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ETHC 445 Week 4 Discussions
WEEK 4: DEONTOLOGICAL ETHICS
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Each week,
you may use the threads to draft your current work, interact with your peers,
document the progress you have made as a result of your team collaborations,
and address course content using the topics below. Please refer to the threaded
discussion rubric, so that you are in full compliance.
Topic
Increasing
food supplies are necessary to sustain growing populations around the world and
their appetites for great food, quality products, and continuous availability.
A
great deal of expensive research is invested in developing technologies to
deliver productive agriculture. Horticultural efforts to breed hybrid crops are
seen as far back as history can observe, and there have been efforts to
domesticate improved animals, as well. Gene splitting was a 1990s technology to
improve the health and productivity of farm crops. With the 21st century have
come genetically modified foods (GMF) through the use of nanotechnology to
cause changes at the genetic and even molecular levels. These are very
expensive technologies, and many new products have been patented and otherwise
protected as proprietary products of intellectual property.
Drive
out to the country during growing season, and you will see signs identifying
that the crop has been grown with a protected seed that cannot be used to
produce retained seed for planting in the next growing season.
In
terms of this week’s TCOs, what ethical issues are raised by this legal process
of patent protection, and how do we see the primary schools of ethics used in
these proprietary measures? What, in this deontological week and in our
learning to date, informs our understanding of this situation, and what should
be done about it?
WEEK 4: KANT AND THE
CATEGORICAL IMPERATIVE
Kant’s
famous First Formulation of the Categorical Imperative reads:
“Act
only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it
should become a universal law.” Kant taught morality as a matter of following
maxims of living that reflect absolute laws. “Universal” is a term that allows
for no exceptions, and what is universal applies always and everywhere. Lying,
for any reason, is universally wrong.
Be sure to
listen to Kant’s audio lecture before posting this week!
So,
consider the famous case of the Crazed Murderer. In your town the Crazed
Murderer comes to your door looking for your friend and wanting to kill him.
You know that your friend went home to hide. What do you tell the murderer?
When he leaves and runs up the street to your friend’s house, what do you do?
ETHC 445 Week 4 ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP
Using
academic scholarly research, find an article that addresses an ethical dilemma
from the past five years and annotate it thoroughly. What are the key
points to the article? Summarize the dilemma. What are the key
terms of the article? What conflicts or controversies does it
raise? Where can you offer analysis or an original point of view?
Once you have a handle on the article and your reaction to the issues it
raises, use it as a foundation to
- Create your own 2-4 paragraph “dilemma.”
- Apply Kant’s Categorical Imperative to
the problem you invent.
- Apply any other method you have
encountered in lecture material and the readings.
- State which method you prefer and why.
- Work with a
partner collaboratively to share and divide this work for optimal results.
Your
paper should be 3 pages. You MUST provide the source of the foundation
dilemma, and thus this paper will require 1 reference using at least 1 correct
in-text citation (indicating quoted or paraphrased material from the article
and where to locate it). Use APA format in citing the source. Refer
to course resources for details and help in achieving APA style.
Work
with a partner to share this assignment collaboratively and create a combined
oral presentation. Consider creating a youtube video, MP3 podcast (if you
have those skills) or a video presentation.
Rubric
Academic
Scholarship
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Academic Scholarship
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Criteria
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Ratings
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Pts
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This criterion is linked to a Learning
OutcomeIntroduction
Writer
provides a solid example of academic scholarship, related to a specific
real-world problem. The source is written by a professional ethicist,
scholar, appears in a peer-reviewed journal, and has ample references of its
own.
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30.0 pts
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This
criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeAnnotation Quality
The writer
annotates the source fully, considering the main points, key terms used (with
in-text citation of pages); s/he analyzes content for implications,
consequences, and subtle problems and controversies. S/he establishes points
of agreement/disagreement and gives cause. S/he locates 1 or 2 pithy
quotations that will serve as evidence in his/her analysis. Course material
and team input is leveraged powerfully.
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40.0 pts
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This
criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeGrammar, Mechanics, Style, Format,
Quality of Thought
Grammar
refers to correct Standard American Usage, e.g., subject/verb agreement and
use of correct parts of speech. Mechanics refers to correct idiomatic usage,
e.g., capitalized proper nouns, word choice, and word order. Style (5 pts)
refers to dynamic writing, avoiding passive constructions, writing that
shows, describes, and compels the reader’s interest. Evident care has been
taken in composing; there are few errors, and they do not significantly
interfere with meaning. APA format has been followed scrupulously.
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35.0 pts
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This
criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeVisual Presentation
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25.0 pts
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This
criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeOral Narration
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20.0 pts
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Total
Points: 150.0
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