{"id":13490,"date":"2023-04-12T02:10:44","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T02:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/topic-option-1-for-profit-prisons-and-the-justice-system-or-topic-option-2-corporate-responsibility-and-animal-rights\/"},"modified":"2023-04-12T02:10:44","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T02:10:44","slug":"topic-option-1-for-profit-prisons-and-the-justice-system-or-topic-option-2-corporate-responsibility-and-animal-rights","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/topic-option-1-for-profit-prisons-and-the-justice-system-or-topic-option-2-corporate-responsibility-and-animal-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Topic Option #1 \u2013 For-Profit Prisons and the Justice System -OR- Topic Option #2 – Corporate Responsibility and Animal Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"

PHIL 2060 \u2013 Business Ethics<\/p>\n

Paper #2\n<\/div>\n
Due Date:\tApril 19th\n<\/div>\n
Format:\tin-text citations (author p#)\t \tdouble spaced\t\t\t1″ margins\t\t12 pt. Times New Roman\t\t5 pages\n<\/div>\n
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Paper #2\tMaking a Moral Argument\n<\/div>\n
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Thiroux’s Five Humanitarian Principles:
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Principle of Goodness\t<\/div>\n
Value of Life Principle\t<\/div>\n
Principle of Justice\n<\/div>\n
Principle of Honesty\t<\/div>\n
Principle of Autonomy\n<\/div>\n
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Moral Theories:
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Rand – Egoism\t<\/div>\n
Ross – Intuitionism <\/div>\n
Natural Law Theory\n<\/div>\n
Aristotelian Virtue\t<\/div>\n
Kantian Duty Ethics\t<\/div>\n
Divine Command Theory\n<\/div>\n
Platonic Virtue\t<\/div>\n
Mill – Utiliarianism\t<\/div>\n
Rawls \u2013 Justice as Fairness,\n<\/div>\n
Locke \u2013 Natural Rights\t<\/div>\n
Gilligan \u2013 Care Ethics <\/div>\n
Nozick \u2013 Entitlement Theory\n<\/div>\n
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A successful essay will contain the following elements:\n<\/div>\n
 a) clear thesis statement articulating your view in intro paragraph\n<\/div>\n
 b) presentation of premises which support your point of view\n<\/div>\n
 c) presentation of the opposing argument\n<\/div>\n
 d) response to opposition argument (which shows that your view is superior)\n<\/div>\n
 e) application and discussion of theory from at least THREE philosophers covered in course\n<\/div>\n
 f) use of credible external sources and inclusion of Works Cited page\n<\/div>\n
 g) accurate application of moral theory, principles, and concepts from the course\n<\/div>\n
 h) discuss details: specific people, places, events, companies, decisions, etc.\n<\/div>\n

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Topic Option #1 \u2013 For-Profit Prisons and the Justice System
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 The purpose of this assignment is for you to investigate the for-profit prison \tindustry and have a \tdiscussion about whether or not the activities of such \tcorporations and our justice system can be considered moral.\n<\/div>\n
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 Argue in opposition to these policies and practices, using course concepts. Use \tmoral theories and principles to support your view.\n<\/div>\n
 Issues for investigation:\n<\/div>\n
The School to Prison Pipeline\t<\/div>\n
Corrections Corporation of America\t<\/div>\n
Corrupt Judges\t<\/div>\n
Global Tel-Link\n<\/div>\n
Statistical Racial Disparities\t\t\tThe Bail Industry\n<\/div>\n
Lobbying of Government Agencies\t\tIncarceration Rates, US v the world\n<\/div>\n
War on Drugs\t\t\t\t\tImpact of Pro-Industry legislation\n<\/div>\n
Facility Reports and statistics \t\tCharges for Inmate Phone Calls\n<\/div>\n
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\u2022\tWhy does the USA have such high incarceration rates? How\/why is incarceration profitable?
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\u2022\tWhat do you see as the major moral failures of this system? How might one argue that this represents a failure of justice? What can be done to correct the issues?
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\u2022\tUse ethical language to explain the failure.
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Topic Option #2 – Corporate Responsibility and Animal Rights
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 The purpose of this assignment is for you to consider the moral status of animals \tin relation to the use of animals in the business world. Many animals of all kinds \tare negatively impacted by human \tactivity- we cage them, eat them, and experiment \ton them. But is any of this moral?<\/div>\n
(1)Research a moral concern regarding animals in the business world,and argue \t\tthat a specific product, practice or corporation is immoral.<\/span><\/div>\n
(2) Use moral theories and principles to explain the nature of animal rights and \t\tsupport your thesis. What are animals entitled to (or not) and why?\t\t\tDraw on the ideas of animal rights \ttheorists like Singer,Francione, Regan,etc.\n<\/div>\n
(3) Do not be overly general. Do research focused on a specific corporation and one \t \t specific concern regarding animal rights.\n<\/div>\n
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1.\tDo human beings have duties toward animals? What about corporations? How and when do we fail to uphold those duties? Why?
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2.\tHow can we defend the position that animals do have rights? What exactly could wild or domestic animals be \u201centitled to\u201d? What could their rights include or not include?
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3.\tIs it fair to imagine that humans are superior to animals, therefore \u201canything goes?\u201d
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4.\tTo what extent does animal consciousness or suffering matter?
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5.\tWhich specific corporations are immoral in their use of animals? How and Why?
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 Issues for investigation:
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Cosmetic\/pharmaceutical animal testing\t<\/div>\n
Perdue, Cargill, JBS, Smithfield\n<\/div>\n
arguments for animal rights<\/div>\n
Factory Farming practices\/abuses<\/span><\/div>\n
speciesism, non-anthropocentric ethics\t<\/div>\n
Sentience and animal consciousness\n<\/div>\n
environmental concerns, deep ecology\t<\/div>\n
extinction of species, habitat destruction\n<\/div>\n
the \u201crights of nature\u201d\t<\/div>\n
Clinique, Estee Lauder, Mary Kay\n<\/div>\n
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\u2022\tWhat do you see as the major failures of this system? How might one argue that this represents a failure of justice? What can be done to correct the issues?
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\u2022\tUse ethical language to explain the failure.
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Questions to consider:
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\u2022\tWhy does this issue represent an example of injustice?\n<\/div>\n
\u2022\tWhat is the nature\/origin of the problem?\n<\/div>\n
\u2022\tWhy are there competing attitudes on the issue? What values are at stake?\n<\/div>\n
\u2022\tWhat does a moderate view of the issue look like, taking into account competing values?\n<\/div>\n
\u2022\tWhat are some possible solutions? How can they be achieved?\n<\/div>\n
\u2022\tWhich individuals or groups are most affected by the issue? Who is not?\n<\/div>\n
\u2022\tWhich theorists ideas are most relevant to this issue?\n<\/div>\n
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\u2022\tDo some research and draw on at least two high-quality sources. Do not rely on questionable web resources! Take advantage of the CCC library and databases!\n<\/div>\n
\u2022\tHow can different ethical theories be used to either justify OR condemn the company’s actions?\n<\/div>\n
\u2022\tThink about what your final conclusion will be \u2013 what claim do you want to make? Mention this in your introductory paragraph.\n<\/div>\n
\u2022\tUse evidence (premises) which demonstrate that your point of view is right. Draw on what you have learned about moral principles and theories.\n<\/div>\n
\u2022\tConsider what your opponent will say, and respond to likely criticism. Your goal is to be convincing and thorough.\n<\/div>\n
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PHIL 2060 \u2013 Business Ethics Paper #2 Due Date: April 19th Format: in-text citations (author p#) double spaced 1″ margins 12 pt. Times New Roman 5 pages Paper #2 Making a Moral Argument Thiroux’s Five Humanitarian Principles: Principle of Goodness Value of Life Principle Principle of Justice Principle of Honesty Principle of Autonomy Moral Theories: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"disciplines":[1139],"paper_types":[],"tagged":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/13490"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/questions"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/13490\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"disciplines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disciplines?post=13490"},{"taxonomy":"paper_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper_types?post=13490"},{"taxonomy":"tagged","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tagged?post=13490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}