SOC10236 | Assignment 2 Non Consequential Ethical Analysis | Sustainable Futurs

Assignment 1.

1. Identify 3 virtues relevant to the analysis of your specific ethical question. Define each virtue in no more than one sentence.     (3 marks)
2. Discuss the morality of the act central to your ethical question by comparison with your 3 chosen virtues.      (2 marks)

1. Apply Kant’s categorical imperative by completing the following tasks. You need to support any yes/no answers with relevant discussion.

1. Define a specific rule which authorises the act central to your ethical question.                                  (2 marks)
2. Define the general rule which authorises the act central to your ethical question.                                  (1 mark)

• Is the general rule inherently self-contradictory? Why or why not?  (2 marks)

1. Does the general rule violate Kant’s practical imperative or any of Kant’s other absolute moral rules? (2 marks)
2. Is the general rule contrary to its fundamental purpose? (1 mark)
3. Is the act ethical according to Kant’s ethical system? (2 marks)

1. Provide an ethical conclusion by comparing your conclusions from the act utilitarian analysis in Assignment 1, your virtue ethics and Kantian analyses in this assignment, and drawing on your own ethical conscience. (5 marks)