- 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.)
- 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)
- 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). (4-6 sentence response recommended
3. Kantian Ethics (You are required to cite a resource from Units 2, 3, and 4 readings and presentations for these responses.)
- 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)
- 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). (4-6 sentence response recommended)
4. Utilitarian Ethics (You are required to cite a resource from Units 2, 3, and 4 readings and presentations for these responses.)
- 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)
- 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). (4-6 sentence response recommended)
