ETHC 445N Week 7
ETHC 445N Week 7 Assignment: Course Project Milestone: Final Paper
ETHC-445N Week 7 Discussion: Virtuous Person, Virtuous Citizen
Each person owes a duty to himself or herself and to the world to study ethics and to engage in thoughtful debate about what is right, and what is wrong. It is this habit of thinking about and reflecting on ethics that will help you determine the right choices when … with an ethical dilemma.
Initial Post Instructions
Articulate a moral dilemma wherein one has to show a specific virtue or virtues (it can … any virtue or virtues including honesty, courage, charity/generosity, compassion, etc.)
- What is the moral dilemma about?
- What virtue or virtues should … shown? (You are here selecting the best course of action)
- Why is that virtue or those virtues to … shown?
- How should the virtue or virtues … expressed, and why in that manner?
- Apply Aristotle’s golden mean to the
- Tell us how the dilemma involves conflict moral duties (loyalty to community versus to self, professional versus familial duties, national or personal obligations).
The dilemma must … a situation in which a choice has to … made. Be sure you told us why your chosen course of action was best.
