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Please respond to one of the two following prompts.

Topic A:

After reading through Chapter 1 in The Elements of Moral Philosophy, Chapters 1 and 2 in The Right Thing to Do, and the course notes within "Content" for this week, do you think ethical values are subjective/relative or objective/absolute in nature? Defend your position by linking it up with a specific ethical theory. Also try to provide concrete examples in support of your position that reflect an understanding of one of the cases from Sections 1.2 to 1.4 in Elements.

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Topic B:

Apart from the discussion prompt posted above, you may choose to respond to this prompt instead (However, the same parameters for discussion posts still apply.): "Do you think it would be morally correct, in principle, to use the "Ring of Gyges"? Why or why not? Present an ethical argument in support of your decision. The Ring of Gyges is located on page one of The Right Thing to Do.

Make sure to include specific page numbers for any cited or paraphrased material. Keep in mind that responses should be a minimum of 200 words and reflect an informed understanding of the ethical material that we have covered thus far.