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Abortion

Read the story on the link below about a Tennessee fetal heartbeat bill that was recently passed.

1. Explain one argument in favor of this law.

2. Explain one argument against this law.

Here is the link to the story:
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/19/politics/tennessee-abortion-heartbeat-bill/index.html

Moral psychology and egoism

Read Chapter 5 Moral Psychology and Egoism pages 87-106.  Answer the following questions:
                                   
    Milgrams experiment (pages 87-88).  What was Milgrams experiment? What was tested in this experiment?  How was it done?
On page 103 there is a link to a video about this experiment.  Please watch it.  To make it easier: go to Pages on Canvas. The first part of video for question 2 Obeying or Resisting Authority is showing how this experiment was conducted.

    Watch the video posted in PAGES:
Obeying or Resisting Authority: A Psychological Retrospective

    Describe the Stanford Prison Experiment.

    What these two experiments from video in question 2 show us about peoples moral behavior?  Write min 1 paragraph.
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Any topic (writer’s choice)

Final Paper
Paper Content

The paper will address any topic related to Medical Ethics that has been approved by your instructor. 



Writing the Paper

Must be minimum of 6 and maximum of 8 pages double-spaced pages of text in length
Must include a cover page that includes the following:
Title of paper
Learners name
Immaculata University and Course name and number
Facilitators name
Date submitted
Must comply with APA format (APA format is demonstrated at: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/18/ )
Must include an introductory paragraph with a succinct thesis statement.
Must include, in body of the paper, sufficient academic concepts (three to four) prompted by course facilitator, assignments, and other requirements.  Each concept must be addressed in the following way:
Reference an academic concept gleaned from classroom or reading experience during the course of this class.  Be sure to cite properly

Any topic (writer’s choice)

Topic of the paper:

(1) Critically evaluate Peter Singers argument in his essay Not for Humans Only: The Place of Nonhumans in
Environmental Issues (EEA pp. 55-63). Address the following: (i) what is speciesism and how does he use this idea
to defend the position that animals should be accorded the same moral consideration as human beings? (ii) What is the
most interesting or important criticism of his view? (iii) How would he respond to such a criticism?

Ethics Plan Analysis

scenario:  You are an experienced ethics officer who has recently been hired by an established company. You have been tasked with analyzing the companys current code of ethics and identifying areas in need of improvement.  see attachment

A. Choose a companys code of ethics from the Web Links section below and analyze that companys code of ethics by doing the following:
1. Analyze how well the chosen companys code of ethics covers the topic of corporate social responsibility (CSR).
2. Analyze how well the chosen companys code of ethics covers the topic of compliance with legal mandates.
a. Describe the ramifications for an organization when it is noncompliant with legal mandates.
b. Describe two legal or ethical safeguards the chosen company has in place or could put in place to
prevent illegal or unethical acts.
3. Analyze how well the chosen companys code of ethics facilitates the development of an ethical culture.
4. Explain how an employee woul

discussion 5A

Discussion requirements

Post engaging, thoughtful content
Share content that both reflects your understanding of the course material and makes appropriate applications beyond the assigned reading (insights, real-life examples).  Be sure to think of the posts as part of a larger conversation; ask/answer questions within the posts. Questions left unanswered may impact your score for that discussion.
Compose your responses in a word processing program
Consider using programs such as Word first; save this file to your computer or USB flash drive. Attach the file or copy and paste the text into the message area of the Discussion Board. Should there be an interruption in your Internet connection, you will not lose any work.
Word count
Initial posts must be greater than 250 words
Replies must be at least 75 words
No Fluff Zone
Please carefully review What is a Discussion Board  to thoroughly understand the definition of both an Initial Post and Repl

you can make your own topic

using the essay attached you will select an idea, critical take or concept that you find of interest and show how it is relevant to contemporary social issues using a news article as your source. the key is to show how an aspect of the reading even if u are critical of it, proved revealing ,insightful when grappling with current events.

Ethics

Share an example of an ethical problem or dilemma you have faced at some point in your own life. 
Explain why the problem or dilemma was ethical in nature.
Explain how did you resolved or attempted to resolve the problem.  To what degree were you satisfied with the resolution? 
To what degree do you think that you utilized critical thinking when addressing the problem?
Note: Ethical problems can sometimes be very personal.  Please do not share any examples you are not comfortable discussing with the rest of the class.

Working at Workouts case study

From the "Working at Workouts" case, answer the following questions (1000 words):

1 - Why did Mike Burton default? Were his actions ethical in your view? Support your position with facts from the case, including financial analysis.
2 - What are the key options available to the special servicer and what are the pros and cons (financial and otherwise) of each option for Drive/Spiner?  Which option do you recommend and why?
3 - What concerns, including ethically-based concerns, would you have about proceeding with a workout (loan modification), if you were Sam Schey

***Notes to consider***
make sure you are not being spun by the presentation of a situation and are digging down to fully consider the facts before determining any resulting ethical obligations. Making a lot of assumptions from a little information and/or believing you are the smartest one at the table is a sure way to miss some good deals and get snookered into some bad ones through creating ethica

Course Project Milestone: Annotated Bibliography -CLONING

Instructions
First, return to your topic chosen in the week three assignment.

Answer this question: What are the personal and/or communal ethical factors that may be involved in determining the moral position of either side in that debate?
Next, articulate and then evaluate the ethical positions  using Kantian ethics (that is, the categorical imperative) relative to the long standing debate (that is your topic chosen in the week three assignment).
Finally, create a complete annotated bibliography for 5 academic scholarly sources. You will annotate each source. The sources should be relevant to your topic chosen in the week three assignment.
Include the following:

Publication details
Annotation (a detailed reading of the source)
Each annotation section should include the following:

Summarize key points and identify key terms (using quotation marks, and citing a page in parentheses).
Describe the controversies or "problems" raised by the art