Ethics Case Studies

Deontology vs Utilitarianism vs Virtue Ethics

  1. Military officer executes prisoner when the prisoner inadvertently sees an informant on the base. Article

 

Education 

  1. What is a fair distribution of educational resources? How do we address historic and persistent inequality of distribution toward certain groups? “Every American wants their child to have a quality education, but few seem invested in a quality education for all children. In a country where the school districts with the most students of color receive 15 percent less money per child in state and local funding than the whitest, it is an unavoidable conclusion that advantage is distributed, and hoarded, according to race.” Article

Equality/Justice/Systemic and Institutional Inequality

  1. What is a fair distribution of educational resources? How do we address historic and persistent inequality of distribution toward certain groups? “Every American wants their child to have a quality education, but few seem invested in a quality education for all children. In a country where the school districts with the most students of color receive 15 percent less money per child in state and local funding than the whitest, it is an unavoidable conclusion that advantage is distributed, and hoarded, according to race.”Article