Module 2 Exploration Workbook
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Exploration Workbook – Module 2
DEFINING AND APPLYING ETHICAL THEORIES
1.
Define the following in your own words in the boxes below. What are the ethical principles or key ideas each holds?
Utilitarianis
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Deontology
(Kantian Ethics)
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sentences).
Virtue Ethics
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sentences).
Rawls’s Justice Theory
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sentences).
2.
Provide an example of how Kant’s categorical imperative might be used to make a moral judgement, decision, or rule. Explain your reasoning.
Categorical Imperative
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3.
Provide an example of how Utilitarian reasoning (e.g., Bentham’s or Mill’s) might be used to make a moral judgement, decision, or rule. Explain your reasoning.
Utilitarian Reasoning
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4.
Are there any areas or times in your own life that you have used Utilitarian reasoning (or observed this)? What is an example? Explain.
Applying Utilitarian Reasoning Example
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5.
Are there any areas or times see Kant’s idea of the categorical imperative working in your own life? Within your family? In your personal and professional relationships? Do you see the categorical imperative as applicable to your own interests and career goals?
Applying Deontologic
al
Reasoning Example
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Compare the virtues ethics of the west and the east. Include examples.
Virtue ethics: East and West
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7.
What are some of the ethical lessons learned from the Samsung smartphone explosions?
Samsung smartphone:
ethical lessons
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From any section in the Module 2 readings, choose one What Would You Do?
Scenario and answer the critical thinking questions for that scenario below. Include examples. (Scenarios include, e.g., Yijing, Aristotle & Confucius, Les Miserables, John Rawls Thought Experiment, etc.)
What Would You Do?
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