Overview
Purpose
By successfully completing this activity, you will be able to apply ethical principles to develop analytic skills to address ethical problems.
Parameters
The case study consists of a 1-2 page reflection of each question in the prompt. References are not required for this conversational and informal case study. However, graduate-level writing in the current APA formatting is expected.
Prompt
Read Chapter 3 from Meeting the Ethical Challenges of Leadership Then examine Case 3.3 - A Hidden Life Revealed
Answer the questions:
- Given that Jägerstätter’s actions had no immediate impact on the war or on Nazism, was his refusal to serve justified, given the cost to his family?
- What virtue(s) did Franz display?
- What can you learn from his example? What would it take to emulate him?
- What, besides religious faith, motivates moral saints and heroes?
- What does Eliot mean when claiming that the general good of the world and our well-being depends on the faithfulness of those who have lived hidden lives? Do you agree?