The Assignment

You will be a contributor to a class Web Log (blog) on ethics. For this blog you will be assigned a philosopher or philosophical school of thought. You will have to answer ethical questions as if you are that philosopher or a subscriber to that school of philosophical thought. If you are Immanuel Kant than you must answer all questions on the ethical topics as if you were Kant. If you are an existentialist than you answer the questions as and existentialist.
This will require you to become familiar with your philosophers writings and or philosophy. You must write on the several topics given. I will assign 10 topics to write on but you only need to write on 5. Each Blog will have to be a minimum of 250 words and be no larger than 500 words. You come up with a creative title for each blog entry. Every student in your class will be contributors on the same blog. In addition to writing a blog entry you will need to comment on your fellow student’s blog entries. During the course of the term you will need to read and comment on 5 blogs of your choice. This will count for 30% of your total grade. 25 points per blog entry 125 points total (10 points per blog comment, 50 points total).
You only need to answer 1 question per due date.
Make sure you address the question you are writing about in the first two sentences of your blog post.


Chose 5 from this list to blog

1. Death Penalty (Does the state have the right to kill another person?)
2. Euthanasia (Do humans have the right to end their lives if terminally ill?)
3. Intellectual Property (Is it ok to steal music, movies or books without paying for them? Is using someone else’s work as your own without any recognition or compensation wrong?)
4. Abortion (When is ethical if ever to terminate a pregnancy?)
5. Lying , Cheating , Stealing (Is it ever ethical to lie, cheat or steal, and if so what would be the circumstance?)
6. Freedom of Expression and Censorship (When is censorship ethical? When is freedom of speech unethical?)
7. War (Is war Ethical? What are the ethics in war?)
8. Genetic Engineering (Is it ethical to clone a human? Is genetic engineering ethical?)
9. Treatment of Animals (Is animal testing ethical? Is eating meat ethical?)
10. Conservation and Preservation (What are the ethics controversies in environment conservation?)

Due dates for Blog entries

Topic 1: February 26

Topic 2: March 5

Topic 3: March 12

Topic 4: March 19

Topic 5: March 26