Choose one of the articles below as your topic.
Apply two ethical theories from the list on the Week 10
Lesson page to the article. Use three pieces of support from
the assigned course material to show understanding of the material as it
relates to the topic and the two theories chosen. Make sure to demonstrate
clearly a thorough understanding of your chosen theories and how the theories
are related to the topic.
Choice 1: When Is An Act of Violence An Act of
Terrorism? (link: http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/07/17/423881551/when-is-an-act-of-violence-an-act-of-terrorism)
Choice 2: Guatemalans deliberately infected
with STDs sue Johns Hopkins University for $1bn (link: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/apr/02/johns-hopkins-lawsuit-deliberate-std-infections-guatemala)
Choice 3: Column: The biggest scam
bankrupting business and the middle class (link:http://www.pbs.org/newshour/making-sense/biggest-scam-bankrupting-business-middle-class/)
Choice 4: Reforming Solitary-Confinement
Policy — Heeding a Presidential Call to Action (link:org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMp1601399″>http://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMp1601399)
Your final paper should
be three full pages, in 12 pt. Times New Roman font,
include a cover page and reference page, and be formatted according to APA
guidelines.
Each paper is
limited to no more than a 30% for the originality report. Papers that exceed
this limit will have significant point deductions
- Rachels,
J. & Rachels, S. (2015). The elements of moral philosophy (8th ed.).
New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Education. — Chapter 13 (pp. 175-84)
and Review utilitarianism’s retributive theory (pp.140-145) if the other material isn’t enough information i can take photos of the pages from the book.
- Earth
Liberation Front: - Video: Is It Terrorism
- Background
on video: If a Tree Falls: A Story of
The Earth Liberation Front
- Boston
Marathon Bombing links: - Verdict
- Sentencing of Tsarnaev
- News coverage from 2013 to
sentencing (Optional and for those unfamiliar with
background
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