College life
brings with it a new set of opportunities and challenges. You have entered a
community of peers; some of you are living away from home without the everyday
guidance and support of parents, family and friends. You are encountering a degree of diversity in
everyday living to which you are probably not accustomed. And academically, expectations have changed
dramatically. College faculty do not see
themselves as disciplinarians and there are no school principals monitoring
your activities and attendance. You are
on your own, managing your time, negotiating choices and relationships, and
dealing with a more complicated set of academic expectations and
responsibilities. In every setting –
dorm, classroom, college activities and work – you must balance your needs with
obligations to yourself and to others.
And this means that you are involved in ethical decision making.
In a 4-5 page
essay, discuss a real situation you have encountered this semester which had an
ethical component or dimension – that is, where you had to negotiate your own
interests, values and needs within the context of the needs and/or expectations
of others. You can use an example taken from your own experience, current events,
the readings or class discussion. Do
you believe the decision/action/resolution was ethical? Explain the decision-making process. Be
sure to analyze your example within the context of the differing approaches to
ethics discussed in Mill, Kant and Gilligan.
How did the readings help you think about the situation from a new
or deeper perspective?
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