The Love Canal Case

Description
Pick?a?moral?problem?or?a?case?in?business?that?we?have?not?already?analyzed?in?any?detail?in?class.?A?moral
problem?is?one?in?which?there?is?some?difference?of?opinion?on?what?is?right?and?wrong.?The?issue?is?not?clear
cut?and?there?is?no?consensus?about?it.?Similarly,?a?case?should?be?one?about?which?there?is?some?debate.?Write?a
paper?arguing?to?a?conclusion?about?the?morality?of?the?problem?or?the?case?you?have?chosen.?The?problem?may
consist?either?of?a?general?issue?of?policy?or?a?specific?issue?that?is?found?in?a?case?you?analyze.?If?you’re?not?sure
your?topic?meets?these?criteria,?check?with?me?before?starting.
In?your?paper:?(1)?Start?by?explaining?the?moral?problem?or?outlining?the?case.?(2)?Then?present?the?moral
arguments?which?support?your?conclusion.?You?must?use?one?of?the?moral?approaches?we?have?studied,?either
utilitarian?or?deontological.?I?recommend?either?Rawl’s?Principles?of?Justice?or?Kant’s?Categorical?Imperative.
Make?clear?the?moral?criterion?you?are?using?to?decide?the?issue.?Develop?your?arguments?clearly,?step?by?step,
giving?reasons?for?the?position?you?defend.?(3)?Present?and?answer?at?least?one?argument?that?someone?on?the
other?side?of?the?question?might?put?forth.
You?may?use?this?assignment?to?pursue?some?moral?issue?in?business?we?have?not?discussed?in?class.?The?issue
might?be?one?raised?in?some?other?class?or?one?you?find?in?the?newspapers?or?periodicals?.?.?.?or?it?might?be?one
that?you?are?simply?concerned?about.?The?problem?might?deal?with?some?aspect?of?a?business?practice?within?a
profession?in?which?you?are?interested;?it?might?concern?individual?or?corporate?responsibility;?it?can?deal?with
an?aspect?of?advertising,?discrimination?and?affirmative?action,?conflict?of?interest,?trade?secrets,?multinationals,
as?examples.?You?may?use?a?case?in?the?text,?as?long?as?we?have?not?discussed?it?and?DeGeorge?does?not?resolve
it.?You?may?use?any?sources?that?you?wish?for?background?information.?The?paper,?however,?is?not?to?be?a?report
of?what?other?people?say;?you?are?to?argue?the?issue?to?a?conclusion.?
If?it?is?helpful,?you?might?think?of?the?paper?as?an?article?that?you?are?writing?to?convince?the?general?public
about?the?morality?of?a?practice?or?case;?you?might?also?think?of?it?as?a?letter?to?a?CEO?or?the?President?to
convince?of?the?morality?or?immorality?of?some?practice?or?policy.?A?good?paper?will?be?well?argued,?and?so
convincing.
Your?paper?should?be?3?to?5?pages?in?length.?As?with?all?of?our?papers,?it?should?be?formatted?double?spaced?with
one?inch?margins?and?will?include?a?properly?formatted?works?cited.?There?should?also?be?at?least?3?sources
cited.