Assignment 1 Part B -

Non-consequential ethical analysis

Due:11 pm 21 April 2019

Word guide:750

Weighting:20%

This assignment is a continuation of Assignment 1 Part A and you must analyse the same ethical question which you defined in Part A.

Restate your ethical question from Assignment 1Part A on page 1 of Assignment 1 Part B. You can modify the precise wording of your ethical question drawing on feedback provided in Assignment 1 Part A.

a)Identify the act central to your ethical question.

(Note: you are analysing the ethics of this specific act.)

(1 mark- Marking Criteria: Understand concepts)

b)Identify 2 virtues relevant to the morality of the act central to your specific ethical question. Define each virtue in no more than one sentence.

(2 marks- Marking Criteria: Understand concepts, Apply theory)

c)Discuss the morality of the act central to your ethical question by comparison with your 2 chosen virtues.

(2 marks- Marking Criteria: Apply theory, Analyse and interpret information)

d)Apply Kant's categorical imperative by completing the following tasks. You need to support any yes/no answers with reasons.

i)Define a specific rule which authorises the act central to your ethical question.

(2 marks- Marking Criteria: Apply theory)

ii)Define the general rule which authorises the act central to your ethical question.

(1 mark- Marking Criteria: Apply theory)

iii)Is the general rule inherently self-contradictory? Why or why not?

(2 marks- Marking Criteria: Critical thinking)

iv)Does the general rule violate Kant's practical imperative or any of Kant's other absolute moral rules?

(2 marks- Marking Criteria: Apply theory, Understand concepts)

v)Is the general rule contrary to its fundamental purpose?

(1 mark- Marking Criteria: Critical thinking)

vi)Is the act ethical according to Kant's ethical system?

(2 marks- Marking Criteria: Apply theory)

e)Provide an ethical conclusion by comparing your conclusions from the act utilitarian analysis in Assignment 1Part A, your virtue ethics and Kantian analyses inAssignment1 Part B, and drawing on your own ethical conscience.

(5 marks- Marking Criteria: Apply theory, Understand concepts, Analyse and interpret information, Clarity of language