Read
“Writing a Philosophy Paper (http://www.sfu.ca/philosophy/resources/writing.htm)” by Peter Horban, especially the section called ‘Some Suggestions for Writing Your Philosophy Paper’.
Consider the following scenario:
You are currently being considered for a major promotion within your company to vice president of marketing. In your current position as manager of advertising, you supervise five managers and two hourly workers. As part of the annual salary review process, you have been given the flexibility to grant your employees an average 3 percent annual salary increase; however, you are strongly considering a lower amount. This would ensure that your department’s expenses stay under budget and would send the message that you are able to control costs.
Source:
Reynolds, George W. 2019. Ethics in Information Technology (6th ed.). Boston: Cengage Learning, Inc.
Submit:
Write an essay that addresses the following, in order:
- Describe your initial impulse about what to do.
- Give a description of how your initial impulse about what to do would be regarded by the different ethical views we’ve studied: utilitarian ethics, Kantian ethics, and virtue ethics. Note that in order to do this well, you will have to describe the views before you apply them. Do they present any objections to your initial impulse about what to do? What are they? If they don’t, why not? [Note: When applying Kantian ethics, do not discuss the good will. Use one of the other Kantian approaches we’ve studied.]
- Describe an objection to your initial impulse that has not been considered yet.
- How would you respond to the objection(s) raised in 2 and 3?
- What is you final decision about what you ought to do? In other words, having carefully subjected your initial impulse to the scrutiny of the different ethical perspectives, what recommendation do you give yourself about what to do?
General Advice:
- Be sure to show your understanding of the different ethical views by explicitly referring to them and their central concerns.
- You are not being asked to apply the various ethics tests step-by-step. Instead, you should demonstrate your understanding of the views by considering how they would regard and critique your initial impulse. Note that each ethical view prioritizes different ethical considerations and values.
- Think of this essay as you defending your particular educated-in-ethics view of what ought to be done in this scenario
- Do not include an introductory paragraph or summary of the case–just get straight to your analysis!! You have limited space, use it well.
0 comments