Describe an experience in your life that you believe taught you a 'moral lesson'. Go into far detail so that the reader gets a good sense of the experience and what you believe was learned in the experience. Did this experience help form your values and beliefs on what is good and right? If so, explain how. Next, analyze at least two concepts or theories in the course in light of this 'moral lesson'. For instance, if a theory or concept clarifies or expands your knowledge of why you believe this is a moral lesson, explain. Or, if you think that this moral lesson is inconsistent with a concept or theory studied in the course, explain.

EXAMPLE: Let's say one had an experience that, one believes, taught the lesson that 'honesty is the right thing to do' (the interpretation of the experience is entirely up to you, of course). Does Kantian ethics expand, clarify or help you understand the concept of honesty and how to apply this concept to moral problems? How about the concept of 'integrity', or maybe the ethics of care?

Or perhaps one had an experience that taught, one believes, a lesson that 'honesty is not always the right thing to do' (consider the nuances of the 'lesson' that you believe was learned). How might that lesson be consistent or inconsistent with the concepts and theories studied in this class. Explain.

Please share only those experiences you feel comfortable sharing. And accurately represent the concepts and theories studied in the course. If you feel uncomfortable responding to the above prompt, you may respond to the prompt below, OPTION 2:

Have you learned any moral lessons since the beginning of the quarantine in the United States in March of 2020, and the experiences of living in the midst of a global pandemic, the protests in the wake of the murder of George Floyd and the events related to racial and social justice and civil rights that followed, economic uncertainty, and now the possibility of nuclear war in the summer/fall of 2022?

• What are those moral lessons? If you have learned any moral lessons, explain any moral lessons that you believe others have learned. Describe these carefully. Attend to facts, contexts, your beliefs and attitudes, values and principles. Reflect on the meaning of these moral lessons for your life and the lives of others.
• Why are these moral lessons, that is, lessons that have to do with ethics and morality? Again, keep clear on the distinctions between facts, legal, economic and ethical issues.
• Finally, reflect on the implications and meaning of these moral lessons. Where do you go from here? Also, explain whether or not any theories and concepts studied in the class help you make sense of the moral issues--if you feel the theories and concepts do not help, explain that.
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what is the most valuable concept, theory or method, in your opinion, that you learned in the class? Explain why you believe this concept, theory or method is valuable citing an example. Does this reveal to you anything about your own core values and beliefs or allow a deeper understanding of your own approaches to problems? Explain. If you feel you did not learn anything valuable in the course. Identify a concept or theory that you believe lacks value, and explain why it lacks value citing at least one example

Additional Resources

Intersectionality, Society and Ethics Page

What is intersectionality? And why is it important to ethics?

Please read Introduction to Philosophy, Ethics, pp. 72-75.

View the following Khan Academy Video:

https://www.khanacademy.org/test-prep/mcat/social-inequality/social-class/v/intersectionality

Read the following article:

https://www.aaup.org/article/what-intersectionality-and-why-it-important#.XvJ4vy3Mxt8

https://www.jstor.org/stable/43654371?seq=1