Discussion

Discussion THREE POSTS REQUIRED. BUT YOU MAY POST AS OFTEN AS YOU WANT. DIALOGUE IS ENCOURAGED. (NOTE: IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS ALL THE TOPICS BELOW IN ONE OR TWO POSTS, THAT IS FINE.) Dialogue is encouraged. Ask questions. Comment on another students post if you like.

Read the Janet Moore Case Study, Clean Hands in a Dirty Business.

FIRST POST

How would you solve the moral dilemma of Janet Moore? Try to put yourself in her place. What would you decide and why? Explain the reasons for your decision carefully. 

SECOND POST

Apply virtue theory to this case. Explain how considerations of virtue might be involved in making this decision–that is, the decision confronting Janet in this case. Then, compare a virtue approach to the moral problem in this case to your own approach. Have you adopted a virtue approach or not? Explain

THIRD POST

Finally, briefly explain how one might apply EITHER utilitarianism OR Kantian moral theory in deciding this moral problem. If you were in Janet’s shoes, and you applied EITHER ONE of these theories–what would be your general approach?