Critical Thinking Moral Frameworks For each of the following prompts, pick two of the three ethical frameworks and describe how each would lead to a specific response. Consequentialism Deontology Virtue Ethics 1. When the cafeteria at work offers seafood chowder, I dip the ladle as far down as it will go and grab spoonfulls of bottom-dwelling shrimp and fish, minimizing my take of broth. My goal is to get the best food for my money. Am I being unfair to the soup lovers who get to the cafeteria after me? 2. The president of our local board of education sends her children to the public elementary schools, but when they get to high school, she moves them to private schools. Isn't it her ethical obligation either to send her children to the schools she sets policy for and espouses as so wonderful or to step down from the board? 3. For a number of years, my eighth-grade son has been on the basketball team of his small private school. This year, rather than sports, he decided to take up other social activities like music and pursuing girls. Various parents have called us asking if he was going to play. If he doesn't, there will be no boys' team. Is it ethical to pressure a child by asking his parents if he "will serve"? 4. One rainy evening I wandered into a shop, where I left my name-brand umbrella near the door. When I was ready to leave, my umbrella was gone. Several others were there, and I took another name-brand umbrella. Should I have taken it, or taken a lesser quality model, or just gotten wet?