Lesson 1 ReflectionWrite a short reflection statement (350-500 words) after reading Chapter 1. Use complete sentencesand correct academic writing to complete this assignment.Respond in writing to these items:Carefully examine the eight essentialmoral theories discussed in Chapter 1 and then pick the theory you thinkbest aligns with your own moral compass. Describe your chosen moral theory insome detail. Explain why youthink your theory is a better source of moral guidance than some ofthe competing theories discussed in the chapter. Think of an experience in your life inwhich you applied your chosen theory. Was the outcome the one youexpected?Lastly, have your thoughts changed sincereading the first chapter? If so, how?Lesson 3 ReflectionWrite a short reflection statement (350-500 words) after reading Chapter 8. Use complete sentencesand correct academic writing to complete this assignment.Respond in writing to these items:How, according to Gill, do somephilosophers argue that the moral foundations of the medical professionprohibit physicians from assisting in a patient’s suicide? How does Gillrespond?What are the social attitudes towardsuicide that Callahan mentions? Do you think these attitudes areappropriate? Even if they are, do you think that would show that somethingis wrong with suicide? Explain your answers.Callahan worries that legalized PASgives physicians too much power to kill patients, including influencingpatient decisions in wrongful ways. What reasons can you think of that aphysician might have for doing this? Do you think it is plausible thatthis could be a widespread concern? Explain.Lesson 4 ReflectionWrite a short reflection statement (350-500 words) after reading Chapter 15. Use complete sentencesand correct academic writing to complete this assignment.Respond in writing to these items:Discuss how Hill’s idea of virtue (whatsort of person are you) versus rights (what you can legally do) impactsour discussion of environmental issues. He indicates that iIndifference tonon-sentient nature may signal absence of certain human traits. Doyou agree or disagree? Explain why. What are the four goals Baxter proposesin order to develop a solution to the problems of human organization?Which of these goals do you find most compelling,and which do you find least compelling.Why?Lesson 5 reflection Lesson 5 ReflectionWrite a short reflection statement (350-500 words) after reading Chapter 12. Use complete sentencesand correct academic writing to complete this assignment.Respond in writing to these items:What are the two messages that would besent by abolishing the death penalty according to Nathanson? How does hereply to the objection that murderers forfeit their right to be respectedas human beings? Do you agree with his argument? Why or why not?Why is deterrence not a decisive factorin the debate about the morality of the death penalty according to van denHaag? Explain your answers. Do you agree with his argument? Why orwhy not?Why is “an eye for an eye” anattractive view according to Nathanson? What are the two main problems heraises for this view, and what are the possible replies an advocate ofsuch a view might make?Lesson 6 Lesson 6 ReflectionWrite a short reflection statement (350-500 words) after reading Chapter 12. Use complete sentencesand correct academic writing to complete this assignment.Respond in writing to these items:Explain how Nagel’s essay highlights theirresolvable dilemma between a utilitarian approach to War and theabsolutist approach.Walzer examines excuses for terrorismwhile granting that terrorism cannot be morally justified. What is thedistinction between a justification and an excuse?According to Valls, what are the twodifficulties that arise when one is trying to define“terrorism”? What final definition of the term does Vallsstipulate that he will use in his arguments?Lesson 7 ReflectionWrite a short reflection statement (350-500 words) after reading Chapter 5. Use complete sentencesand correct academic writing to complete this assignment.Respond in writing to these items:Discuss the two prominentprohibitionists arguments that Huemer dismisses in his essay. Inyour response, consider how an entity such as an insurance company mightrespond to Huemer’s dismissal. What type of moral argument would theinsurance company use? Discuss. What do you think of Marneffe’s argumentfor the decriminalization of drugs? Do you agree with his logicrelated to the problems of legalization? Discuss.Explain how Shapiro’s Alternate View ofAddiction is a consequentialist approach to the problem. Discusswhat he means by humans being “interpretative animals” in regardto each of the 3 components of the Alternative View.
