11:59 pm MT.

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