Reference no: EM133315066
Assignment:
Choose from one of the ethical topics discussed in class this semester:
-Should bodybuilders be allowed to eat as much food as they want, knowing that food production (especially meat!) increases the affects of climate change and habitat destruction?
-Should governments in developing countries be allowed to restrict the number of children that women can have?
-Should government control over economies be increased (more state socialist) or decreased (more capitalist) when it comes to the production of vehicles?
-Should South American countries be allowed to clear rain forests in order to create farms and rangelands to feed their growing populations?
-Should the production of a persistent pollutant like DDT in the US be banned even if it is used in African countries to save hundreds of thousands of lives?
1. For your selected topic, describe the issues involved from the point of view of a consequentialist.
2. For your selected topic, describe the issues involved from the point of view of a deontologist.
3. If you were working with the government on this issue, what course of action would you recommend?
4. What aspect of this issue is most important in your decision making?
5. What would an anthropocentrist utilitarian say in response to your solution? Would they agree or disagree, and why?
6. What would a biocentrist preservationist say in response to your solution? Would they agree or disagree, and why?