Instructions
Begin this assignment by creating a blank Word document and typing your responses to Questions 1-4. Submit this document with your responses as a Word document or PDF
You are required to cite at least one relevant resource from these assigned readings and presentations for each of the ethical systems discussed – i.e., cite one resource for your responses related to Virtue Ethics, one for Kantian Ethics, and one for Utilitarian Ethics for a total of three resources altogether. (USLOs 2.3, 3.4,)
- Scenario Description: Identify and explain one scenario in which someone breaks a promise. (Respond in your own words; you are not required to cite a resource for this response. Recommended response length is 1-3 sentences.)
- Virtue Ethics (You are required to cite a resource from Units 2, 3, and 4 readings and
presentations for these responses.)
a. Identify what a virtue ethicist will say is morally right or wrong to do in the example of
breaking a promise you provided. Should you break the promise from a virtue ethics
perspective? (1-2 sentence response recommended)
b. Explain what reasoning a follower of virtue ethics would use to determine the right
thing to do based on that system’s core principles (e.g., telos, virtue, and
eudaimonia). (3-4 sentence response recommended)
- Kantian Ethics (You are required to cite a resource from Units 2, 3, and 4 readings and
presentations for these responses.)
a. Identify what a Kantian ethicist will say is morally right or wrong to do in the example
of breaking a promise you provided. Should you break the promise from a Kantian
ethics perspective? (1-2 sentence response recommended)
b. Explain what reasoning a follower of Kantian would use to determine the right thing
to do based on that system’s core principles (e.g., goodwill, duty, impartiality, and
reciprocity). (3-4 sentence response recommended)
- Utilitarian Ethics (You are required to cite a resource from Units 2, 3, and 4 readings and
presentations for these responses.)
a. Identify what a utilitarian will say is morally right or wrong to do in the example of
breaking a promise you provided. Should you break the promise from a utilitarian
perspective? (1-2 sentence response recommended)
b. Explain what reasoning a follower of utilitarian ethics would use to determine the
right thing to do based on that system’s core principles (e.g., welfarism, impartiality,
sum-ranking, consequentialism). (3-4 sentence response recommended)