Assignment: Academic Scholarship
Using academic scholarly research tools, find a current event article that addresses an ethical dilemma from the past five years and annotate it thoroughly. What are the key points to the article? Summarize the dilemma. What are the key terms of the article? What conflicts or controversies does it raise? Where can you offer analysis or an original point of view? Once you have a handle on the article and your reaction to the issues it raises, use it as a foundation to:
Summarize your selected current even and ethical dilemma in 2-4 paragraphs.
Apply Kant's Categorical Imperative to the problem you highlight.
Apply any other method you have encountered in lecture material and the readings to help develop your analysis.
Conclude with a recommendation for a resolution.
Summary Quality
The writer annotates the source fully, considering the main points, key terms used (with in-text citation of pages); s/he analyzes content for implications, consequences, and subtle problems and controversies. They establish points of agreement/disagreement and gives cause. Specific examples are highlighted as part of the summary. Course material is leveraged powerfully. Full credit is given if both the scholarly article and course material are cited. Half credit is given if either is missing and no credit here if both are missing.
Kant's Categorical Imperative
Apply Kant's Categorical Imperative to the problem described in the current event. Apply any other method you have encountered in lecture material and the readings. State which method you prefer and why. Specific examples are utilized.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.