For this project, you will look at the background of ethics as it relates to your chosen topic and complete your detailed examination of that topic by applying the ethical frameworks you feel are most significant to the topic, including your own. Then you will reflect on your process of ethical decision making and look at your chosen topic from a different ethical perspective that may not reflect your own.
Specifically, you must address the following:
Part One: Summarize the Background of Ethics
In this section, you will look at the background of ethics, how ethics differ based on ideologies, and why frameworks of ethics are used throughout various cultures. Briefly introduce your chosen topic and describe the key ethical questions related to it.
Human Actions: Explain how ethical frameworks are related to human actions.
How do ethical frameworks influence human actions?
How do morals and values differ from ethics?
Professional Ethics and Global Ethics: Describe the difference between professional ethics and global ethics.
Western, Eastern, and Indigenous or Tribal Ethical Ideologies: Describe the difference between Western, Eastern, and Indigenous or Tribal ethical ideologies.
Why have cultures developed ethical frameworks?
What are the characteristics of Western ethical ideologies?
What are the characteristics of Eastern ethical ideologies?
What are the characteristics of Indigenous or Tribal ethical ideologies?
What are the differences between Western, Eastern, and Indigenous or Tribal ethical ideologies?
Using an Ethical Framework: Explain the purpose of using an ethical framework as it relates to your topic.
What purposes does an ethical framework serve?
How does culture influence the creation of an ethical framework?
Part Two: Analyze Your Chosen Topic
In this section, you will look at how ethics inform and influence decisions.
Ethical Framework: Explain how your chosen topic is framed by an ethical framework.
Decision Making: Explain which ethical frameworks have influenced the historical decision making regarding your chosen topic.
Impact of Ethical Decisions: Discuss the impact of ethical decisions on your chosen topic.
Alternative Perspective: Discuss the ethical topic from an alternative perspective from your own.
For example, if your perspective is from a Western ethical ideology, how would you look at this topic from the perspective of Eastern or Indigenous Tribal ethical ideology?
How would you explain, from an ethical perspective, the validity of this alternative perspective?
Part Three: Reflect on Ethical Decision Making
In this section, you will reflect on the process of your ethical decision making. You will not be providing a solution for a problem, but looking at the steps you would take, or should take, in discussing, examining, and evaluating the ethical aspects of possible outcomes.
Individual Morals and Values: Describe ways that your cultural influences shape your morals and values.
Biases: Explain how your cultural or individual biases impact the ethical decisions about your chosen topic.
Cultural Influence on Ethical Decisions: Discuss ways that your cultural influences impact your ethical decisions when considering your chosen topic.
Diverse Perspectives: Explain how diverse ethical perspectives can add value when working toward addressing your chosen topic.
