Group Assignment 3
The Assignment:
For Group Assignment 3, provide a detailed and developed response to the question in the PDF called “Group Assignment 3 The Firefighter’s Dilemma” (provided as an attachment to this discussion). If you are in the “Utilitarians” group, you must answer the question according to utilitarianism; if you are in the “Deontologists” group, you must respond according to “deontology/duty theory” (Kant); if you are in the “Virtue Ethicists” group, you must respond according to Virtue Ethics. Briefly explain the important aspects of the theory you are using, and then provide your response to the firefighter’s dilemma, clearly demonstrating how your response is in accord with the moral theory you have been assigned. Do not include any personal opinions or theories other than the theory you have been assigned, or your group will fail the assignment.
Group Assignment 3 The Firefighters’ Dilemma.pdf
The Due Dates:
FRI., May 24, 11:59 pm: Initial Answers Due. Provide a brief explanation of the theory you have been assigned. Then provide an argument for whether the THEORY YOU HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED deems the actions of the firefighters to be moral or immoral. Someone NEW (someone who has not been a group leader yet) should volunteer to be group leader.
Mon., May 27, 11:59 pm: Comment on at least two of your group members’ posts, providing constructive feedback and respectfully stated disagreement where relevant. Come to some sort of consensus as a group about whether the firefighters were moral or immoral, according to your theory. Give suggestions regarding whose answers, or portions of answers, should be used in the final answer.
WED., May 29, 11:59 pm: Final Answer due! Your group leader should post one final answer for the group, based on the discussions and consensus reached.
Your group leader needs to make the post, in the GRADED DISCUSSION BOARD (the main discussion board for the group). The Final Answers posting should say “FINAL ANSWERS” at the top of the posting, and must include the names of all group members who participated fully in completing the assignment. Also, it must include the names of those who did not participate fully, with a brief indication of level of participation (for example, “Bob posted his initial answers on time, but we never heard from him after that.”) And, of course, this post needs to include the group’s final answers to be graded.
