ament pomograp ument from mutual cu (6) Van den Haag's objection to 6) argument from distribution mative action (programs of preferential waphy; erotica, censorship: objectificatio ms/Concepts Philosophy 127-B Contemporary Moral Issues Spring 2019 philosophy127@gmail.com Brian P. Kiniry Sawyer 1125 TuTh 15:05 bkiniry@suffolk.edu Analytic Paper Choose ONE of the following ten moral dilemmas given below and write a 4 - 5 page (4 pages is the absolute minimum!) analytic paper based on the dilemma. Your paper should include the following. (i) A gloss of the moral dilemma. You You should choose a side and provide at least two arguments justifying your solution. (iii) Responses to some objections to your argument (proposed solution). You should raise and respond to at least one objection to your proposal. NB. There is no correct answer to each dilemma. Your paper will be evaluated on the basis of your defense of your chosen solution, not your chosen solution itself.) You should not do any additional research on the dilemmas, other than consulting your course notes. This is NOT a research paper. Rather, it is an exposition of careful reflection (of the armchair variety) on the moral dilemma you have chosen to examine. The assignment is due IN CLASS by Thursday, April 11, 2019. Please DO NOT send your papers as email attachments, or by any other electronic means. Moral Dilemmas (1) I didn't find out for years, but I fathered a child with a woman in my neighborhood who was, and still is, married to another man. The girl does not know about any of this. Neither does the husband. the mother's request, I have had nothing to do with the girl, though I offered to tutor her. Does she have a right to know her true parentage upon reaching adulthood? Sooner? Over the objection of her mother? Only when her current husband dies? Who can make these decisions and when? (2) Our 12-year-old son has obsessive-compulsive disorder. His psychiatrist recommended medication, but our son fears its potential side effects and refuses to take it. We could sneak a liquid version into his meals, but his physician said this could be considered child abuse. Yet under the circumstances, not doing so seems considering that our son's condition prevents him from making a self-healing decision. What to do? (3) I work for a small retail company that is on the verge of going under. Some suppliers have alrea cut us off for nonpayment. The owner has asked me to place large orders with our remaining vendor to buy some time to turn the company around. I think it's more likely that these vendors (many of whom are sole proprietors or small businesses themselves) will never be paid. Placing those orders without telling the vendors about our situation isn't illegal, but I think it's unethical. What should I do? (4) As an infantry sergeant during World War II, I wrote about 100 letters to wives and parents of soldiers in my unit who died in action. No matter if they died by friendly fire or cowering in their holes, in my letters they were all killed while heroically charging the enemy. One was killed by a French farmer for raping his daughter. To his parents, he, too, died a hero. Today such lies would be tolerated. Did I do wrong? st capita tribution (die ferential treatment).reverse discrimination hip: objectification, mutual consent; proportionate (5) Years ago when I confirmed a new patient's pregnancy, she burst into tears. Her husband had had a vasectomy; her pregnancy was a result of a brief affair; she would not consider abortion. She begged me to keep her secret for the sake of her children and the marriage. When unexpectedly confronted by her husband, I lied, saying his vasectomy must have failed. The marriage survived, and I believe my lie was justified. Was it? (6) In 1979 I was sentenced to life in prison; I come up for parole next year. One of the principle factors in winning parole is an admission of guilt. But I am not guilty of the convicted offense, and I am loath to state otherwise. Claiming to have found Jesus' also greatly enhances ones prospects, but that would be contrary to my true beliefs. I am content to remain honest and spend the rest of my life in prison. But my incarceration has hurt my family greatly, and I hate to inflict more pain. Should I lie? (7) My name is Abe and I am a carpenter working on a home with an $8-million-plus construction budget. Because of the poor work of the painting subcontractor Bill, an old friend of my boss Charlie, the paint is not properly adhered. My boss Charlie will not inform the homeowner, Dan, and we employees were told to avoid making this mistake apparent. Should I risk my job and inform Dan, the owner? Am I an accomplice to an unethical act or just an employee following instructions? (8) At a tag sale ("garage sale") a few months ago, I came across an old comic book in mint condition being sold for $2.00. I am a comic book expert and knew that the comic book worth a lot more than $2.00. I was right. I later sold it it at auction for $2,000. Were my actions immoral? (9) When I checked into my hotel room last month, I was starving, so I ate the $6 box of Oreos from the minibar. Later that day, I walked down the street to a convenience store, bought an identical box for $2.50 and replenished the minibar before the hotel had a chance to restock it. (In fact, my box was fresher: the Oreos I ate were going to expire three months before the box with which I replaced them.) Was my action morally wrong? (10) Recently, a car driven by a woman named Keiko backed into a parked car owned by me. Keiko agreed to compensate me for the cost of my damaged bumper at the lowest estimate I got, which was $576. She provided me with a check for that amount. The mechanic later told me that he could probably bang the dent out and repaint it, making it look "almost" new, for just $100. If I opt for this cheaper repair do I have a moral obligation to return the balance of $476 to Keiko? (BTW, neither Keiko nor I have auto insurance.) 2a We Analytical Paper Sample Jorge works for an underfinanced non-profit organization. During a recent business trip to Manhattan, there was a lot of construction at his hotel, affecting his comfort. He complained and was offered three free nights for a subsequent visit. He has not told his supervisor, but he wants to use the credit for a weekend away with his wife, rather than offering the credit to his employer. Would Jorge be acting unethically if he did this? Jorge is faced with the following options. Option 1, he can inform his employer about the free room-nights he has been offered by his hotel, in which case, he risks not being permitted to keep those room-nights himself. Option 2, he can keep the room-nights for himself, without informing his employer. In this paper, I argue that while Jorge should inform his employer about the free room-nights he has been offered by his hotel, Jorge is entitled to those room-nights and has no obligation to offer them to his employer, regardless of how underfinanced it is. Jorge has an obligation to inform his employer of the free room-nights given to him by the hotel. Jorge was booked into the hotel by his employer, and presumably his employer is paying for his stay at the hotel, or he's being reimbursed by his employer for the stay. Given that the company paid for his stay, Jorge has an obligation to inform them about any special financial transactions that took place between the hotel and him. In addition, if Jorge failed to report the free room-nights to his employer and later, his employer discovered that he'd been given them, it might appear that Jorge was in some way being deceitful, despite his having been entitled to those room-nights. But, is Jorge entitled to those free room-nights? Yes. While Jorge's stay was paid for or reimbursed by his company, the inconvenience that Jorge experienced affected Jorge, not his company. 1 Let's consider the following objections. One might argue that since the company is paying for Jorge's stay, and the only reason he was staying at the hotel was because his company had booked him there, Jorge isn't entitled to those free room-nights. Now, suppose at check-in, as a gesture of good-will for his company's numerous recent bookings, the hotel offered Jorge a reduction in the room rate, which they would refund in cash. (Perhaps the room was pre-paid by Jorge's company. Such a refund is perhaps somewhat implausible from a business perspective, but that's impertinent.) In that case, Jorge would have an obligation to return the refund to his company, since it had nothing to do with him. On the other hand, despite being on a business trip for his company, if Jorge bought a lottery ticket on the trip and won a considerable amount of money as a result, he'd ido have no obligation to share the money with his employer. So, there're some cases in which, despite being on a business trip for his company, Jorge doesn't owe his company for any additional benefits he receives as a result of the trip, and others in which he does. Which one of these two cases does Jorge's most closely resemble? Well, it seems like it more closely resembles the latter - Jorge winning the lottery on the trip - than the former - Jorge's company receiving an appreciatory rate-reduction. As a result of the construction, Jorge was inconvenienced, not his company. So, Jorge is entitled to the room-nights, not his company. Another objection is as follows. Since Jorge is entitled to the room nights, he's got no obligation to inform his employer, especially since it's possible that once he does, they'll (unfairly) demand that he transfer the free room-nights to his company. I've already argued 2 D NUM LOCK Phil -15 that Jorge has a prudential reason for informing his company about the free room-nights he was given. But, how about the possibility of his employer (unfairly as it'd turn out) demanding that he transfer the room nights to his company? Well, it's certainly possible that his company will make such a request (or demand). If they do so, Jorge should insist on his right to those free room-nights as much as he judges prudent. (He certainly doesn't want to risk being fired over this dispute.) However, despite the threat of his being treated unfairly by his employer, that doesn't thereby give Jorge the right to conceal the room-nights from his employer. For example, if you've got an obligation to report all mistakes in a written report published by your company (say, it's a job requirement that you do so), just because your boss has a tendency to overreact to the reporting of such errors in effect, treating you unfairly), that doesn't thereby exempt you from your initial duty of reporting the matter to him. If you've got an obligation to do X, just because by doing X you might as a result be treated unfairly doesn't thereby justify your foregoing your duty to do X. Finally, one might object that since the company is underfinanced, Jorge has an obligation to transfer those free room-nights to his employer. Now, it'd be nice if Jorge did so, but the financial state of his employer has no bearing on his obligations to them. Jorge either has an obligation to his firm or he doesn't, and the financial state of his firm plays no proper role in determining which one is the case. For example, if Jorge's firm was financially well-off, that wouldn't justify his squandering of the company's money. A similar issue to the one confronted by Jorge arises as regards frequent flyer miles offered to business travelers. Suppose an employee on a business trip for Company X gets 3
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