. What, if anything, should a moral employee do when his or her superiors refuse to look into apparent wrong-doing in a branch office?

2. What other examples can you think of that show how an action can be either

a) illegal but morally right,

b) legal but morally wrong, or

c) both legal and morally right?

3. For philosophers, the important question is not how we came to have the particular principles we have. The philosophical issue is whether the principles we have can be justified.

• Do we simply take for granted the values of those around us? Or, like Martin Luther King, Jr., are we able to think independently about moral matters?

The philosophers concern is not so much how we actually got the beliefs we have, but whether or to what extent those beliefs for example, that women are more emotional than men or that telekinesis is possiblecan withstand critical scrutiny. Likewise, ethical theories attempt to justify moral standards and ethical beliefs.

• Discuss how you think we should justify our moral principles.