Week 2 Assignment: Religion and Ethics
Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:
Textbook: Chapters 3, 4
Lesson
Minimum of 2 scholarly sources (in addition to the textbook)
Instructions
Review the following ethical dilemmas:
1. John Doe has decided to clone himself. He is sterile. He cannot find anyone to marry him. He wishes to have children. He knows
that he will not be able to love a child that is adopted or not connected directly to him biologically. He will be making use of a new
procedure that involves taking his skin cells to produce a twin. The twin starts out as an embryo and grows into a child. The child
in this case will have the same genetic information as John Doe. John Doe and his child will be twins.
2. Jane Doe is eighteen. For as long as she can remember she has been sexually attracted to other females. Her parents belong to a
religion that has a religious text stating that God forbids one to be a lesbian. This religion goes on further to say that lesbians will
be punished in the afterlife. Jane Doe is debating whether she should tell her parents about her sexual attraction. She has not yet
decided if she should come out to her parents and live as a lesbian now that she is a legal adult.
3. Joe and Mary are a couple. Before becoming sterile, they had a child. This child died of a rare disease. Joe and Mary miss their
child terribly. They have heard that there is a new IVF procedure that can ensure that they can have another child. However, their
religion forbids using IVF.
Use the resources assigned for this week and additional research,
Instructions
Select two of the situations above and then address 2 of the following:
1. What is the relation between ethics and religion? Formulate and investigate the relation.
2. For each case, determine the ethical path of conduct. Then, determine what paths of conduct would be unethical
3. For each case, what would an emotivism say to appraise what you determine is the ethical form of conduct?
4. For each case, would a natural law ethicist agree with what you say is the ethical form of conduct? Why or why not?
5. Articulate, explain, and evaluate in each case an approach that makes use of divine command ethics.
Writing Requirements (APA format)
Length: 2-3 pages (not including title page or references page)
1-inch margins
Double spaced
12-point Times New Roman font
Title page
References page (minimum of 2 scholarly sources)
Grading
This activity will be graded based on the rubric provided.
Course Outcomes (CO): 2, 3
Rubric
ETHC445 Week 2 Assignment Rubric - 100 pts
ETHC445 Week 2 Assignment Rubric - 100 pts
Criteria Ratings Pts
This criterion is linked to 20 pts 17 pts 15 pts 12 pts 0 pts 20 pt
a Learning Selects two of the Selects two of Selects either two of Selects only The s
OutcomeSituation/Questi situations and the situations the situations and one scenario student
on Selection thoroughly and answers answers only one of and one does not
answers two of two of the the questions or question. identify
the questions. questions. selects only one any policy
situation but answers areas.
ETHC445 Week 2 Assignment Rubric - 100 pts
Criteria Ratings Pts
both questions.
This criterion is linked to 40 pts 34 pts 30 pts 24 pts 0
a Learning Addresses all Addresses most Addresses some Minimally No
OutcomeAssignment aspects of the aspects of the aspects of the addresses the effort
Content questions, questions, questions, questions,
applying applying applying applying 40 pt
professional professional professional professional s
knowledge, and knowledge, , and knowledge, and knowledge, and
research research research research
regarding weekly regarding weekly regarding weekly regarding weekly
concepts. concepts. concepts. concepts.
This criterion is linked to 20 pts 17 pts 15 pts 12 pts 0 20 pt
a Learning Presents Presents Presents Presents Nos
OutcomeProfessional information information in information using information that is effort
Communication using clear and an organized understandable not clear, logical,
concise language manner (some language but is professional or
in an organized errors in somewhat organized to the
manner English disorganized (some point that the
(minimal errors grammar, errors in English reader has
in English spelling, syntax, grammar, spelling, difficulty
grammar, and syntax, and understanding the
spelling, syntax, punctuation). punctuation). message (numerous
and errors in English
punctuation). grammar, spelling,
syntax, and/or
ETHC445 Week 2 Assignment Rubric - 100 pts
Criteria Ratings Pts
punctuation).
This criterion is linked to 10 pts 7 pts 0 pts
a Learning Paper includes reference to 2 Paper includes reference to 2 Paper does not make
OutcomeSource 10 pt
scholarly sources and scholarly sources but does not reference to a
Integration s
properly integrates the properly integrate the sources. scholarly sources.
sources.
This criterion is linked to 10 pts 8.5 pts 7.5 pts 6 pts 0
a Learning OutcomeAPA Paper meets all Paper meets all Paper meets all Paper fails to No
Format source source source meet source effort
requirements, and requirements, and requirements, and requirements
is properly is mostly properly is somewhat and/or is
formatted in APA formatted in APA properly improperly 10 pt
style throughout style (i.e. title formatted in APA formatted in s
(i.e. title page, page, spacing, style (i.e. title APA style
spacing, font, in- font, in-text page, spacing, throughout
text citations and citations and font, in-text
references.) references.) citations and
references.)
Total Points: 100
Erick Tyle