PHIL 1103 – 03: Introduction to Ethics
Questions for the Third Essay
For your first essay, answer one of the following questions:
1) Explain the natural law theory. How can it be supported? What do you consider to be the strongest objection against it? Present and defend your view on whether natural law theory gives the correct account of what makes actions right and what makes people good.
2) Explain Ross’s ethic of prima facie duties. How can it be supported? What do you consider to be the strongest objection against it? Present and defend your view on whether the theory of prima facie duties gives the correct account of ethics and moral reasoning.
3) Explain Aristotle’s theory of virtue ethics. How can it be supported? What do you consider to be the strongest objection against it? Present and defend your view on whether Aristotle gives the correct account of what makes an action morally right.
4) Explain feminist ethics and the ethics of care. How can they be supported? What do you consider to be the strongest objection against them? Present and defend your view on whether feminist ethics and the ethics of care take the right approach to morality.