Order Description
My line of argument of this case study is human right and justice for all
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• Bowie, Bob (2004) – Ethical studies (2nd ed)
• Vardy, Peter and Grosch, Paul . (1999) – The puzzle of ethics
• Palmer, Sue (2015) – Toxic childhood : how the modern world is damaging our children and what we can do about it (updated ed
• Essay structure introduction
Case study, aims and argument clearly stated *
• Descriptive ethics: include all the contextual information needed to make an informed judgement; use valid information, balanced resources. Explain, apply and evaluate descriptive ethics as a concept. Show difference between fact and opinion.
• Identify ethical issues arising from the case study and state the particular focus of the essay
His relationship between the concepts discussed draw interim conclusion.
• Normative ethics: explain, apply and evaluate “normative ethics “as a concept. Does your case study present any challenges to the idea of normative ethics? Explain, apply and evaluate conceptual ethics, e.g. moral dilemma, value/choice/freewill etc.….examine the relationships between the concepts discussed draw interim conclusions.
• Theoretical ethics explain, apply and evaluate. Write about theory in detail than to write about lots of theories superficially. Pick theories relevant to your case study and that are in good contrast to each other. Evaluate, but avoid shopping list of positive and negative instead, engage with the critiques that you bred about. Make comparative critique analysis theories as appropriate. Evaluate and draw interim conclusion; what does your analysis of particular ethical theories tell you about theoretical ethic more generally?
• Meta ethics: can goodness be defined or explained
• Conclusions can a conclusion be the drawn about the case study? What’s your conclusion about ethics as
1) An academic discipline
2) A real life activity? Have your interim conclusion supported the main line of argument