COURSE  

ETHC445N Principles of Ethics

Week 3 Assignment: Course Project Milestone – Topic Selection and Discussion

Instructions
This assignment is the first step in a three part project. You only need to focus on part one at this point. Each step will build on earlier steps. However, it is not a matter of providing a rough draft of all or even part of the entire project here in week three. That is, further steps might require completely new and original text.  At the same time, completing each step will aid you in completing a future step or future steps. And, you should use the same topic in all steps.

First, select a topic of moral controversy, debate, disagreement, and dispute, Examples of such topics are euthanasia, the death penalty, abortion, cloning, etc. You can pick any such topic. It need not be listed here.

Next, detail the positions of each side of the ethical debate. Note at least two moral reasons each side presents to show their view on the topic is correct.

Now, we want to evaluate these positions using the moral theories we studied this week:

• What would an Ethical Egoist say about this topic? What side would the Ethical Egoist take? What would the Ethical Egoist say to justify their moral position? Is there a conflict between loyalty to self and to community relevant to your topic? If so, how so? Note what you feel is the best course of action.
• What would a Social Contract Ethicist say about this topic? What side would the Social Contract Ethicist take? What would the Social Contract Ethicist say to justify their moral position? Does your topic involve a collision between personal obligations and national ones? If so, how so? Note what you feel is the best course of action.

Finally, reference and discuss any professional code of ethics relevant to your topic such as the AMA code for doctors, the ANA code for nurses, or any other pertinent professional code. State whether and how your chosen topic involves any conflicts between professional and familial duties.

ANSWER  

Course Project Milestone – Topic Selection and Discussion

From the 1900s, the discourse surrounding euthanasia legalization has been widely canvassed around the United States. The debate has resulted in sharply contrasting views among different policymakers, healthcare professionals, and the larger public. Recent times as from the 1980s have seen this issue gain momentum. A pathologist by the name of Jacob Kevorkian published a newspaper ad, referring to himself as a death counselor (Dugdale et al., 2019).………please click the icon below to purchase full answer at $10