Read the article from The Atlantic linked HERE and answer the following questions:
- Were Dr. He’s actions ethical?
- How can you use this example in your essay?
Watch the above TED Talk by Sam Harris titled, “Science can answer moral questions” and consider the following:
Download the learning helper linked here to facilitate your investigation and understanding of ethical systems: Ethics Jigsaw
https://news.vice.com/story/vice-news-tonight-full-episode-charlottesville-race-and-terror
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160401-how-did-evil-evolve-and-why-did-it-persist?ocid=fbindqz
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/19/is-pure-altruism-possible/?_r=0
So. Read the article linked below contrasting the Heideggarian view of the world with a scientific approach (often called reductionism in philosophy).
Being There: Martin Heidegger on Why our Presence Matters
Journal Entry:
Your task, is to identify an Ethical Choice...this could be something real from your life like “not cheating on a test” or it could be something that is real in the world however something that you do not have immediate experience with such as voting against a war if you were a senator…and then analyze how you came to that choice. You must integrate the 4 ways of knowing into a CONCEPT MAP illustrating your analytical process.
You can create this map digitally or visually.
Requirements:
The whole point of this exercise is to answer the Driving Question:
The answer to this question leads to other great follow ups like: