Topic: Death Penalty
Articulate a specific dilemma in a situation faced by a particular person based on that topic. The situation can be real or fictional.
- Summarize the dilemma.
- Define any needed key terms associated with the dilemma.
- Analyze the conflicts or controversies involved in the dilemma.
Revise and rewrite based on any feedback you received in your previous draft (week three).
*I will submit a draft to reference*
Reference and discuss any professional code of ethics relevant to your topic such as the AMA code for doctors, the ANA code for nurses, etc. State whether and how your chosen topic involves any conflicts between professional and familial duties or conflicts between loyalty to self and loyalty to a community or nation.
What in your view is the most moral thing for that person to do in that dilemma? Why is that the most moral thing? Use moral values and logical reasoning to justify your answer
Next, apply the following:
- Aristotle’s Golden Mean to the dilemma
- Utilitarianism to the dilemma
- Natural Law ethics to the dilemma
Which of those three theories works best ethically speaking? Why that one?
Why do the other two not work or not work as well?
Is it the same as what you said is the most moral thing earlier? Why or why not?
#1 House, R. (2009). The death penalty and the principle of goodness. The International Journal of Human Rights, 13(5), 680-688. https://doi.org/10.1080/13642980802533224
#2 Potter, N. (2009). Kant on punishment. The Blackwell Guide to Kant’s Ethics, 179-195. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444308488.ch8
#3 Rachels, J., & Rachels, S. (2015). The elements of moral philosophy. McGraw-Hill Europe.
#4 Ross, D. (2013). Foundations of ethics. Read Books.
#5 Subjecting ourselves to capital punishment. (2011). Kant and Applied Ethics, 117-138. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118114162.ch5
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