Do we have a moral obligation to protect women’s federal abortion rights even though some may believe abortion to be wrong?

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Protecting Women’s federal abortion rights

The assignment should be 900 to 1,000 words, written in essay form with clearly labeled sections as indicated below, and include a title page and reference page.

Part 1: Ethical Question

State the ethical question beneath this heading.
Do we have a moral obligation to protect women’s federal abortion rights even though some may believe abortion to be wrong?

Place your ethical question beneath the Part 1: Ethical Question heading.

Part 2: Introduction

Provide an introduction to the topic and question.

This should be revised and expanded from the Week 1 Introduction in light of your instructor’s comments and the additional insight and information you have gained from research on the topic.
For instance, you may find that your original ideas about the issue have changed and clarified, that the focus of the ethical question has shifted or become more specific, and/or that there are important background and contextual details that need to be explained.
The revised introduction should reflect your additional thinking on the scope and significance of the ethical issue, and address any feedback provided by your instructor.
The introduction should be at least 300 words in one or two paragraphs.
Place the introduction material under the Part 2: Introduction heading.

 

Part 3: Explanation of the Ethical Theory

Ethical theories provide accounts of how to reason well about moral questions and of what justifies answers to those questions. In this section of the paper, you will discuss either the ethical theory of utilitarianism, deontology, or virtue ethics.

You should not discuss your topic in this section, but focus only on the ethical theory.

The discussion should include the following elements:

A brief account of the historical background of the theory and the philosopher(s) associated with it.
An explanation of the core moral principle of the theory, or if there is more than one, the principle that you will focus on in applying that theory to your question.
A brief, general explanation of how the theory and its core moral principle applies to moral questions, using an example different from the issue that is the main focus of your paper. (For example, if your focus is on how deontology applies to using animals in medical research, you could explain Kant’s moral theory by discussing how it would apply to an issue like lying for the sake of the greater good.)
This section should focus only on the ethical theory. For instance, if you are discussing physician-assisted suicide from a utilitarian perspective, this section should only discuss utilitarianism in general terms; you should not discuss physician-assisted suicide, euthanasia, or other related topics until the next section.
The discussion should be around 300 words and must incorporate at least one quote from the required resources on the ethical theory you have chosen to discuss. Required resources include the textbook chapter focused on that theory (3, 4, or 5) or the “Primary Sources” listed at the end of Chapters 3-5.
Place this section under the Part 3: Ethical Theory heading.

 

Part 4: Application of the Ethical Theory

Now that you have explained in general terms the core principle of the ethical theory you are focusing on in this paper, you will apply that theory and its core principle to your ethical question.

Explain as clearly and precisely as you can how that principle leads to a particular conclusion.
You can think of that conclusion as the answer someone would most likely give to your question if they were reasoning along the utilitarian, deontological, or virtue ethics lines you explained in Part 3.
Note: This conclusion does not need to be the same as the position you stated in the Week 1 assignment. In fact, it could be the opposing position you discussed there. See the remarks about main purpose of the paper above.
This section should be around 300 words.
Place this section under the Part 4: Application of the Ethical Theory section.

In your paper,

Identify the ethical question.
Introduce the topic and question.
Explain the ethical theory of utilitarianism, deontology, or virtue ethics.
Apply the selected ethical theory to the ethical question.
The Applying an Ethical Theory paper

Use the ethics principles found in the AAMFT Code of Ethics to answer the prompt questions found in the instructions.

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Ethical Decision Making Final Paper

This is a paper for the class MFT 681 Ethics in Marriage and Family Therapy. You are to use the ethics principles found in the AAMFT Code of Ethics to answer the prompt questions found in the instructions. These questions relate to the case study that is included as well.

In your explanation of how the GHP might be used to adjudicate a policy debate, do you think there might be other considerations that are relevant to the debate that aren’t captured by the GHP? Explain these considerations and consider how Mill might reply to your concerns.

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Policy debate

Introduction: Introduce Mill’s GHP, including what Mill says about happiness / unhappiness, and about what’s intrinsic good. Give a brief explanation of the two objections to the GHP that Mill attempts to address (the “swine objection” and the “standard is too high” objection).

Body: For your first section you’re going to explain how the GHP might be used to adjudicate a policy debate of your choosing. For example, if you were to pick the “immigration debate”, you would explain the two sides of the debate and then explain how each side might invoke the GHP in their favor. Other policy debates you might discuss: drug laws: maintain status quo or legalize?

Gun control: maintain status quo or have more restrictions? You can pick another topic too. What I’ll be assessing here is your understanding of the GHP and your where with all and thoughtfulness in applying it.

In the second section you’re going to articulate the swine objection and explain Mill’s response to it.

In the third section you’re going to articulate the “the standard is too high” objection and Mill’s response to it.

Criticism: Here’s some options for this section:

In your explanation of how the GHP might be used to adjudicate a policy debate, do you think there might be other considerations that are relevant to the debate that aren’t captured by the GHP? Explain these considerations and consider how Mill might reply to your concerns.

Do you think Mill’s replies to to swine objection and the “the standard is too high objection” work? Explain.

How might Mill attempt to respond to you? You can also discuss other objections that Wolff discusses in chapter 9 of the textbook– be sure to cite the text if you do! Be sure to consider ways in which Mill might reply to these objections.

Do you believe our government has the duty to protect our health by implementing junk food taxes. Why or why not? What are the ethical issues involved?

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Governmental Duty to Protect Health?

Discuss the following prompts:

  1. Do you believe our government has the duty to protect our health by implementing junk food taxes. Why or why not?
  2. What are the ethical issues involved?
  3. How would you attempt to address ethical challenges, while still protecting population health?
  4. Are there any issues of social justice involved?

 

Provide a synopsis of the essay assigned. Provide thoughts on the views of the essays, ensure that you are using ethical schools.

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Objectivist Ethics

Good day, the file above contained the Rand essay.
Step 1 – Open the file
Step 2 – go to the page label contents
When you reach to that page you will find your group essay. For example under the introduction on the same contents page, there is “1. The Objectivist Ethics” 1 indicates the first essay for group 1.

Rand essay further requirements for the group paper
-Provide a synopsis of the essay assigned. Provide thoughts on the views of the essays, ensure that you are using ethical schools.
– You will provide a synopsis of ethics ( man’s relationship with himself is self-interest) from chapter 1. A full page.
-Cite sources and include reference page
-have a final page to provide views if you agree or disagree with the chapter and why

Pick at least two of the objections/problems for Utilitarianism that Wolff brings to our attention.

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Chapter 9 of Wolf’s Introduction to Moral Philosophy.

For the first part of your exploration, you’re going to pick at least two of the objections/problems for Utilitarianism that Wolff brings to our attention. Here are some of them you may pick from:

The problem of deathbed promises
The Agency Problem
Rule Utilitarianism Collapsing into Act Utilitarianism Problem
The “Government House Utilitarianism” Problem
The Contingency Problem

You may choose other problems that Wolff discusses so long as they don’t significantly overlap with issues you with issues that you summarized last week in your Exploration #2 paper.

IMPORTANT: Your exploration paper must be self-contained in the sense that you should not assume that your reader is familiar with Utilitarianism and hence any of these particular objections. It’s on you, as it were, to do all the explaining. When you write, be continually asking yourself: “Okay if my reader doesn’t know anything about Utilitarianism or any of these objections, would what I just wrote make any sense to them?”

For the second part of your exploration, you’re going to try to do your best to defend the Utilitarian from the objections you’ve just summarized.

Write a one-page introduction that announces and explains the theme uniting the three cases you have chosen, and a one-page conclusion that discusses the insights that you believe follow from your analyses.

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The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat

The paper assignment, which is due Wednesday, November 16th, requires you to select three cases from different units of The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat. Find a common theme or idea that runs through all three cases and write an essay of approximately two and a half pages on each case. Remember that the three cases you select must each come from a different unit of the book (e.g., “Excesses” “Transports,” “The World of the Simple.”) No two cases can come from the same part.

In addition, you are to write a one-page introduction that announces and explains the theme uniting the three cases you have chosen, and a one-page conclusion that discusses the insights that you believe follow from your analyses.

The entire paper is to be 8-10 pages in length, double-spaced with one-inch margins and 12-point font.
In addition to the three cases you select, you are to make passing references to other cases elsewhere in the book that illustrate the themes you are analyzing.

These references can be to any other chapters in the text.
The only sources that you will need for this assignment are Sacks’ book; material posted in Links, Video and Reflections; class lectures and conversations; and the study questions posted for each chapter on the course web site. No research is required for this paper, but it is permitted. If you do consult outside sources, be sure to document them properly. You may use either APA or MLA formatting. Be sure as well to provide proper citations for the material you use from Sacks’ book, including page numbers and a works cited page.

What are your thoughts about this talk? What exactly is the interrelationship between social values and ethics? Is it possible for differences to be realized even through the smallest actions that we, particularly as employees, leaders, supervisors, etc. can take?

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Section 1

Background: This assignment provides a review of the role of advertising in the workplace, impacts on consumers (and also when reviewing internal advertising, impacts on employees), and consider methods of evaluation from an ethical perspective.

Purpose: This assignment will allow you to recognize common themes and promotional efforts that are less than truthful and tactics, while also evaluating these tactics utilizing ethical standards that are generally viewed as ethical expectations in advertising.

Tasks:
1) Review the following video:

2) Review the following article:
MSG Management Study Guide. (n.d.). Retrieved October 16, 2020, from https://www.managementstudyguide.com/advertising-ethics.htm

3) Keeping in mind the following primary points from the article related to ethics in advertising:
• “… ethics in advertising means a set of well defined principles which govern the ways of communication taking place between the seller and the buyer”
• “An ethical ad is one which doesn’t lie, doesn’t make fake or false claims and is the limits of decency”.
• “Ethics in Advertising is directly related to the purpose of advertising…”
• Ethics “depends on what we believe”
a) Select one of the tactics presented in the video. Then, answer the following (letters b through f)
b) How does the tactic result in “miscommunication” between buyers and sellers?
c) Explain and discuss the fake claims, false claims, and/or how the advertising tactic is not “decent”
d) How does the promotional tactic selected take away from the main purpose of advertising, e.g. to highlight quality, effectiveness, value-added properties to one’s life, etc.
e) Do organizations have a “duty” to avoid these tactics, taking into consideration that ethics “depends on what we believe”? In other words, one commercial which may be offensive to one person may be fully acceptable to a larger group of consumers, or vice versa.
f) Finally, what are the implications of this overall topic on ethical advertising even on internal based communication that may be presented within an organization?

For example, suppose you are presented with an “ad” pertaining to an event occurring within your workplace or even a sale (such as a charity event or employee only discounted type of event), or a public service announcement promoting a certain area of interest. Should these “ads” still follow ethical standards or not, and why? What actions should be taken if an “ad” is found to be offensive to one, several or all employees in the workplace, or an employee finds that the “ad” goes against their personal beliefs?

APA or other specific formatting is not required.

(In terms of length, the overall response should be in the range of 300-500 words).

Section 2

Another important concept related to ethics concerns the topic of social responsibility and the questions regarding what is socially responsible behavior on the part of an organization, what are socially responsible actions and activities, and how do these actions and activities fulfill any expectations related to ethics.

Take a look at the Ted Talk (video) presented by Audrey Choi, “How to make a profit while making a difference” – it is located under this Module.

She addresses the question of whether or not global capital markets can “become catalysts for social change” and connects the differences that can be realized by investing in organizations that focus on socially responsible behavior.

What are your thoughts about this talk? What exactly is the interrelationship between social values and ethics? Is it possible for differences to be realized even through the smallest actions that we, particularly as employees, leaders, supervisors, etc. can take?

How would either Arne Naess or Bill Devall and George Sessions respond to Regan? How would either Aldo Leopold or J. Baird Callicott respond to Regan? How would either Harley Cahen or Lilly-Marlene Russow respond to Regan?

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ENVIORNMENTAL ETHICS READING IN THEORY AND APPLICATION

USE THE BOOK : ENVIORNMENTAL ETHICS READING IN THEORY AND APPLICATION
AUTHORS: LOUIS P. POJMAN, PAUL POJMAN, KATIE MCSHANE 7TH ED

1) In The Case for Animal Rights, Tom Regan describes holism as “environmental fascism.” (Fascism can be defined a political philosophy willing to sacrifice individuals for the needs of the nation.) Holists presumably view individual human beings and animals as part of a larger whole and they, like any part, can be sacrificed for the good of the ecosystem. Regan contends the good of a community should never outweigh an individual’s rights. The rights view “cannot abide” ecological holism as it draws conclusions so radically opposed to the rights of those who are subjects-of-a-life, and further suggests the protection of organisms and non-living things who are not rights-bearers. Please write an essay addressing the following items and using different authors than you do for the other prompt:
a) How would either Arne Naess or Bill Devall and George Sessions respond to Regan?
b) How would either Aldo Leopold or J. Baird Callicott respond to Regan?
c) How would either Harley Cahen or Lilly-Marlene Russow respond to Regan?
d) Of the views you discuss, which one do you most agree with, and why?

2) Read the section “Eco-Interests and Forest Fires” in Lawrence Johnson’s article “Eco-Interests (pp. 269-271 in Environment Ethics). California is beginning to use more “controlled burns” (also called prescribed burns) to better manage massive wildfires for human benefit and to address the problems Johnson identifies. Establishing controlled burns would mean deliberately setting fire to forests, which would destroy trees and other plant life, deprive animals and other living organisms of habitat, and kill many of those animals and organisms. Please write an essay addressing the following items and using different authors than you do for the other prompt:

a) How would one of the following authors respond to the practice of controlled burns: Holmes Rolston III or Steven Vogel.
b) How would one of the following authors respond to the practice of controlled burns: Albert Schweitzer, Paul Taylor, or Jason Kawall.
c) How would one of the following authors respond to the practice of controlled burns: Arne Naess, Bill Devall and George Sessions, Aldo Leopold, or J. Baird Callicott.
d) Of the views you discuss, which one do you most agree with, and why?

Briefly define the specific concept or area you decide to address. Succinctly explain the most critical issue(s) surrounding the concept or area.

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Ethnic Studies

Essay structure: First, briefly define the specific concept or area you decide to address (2 pts).

Second, succinctly explain the most critical issue(s) surrounding the concept or area (2 pts).

Third, elaborate by discussing the problem(s), solution(s), or unknowns related to this concept or area (2 pts).

Fourth, provide at least one example to further explain your topic and one reference from course material to support your response (2 pts.).

Fifth, take a position and defend it accordingly (2 pts.). Note if you agree, disagree, or are unsure or need to further research before taking a position (it’s okay if you do not take a position).