Ethical Theories Project

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Group Activity

• Read the following article: “Ethics in the News”

• In groups of 3, create a powerpoint on all of the three ethical theories: Kant’s, Levinas’, and Aristotle’s.

1: Identify four main guiding principles in achieving the good life2: The theorist’s life or background

Assessment Rubric: Ethical Thinkers4

Excellent3

Meeting2

Beginning to Meet1

Not Meeting

The student is able to fully make the connection between the philosopher’s life and the ethical theory (four points)

The student is able to mostly make the connection between the philosopher’s life and the ethical theory (three points)

The student is able to generally make the connection between the philosopher’s life and the ethical theory (two points)

The student is able to vaguely make the connection between the philosopher’s life and the ethical theory (one point)

Working Individually

• Your task is to analyze how each philosopher’s guiding principles apply to the article “Ethics in the News.” Gandar NFLD

• Your response must be in paragraph form• How would they respond to this issue and what

would they say about it? • Kant • Levinas• Aristotle

Assessment Rubric (Individual): Connecting to Ethics in the News

4Excellent

3Meeting

2Beginning to Meet

1Not Meeting

The student is able to fully make the connection between the ethical scenario and the ethical theory (four points)

The student is able to mostly make the connection between the ethical scenario and the ethical theory (three points)

The student is able to generally make the connection between the ethical scenario and the ethical theory (two points)

The student is able to vaguely make the connection between the ethical scenario and the ethical theory (one point)