For this paper you have a choice between two possible topics. Please select one of the following:
1. It is 2026 and you are part of a team along with four other researchers about to develop a breakthrough vaccine for Covid-22 which is much more infectious than Covid-19 and causes more fatalities. Unfortunately, each one of the five of you suffers a significant and potentially fatal health challenge. You need an immediate heart transplant, another team member needs a kidney transplant, one needs a liver, another needs lungs and the final member needs a cornea transplant. Without treatment, none of you will be able to complete the research leading to the vaccine. You learn that there is a single person, we’ll call him Bob, who is a perfect organ match for each of you. Unfortunately, acquiring the organs would require kidnapping and harvesting Bob’s organs involuntarily (in other words, Bob would have to die). Bob is not a very nice person, he has no family, no friends, and no job. Should we harvest Bob’s organs to eventually allow the vaccine to be developed or leave Bob alone and perhaps allow the pandemic to rage uncontrolled? What would be the right thing to do in this situation? Answer this question from the perspectives of each of the following moral theories: Divine Command, Ethical Egoism, Act Utilitarianism, and Kantian Ethics. Conclude by discussing which theory you believe provides the most just and rational resolution to the issue. Remember to include a brief summary of each theory before applying it to the situation at hand.
2. It is the year 2525. The Galactic Committee of the Milky Way has ordered an emergency meeting regarding the planet Earth. Apparently, there has been more than the usual amount of conflict, pestilence and strife on Earth during the preceding 100 years and the Central Committee is not pleased. You are the galactic philosophical officer in charge of Earth and your job is to convince the Committee that Earth is in need of serious political reform. But how should this reform proceed? That is your job to figure out. Choose one of the following theories and argue that it is the path that Earth should be put on to end the strife and bring peace to the planet: Plato’s Political Philosophy, Machiavelli’s Realism, Social Contract Theory, Marxism, Classical Liberalism. Remember to discuss what the theory is before applying it to the situation at hand.
Your paper should be 2 to 3 pages in length. Please double space, use normal margins (no padding) and a 10 to 12 point font. Acceptable document forms for your submission are Word and PDF.
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