ETHICS Paper

Chapter 2 presents the Five Steps for Constructing Moral Arguments. For your project, you will construct a moral argument using these steps and present a powerpoint presentation Read the 3 Famous Moral Dilemmas that Will Really Make you Think.   Select one of the three to argue. Create a powerpoint with the following guidelines:

• Section 1: Background (title page, scenario that you selected)
• Section 2: Develop a list of premises
• Section 3: Eliminate irrelevant or weak premises (explain why these were eliminated)
• Section 4: Come to a conclusion
• Section 5: Try out your argument on others
• Section 6: Revise your argument if necessary. 

 TExt book : Ethics for Life By Judith Boss.

Final Project

Chapter 2 presents the Five Steps for Constructing Moral Arguments.

For your final project, you will construct a moral argument using the following steps (outlined in Chapter 2 Moral Reasoning) and present a powerpoint presentation.

Here is the outline for the powerpoint:

Section 1: Background (title page, scenario that you selected)

Section 2: Develop a list of premises – Remember that presises will be relatively uncontroversial and acceptable to all, or most, reasonable people. Make sure your facts are accurate and do not rely on unsupported assumptions or opinions. Define ambiguous terms that you will use throughout your argument.

Section 3: Eliminate weak premises – Eliminate any weak or irrelevant premises. Do not make eliminations based on the fact that the premises may not mesh with your particular opinion regarding moral issues. Also make sure there are no fallacies.

Section 4: Come to a Conclusion – Take into account the information in the premises. Make sure that the conclusion is not too broad or too narrow.

Section 5: Try argument on Others – Find at least 2 people and argue your point. In this section of the powerpoint, identify important parts of your conversation and list feedback  that you may have received.

Section 6: Revise your Argument – Revise your argument based on the feedback you received.  State your final argument.

RUBRIC

1. The title slide includes your name, presentation title, and other important information and is formatted properly. The introduction presents the overall scenario and draws the audience into the presentation.

2. All content is accurate throughout the presentation and information is presented in a logical order.

3. Student is well informed and elaborates beyond the displayed material.

4. The layout is visually pleasing and contributes to the overall message with appropriate use of headings, subheadings and white space.

5. No spelling errors. No grammar errors. Text is in authors’ own words.