Homework 2 Powerpoints

GOALS Develop answers to the following questions which we will discuss in this online class. They are designed to amplify the main points covered in the readings and cover the material necessary to the class assignments. I will draw upon you to share these responses in the course of our discussion.

Justice-4 What is the libertarian case for the free market? What is the Utilitarian case for the free market?

Readings Justice chapters 4 & 5 Nursing Ethics chapter 5

Justice Sandel looks at the question of who should fight America’s wars. Can this be solved by the free market. He raises two objections Are we truly free in a free market? Is there a civic duty to the nation that cannot be sold on the market? Consider each in turn.

Justice What is your opinion . . . Should individuals be able to buy their way out of conscription as they could in the Civil War? On what grounds?

Justice Is a volunteer army really free? Do the unrepresentative number of Hispanic and Black recruits in today’s military cause any concern for the libertarian argument?

Justice Would a volunteer army be problematic in a socially just state?

Justice Do we have civic responsibilities? Give an example of two . . . Can a civic responsibility be sold on the free market? That is should we be allowed to pay others to do this work for us? On what grounds?

Justice-5 Is military service a civic responsibility?

Justice-4 We should make warfare a business and hire a mercenary army from overseas to fight for America. What are the pros and cons of this argument?

Justice-4 Why does Sandel no finish his argument on this issue?

Justice-4 Is it ethical to contract another woman to bear a couple’s child? The libertarian would argue The utilitarian would argue

Justice-5 Parallel to the army questions, the objections are Are surrogate mother’s truly free? 2) Do parents have responsibilities to children that cannot be bought and sold on a market

JUSTICE-4 If we can give babies up for adoption (because the mother does not have the means of support), why should we not have a baby market so she can earn money from a wealthy couple—and perhaps be better placed to look after herself and other children? Why should we not have a baby making industry? How is using a surrogate mother different to the ethics of inverto fertilization?

JUSTICE-4 Sandel concludes with the questions “Are free markets truly free? Can everything be put on sale?” What is justice? What is virtue? Are you convinced that the free market ideology is vulnerable to these questions? Can you give examples from our privatized medical system of similar concerns?

JUSTICE-5 The question of justice takes Sandel to the philosophy of Kant; the question of virtue to the philosophy of Aristotle. First, in Chapter 5, he looks at the Moral Theory of Kant. What is the core assumption of Kant’s approach to morality?

JUSTICE-5 How does Kant’s theory differ from Utilitarianism?

JUSTICE-5 What for Kant is the relationship between reason, will, and the passions? What is human freedom?

JUSTICE-5 Kant argued, that the only good thing, in and of itself, is a good will. Explain this assertion.

JUSTICE-5 What is the difference between a heteronomous and an autonomous act? Give an example.

JUSTICE-5 What is the categorical imperative?

JUSTICE-5 Sandel explains that Kant divides the world of experience into two domains: the outer realm of objects governed by scientific law and the inner subjective world governed by reason. How does this solve the problem of freedom in a causally determined world?

JUSTICE-5 What is(are) Kant’s criticism(s) of Locke’s social contract theory? What is the authority for a just society in Kant’s philosophy?

Nursing Ethics-5 In the introduction to the chapter the authors distinguish approaches to justice based upon utilitarian and libertarian assumptions, and those grounded (following Kant) on the principles of autonomy and individual rights. One sees justice as a means to an end; the other see justices as an end in itself. Explain.

Nursing Ethics 5-1 How might these two sets of arguments come into conflict? Explain using case 5-1

Nursing Ethics 5-2 Explain using case 5-2

Nursing Ethics Discuss cases 5-6 & 5-7

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