Ethics Essay Instructions
Before doing this assignment, it is necessary to read all the material and take in all the in-class lectures (for hybrid classes), as well as watching the assigned PowerPoint videos and other videos in the Ethics section.
If you are having problems deciding, you may find this purely optional, non-graded quiz guide helpful.
Four ethical theories have been presented and discussed. Choose the ethical theory (out of the four presented) that most closely matches your own ethical beliefs – it does not need to be an exact match. Explain your chosen ethical theory and why it most closely matches your own ethical beliefs. Next, consider a difficult decision that you have made in the past. Explain the difficult decision, how your chosen ethical theory guided you in making the decision (if you chose Virtue Ethics, for example, indicate at least one virtue you were following, or, if you chose Deontology, what moral law or rule you were following, or, if you chose Utilitarianism, what consequences you took into account for some number of people beyond yourself, or, if you chose Egoism, what consequences you took into account for yourself), and what the ethical theory indicates is the right action in the context of your decision. Are you happy with the decision that you made? Give at least one reason why you are happy or unhappy with the decision you made. Will you follow your chosen ethical theory in deciding future actions? Explain your answer.
Your essay, at minimum, should be at least one page (12 size-font with regular margins and double-spaced) and will be turned into a dropbox on D2L. The due date for this assignment is Friday, March 8 by 10 p.m.