Application of Ethical Egoism and Ethical Relativism
Choose only one case!
Application of Ethical Egoism and Ethical Relativism
INSTRUCTIONS:
Choose a case study from among the five case studies attached. Read your case study carefully and then follow the steps below in writing your second case study assignment.
Note: Do not repeat the case study nor summarize the case study.
1. Identify the ethical issue in the case and explain why you think it is an ethical issue and not a
legal or policy issue only.
2. Moral Agent(s): Identify the person or persons you think are responsible for bringing about the ethical issue (moral agent), and explain how they brought about the ethical issue.
3. Moral Recipients: Identify the person or persons, who you think may be seriously affected (for better or worse) by the actions of the moral agent(s); and explain the consequences of the moralagent’s action on this person or these persons.
4. Define: Ethical Egoism and Ethical Relativism
5. Explain: Explain what you think an ethical egoist and ethical relativist would advise as the right
thing to do in this case and why.
6. Consequences: Trace out the consequences of each theory as applied to the case.
7. Strengths & Weaknesses: Explain what you think are the strengths and weaknesses of the ethicalegoist’s advice and ethical relativist’s advice. (See step # 3 for help on this!)
8. Your Position: Argue for what you think is the right thing to do in this case by following exactly the ABCD Guide to Ethical Decision-Making (found under “Files Directory, Sakai).
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