Please read the article, San Francisco Reconsiders Business Ban That Targets States Social Values by Christine Mai-Duc, The Wall Street Journal, October 26, 2022, which can be found in the Week 1 content unit.

San Francisco is considering softening a ban on publicly funded contracts and travel in many states that dont share its liberal values on issues such as abortion and transgender rights, as officials question whether the prohibition is having any effect beyond likely costing the city tens of millions of dollars. Five of the 11 members of San Franciscos entirely Democratic board of supervisors recently sent a letter to city administrator Carmen Chu asking her to study options to amend the law, which they said has resulted in significant administrative costs and limited competition among bidders for city contracts.

Please have a discussion, keeping the following questions in mind:

• Can you think of an ethical argument in support of city and/or state legislative entities passing bans on publicly funded contracts and travel in US states that dont share their values?
• Can you think of an ethical argument against city and/or state legislative entities passing bans on publicly funded contracts and travel in US states that dont share their values>
• Of all the points raised in the article, what did you find to be the moth ethically troubling? Offer reasons for your choice.