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Final Essay- Keystone Assessment (30 % of your class grade)
Judge the medical case studied in class during Week 8 in the Discussion Board. Video: In the video, philosophers applied the three major ethical principles you learned in this class: Kant's Categorical Imperative, Utilitarianism, and Virtue Ethics. In a five paragraph essay, apply ONE ethical theory to decide the moral course of action in the medical case of the premature twins studied in class. Apply the ethical theory in each paragraph to support your arguments throughout the entire essay. Not using the ethical theory results in an automatic zero. Using more than one ethical theory results in an automatic zero. The keystone assessment will be graded according to the following rubrics: Excellent Satisfactory Unsatisfactory Poor Apply the Four Major Points of Utilitarianism, Bentham's Felicific Calculus, three or more Utilitarian claims or Apply Kant's 3 premises and Sandel's 3 contrasts or Apply Virtue Ethics, the function argument, and four or more virtues from The Nichomachean Table 100% The student applies all Four Major Points of Utilitarianism, Bentham's Felicific Calculus, and Utilitarian claims or Applies all Kant's premises and all Sandel's contrasts or Applies Virtue Ethics components, the function argument, and four or more virtues from The Nichomachean Table 75% The student applies Three Major Points of Utilitarianism, Bentham's Felicific Calculus, and Utilitarian claims or Applies 2 Kant's premises and 2 Sandel's contrasts or Applies Virtue Ethics components, the function argument, and 3 virtues from The Nichomachean Table 50% The student applies Two Major Points of Utilitarianism, no Bentham's Felicific Calculus, and no Utilitarian claims or Applies 2 Kant's premises and no Sandel's contrasts or Applies Virtue Ethics components, no function argument, and 1 virtue from The Nichomachean Table 25% The student applies One Major Point of Utilitarianism, no Bentham's Felicific Calculus, and no Utilitarian claims or Applies 1 Kant's premise and no Sandel's contrasts or Applies Virtue Ethics components, no function argument, and no virtue from The Nichomachean Table