You will be submitting the topic for your Portfolio Project. Ensuring you have a topic that lends itself well to this assignment is a critical part of your success. There are a lot of excellent ethical topics that may not fit our format. In this discussion, we will work together to craft your topic to ensure you are set up for success!

For your paper, you are going to choose an ethical issue that can be argued from more than one position. The tricky part of the setup is that BOTH positions much be ethical. In other words, we want to have ethical positions in conversation with each other and not one ethical one vs. one unethical one. When you have completed this discussion, you should have a well-crafted topic showing your understanding of two different ethical theories. For clarity please label the elements below in your initial post.

In your initial post please include the following clearly labeled elements:

Some topics you might consider (from a variety of different fields) include: Use of Social Media for Hiring Practices, Racial Profiling in Law Enforcement, Physician Assisted Suicide, Ethical Pain Management, Surrogacy, Privacy Concerns, Criminal Backgrounds and Hiring Practices, Drug Testing in the Workplace, Ethical Expectations of Part Time Workers, Zero Tolerance Policies in Schools, The Legalization of Prostitution, The De-criminalization of Marijuana, and Whistle- Blowing.

1. The question that you will address in your paper. This question needs to have a pro/con structure so that you will be able to express arguments both for and against the issue you have chosen. Please see the topic selection worksheet in the Week 3 Topic Selection Assignment area for examples.
2. The position you will take.
3. The counter position you will address. You must be sure that the counter position also has ethical support. One way is to imagine which ethical theory would support that position.