There's no religion without ethics; for most of the world's people, there's no ethics without religion. Religious principles are the basics upon which a religion is founded. The Jewish and Christian Ten Commandments' "Thou shalt not kill"-or is it instead "murder"? (Links to an external site.) is a religious principle, as is the Five Pillars of Islam's Shahadah. So is the Buddhist and Hindu non-violence "ahimsa," or the Wiccan-pagan if "it harm none, do what you will." There are ma...

Initial Post Instructions The principle of utility involves maximizing happiness as a desirable outcome of decisions. Although it does not get directly said, there is an inverse intention to minimize the undesirable outcome of disaster. Utilitarian decisions are directed toward outcomes-that is, the consequences of decisions. We need to look at results. We first look at the actual results of an action. We judge if it was the best possible result. We can judge the actual results in comparison t...

Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: • Textbook: Chapter 5, 6 • Lesson • Minimum of 2 scholarly sources (in addition to the course textbook) Ebook uploaded below: Rachels, S., & Rachels, J. (2019). The elements of moral philosophy (9th ed.). Instructions This assignment is the first step in a three-part project. You only need to focus on part one at this point. Each step will build on earlier steps. However, it is not a matter of providing a roug...

Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: • Textbook: Chapter 1, 2 • Lesson • Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to the textbook) Initial Post Instructions The study of ethics and philosophy is one that brings many different kinds of "thinkers" together. One person's philosophy on ethics is another person's philosophy on evil. We will be working this term on constructing personal ethical bases and understanding how ethical codes (both p...

Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: • Textbook: Chapter13 • Lesson • Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to thetextbook) Introduction Some people believe that you can tell who a person is by what they do when no one is looking. Let's look at the following case. John Doe, a nurse, has downloaded an application to her phone that allows him to download copyrighted textbooks for a nursing course (that Doe is going to take) without his Inter...

Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: • Textbook: Chapters 7,8 • Lesson • Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to thetextbook) Initial Post Instructions The principle of utility involves maximizing happiness as a desirable outcome of decisions. Although it does not get directly said, there is an inverse intention to minimize the undesirable outcome of disaster. Utilitarian decisions are directed toward outcomes —that is, the consequences...

ETHC445N Week 8 Assignment: YourPersonal Moral Theory Introduction In this session, you have been considering moral-ethical dilemmas you yourself faced or that you know of thatyou either resolved or failed to resolve, but hopefully learned from. You may never have given much thought toethical theory nor what ethical premises/paradigms you have unconsciously held. You will be focusing on this case for this assignment: Jane Doe is a nursing student at University X. Jane is in week eight of a c...

Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: • extbook: Chapters 3,4 • Lesson • Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to thetextbook) Initial Post Instructions St. Augustine in the 5th Century held that we are free to make choices in life. This is the idea of free will. It may seem at first glance odd for a religious thinker to say that we have free will. After all, if God exists, then God created all things. God knows already what we will do. Go...

Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: • Textbook: Chapter 1, 2 • Lesson • Minimum of 2 scholarly sources in addition to the textbook Instructions For this assignment propose a scenario where you or someone you know are confronted with a moral dilemmarelating to cultural diversity and multiculturalism. It cannot be the same as what was covered in the week onediscussion. Cultural diversity refers to religious, sexual, racial, and other forms of soci...

Introduction Kant's famous First Formulation of the Categorical Imperative reads, "Act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law." Kant taught morality as a matter of following maxims of living that reflect absolute laws. "Universal" is a term that allows for no exceptions, and what is universal applies always and everywhere. Don't forget about the second formulation of the categorical imperative which states, "Act in such a...