Assignment #10

Ethical Decision Making Framework

FOCUS: IDEALS

NAME: Paula

STEP ONE: THE DETAILS OF THE CASE

(1) Choose one inquiry, from inquiries 1 - 28 (pages 114 - 117). Indicate which inquiry you chose, and then briefly explain it in your own words: A Boy gets an expensive toy and gives it to a friend who seems poor.
(2) Stakeholders: Tom, Tom's Parents and the friend.

(3) Are the details given sufficient? Why or why not? No, Tom assume the boy was poor or did he know?

(4) What additional questions does this inquiry raise? Does Tom always does things like this? Or do he only give to the less fortunate?

STEP TWO: THE RELEVANT CRITERIA1. Obligations (aka "duties"): Optional this week
2. Moral Ideals (aka "virtues"): See breakdown of ideals below
3. Consequences (aka "outcomes" or "results"):
Optional this week

NOTE: Not ALL of the following ideals will apply! Only consider the main ones that you believe apply, in the inquiry you chose. Don't just pick the easy ones to consider, because you didn't take the time to thoroughly read the chapter and learn what each one of these actually means. I will quiz you when we do group work on Thursday.*
Cardinal Ideal/Virtue of Prudence:*
Cardinal Ideal/Virtue of Justice:*
Cardinal Ideal/Virtue of Temperance:*
Cardinal Ideal/Virtue of Courage:* Tom gave his toy away and did not know how his Parents was going to react.
Cardinal Ideal/Virtue of Loving Kindness:* He gave it to him because he was his friend.
Cardinal Ideal/Virtue of Honesty:*
Cardinal Ideal/Virtue of Compassion:* Because the boy did not have a toy.
Cardinal Ideal/Virtue of Forgiveness:*
Cardinal Ideal/Virtue of Repentance:*
Cardinal Ideal/Virtue of Reparation:*
Cardinal Ideal/Virtue of Gratitude:*
Cardinal Ideal/Virtue of Beneficence:*
Conflicting ideals--consider the relative importance of each; determine which ideal represents the greater good (or the lesser evil).Because the boy did not have a toy, having compassion and the courage because he did not ask his parents, meant more to him.


STEP THREE: POSSIBLE COURSES OF ACTION
Alternative

#1: Tom could of gave him another toy.
#2: Or if Tom had money he could of bought him a toy.
#3: Tom should of ask his parents first

STEP FOUR: THE MOST ETHICAL ACTION
Examine the action taken or proposed and decide whether it achieves the greater good (the most widespread "respect for persons")...if it does not, choose one that will, from your alternatives. Where the choice of actions is such that no good can be achieved, choose the action that will result in the lesser evil.
Tom should of showed more respect to his parents and asked first because he did not know what they went through to get that toy for him. However tom did it out of the kindness of his heart, which is compassion. (This idea is a sentiment that occurs in response to other people's suffering, emotional as well as physical.) page 109. I believe he may of felt that his parents would be happy with his decision.
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Make sure you cite specific passages from the book and/or chapter, which helped you arrive at your conclusion...thus proving to me you read this book.

SELF EVALUATION
1. In your own words, describe something new that you learned from this week’s assigned reading material and guidance. Well, what I have realized this week was how much I have learned being part of this class and these assignments.
2. In your own words, describe in detail some insight you gained, about the material, from one of your classmates' blogs this week. "Mck Ethics", well what I've learned was how much the majority of us think alike.
3. Did you post a thoroughly completed post to your blog on time this week? No, because when I went to post on Wednesday evening my computer crash and I had to wait until Thursday afternoon to post my material.
4. Did you ALSO print this out, so you can bring it to class and earn total points? Yes, I will.

5. Of 25 points total, my efforts this week deserve: I am a little late because my computer crash and I could not post by the deadline, however, I applied myself and did the work. So I'll say what ever you decide because it is your decision. Of course I would give myself the whole 25 points.

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