Instructions:
consider the following scenario: Dostoyevsky’s novel Crime and Punishment the main character plots and carries out the murder of an old woman who has a considerable amount of money in her apartment. After killing her, he steals the money. He argues that
Putting aside for a moment the small detail that the murder is a crime – is this action justified in some way? determine whether the answer is, “Yes” or “No,” and discuss why.
In a minimum of 300 words, support the argument you made in class. There is only one catch: you must use sources from this week’s readings and video clips provided below!!! Be sure to cite your sources.
This weeks readings are the two ATTACHMENTS! and the video clips are provided below: YOU CAN ONLY USE THESE SOURCES!!!!
What is Ethics, What is an ethical life?:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPPAWNL8CTs
Carol Gilligan on Women and Moral development
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2W_9MozRoKE
Ethical Leadership:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9K9pNxljjg
Dan Ariely, TEDtalk, Our buggy moral code
http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_ariely_on_our_buggy_moral_code
Martin Luther King Jr. Speech Civil Disobedience and obeying Just vs. Unjust laws (Closed Captioned)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBkgdGIBv00
Or other readings from the week:
The following readings from the Norton Reader
This week your readings begin with a lecture by the nineteenth-century author and humorist Mark Twain. He offers advice that is serious, humorous, and ironic; for example, “You want to be very careful about lying; otherwise you are nearly sure to get caught” (550). Peter Singer’s essay challenges not only ‘millionaires’ but everyone to end global poverty; Singer argues “…it should be seen as a serious moral failure when those with ample income do not do their fair share toward relieving global poverty” (588). Michael Pollan’s essay makes the point that we are separated from the origins of our food – where and how it reaches us. He poses an important moral question in the essay, “whether we owe animals that can feel pain any moral consideration” (624). The Nobel prize-winning scientist, Steven Weinberg, also happens to be a professed atheist and his writings – like the selection for this week – include interesting philosophical and theological reflections. This week’s piece, written for a general audience, explores the tension between science and religious belief. The American poet, Reg Saner, uses wry humor as he describes a debate between himself and an anti-Darwinian and hard-core fundamentalist held before an audience of working-class Baptists. The final essay is one of Virginia Woolf’s best known works of nonfiction. Woolf observes and identifies with a moth in its death throes. The readings for this week are interesting, challenging and varied; they will also help you complete your assignments for this week, so be sure to plan your reading time accordingly.
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