SOC 120 week 2 DQ 2

  

Ashford 3: – Week 2 – Discussion 2

 

Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Reference the

Discussion Forum Grading Rubric

for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated.

 

     

Constructing   Arguments

 The purpose of this discussion is to help you understand how to construct an ethical argument and how to compare ethical arguments to other types of arguments, such as arguments based on political or economic theories. Prepare and post a response to the following prompt:

• Identify the basic themes, topics, and concepts that      make up the discipline of ethics. What are the themes or ideas that unite      the different ethical theories? What is it that ethics aims to explain?
• Describe how you might apply an ethical theme to one of      the following social issues: 

  Limiting smoking in public places, such as public       buildings, restaurants, or city parks
  Municipal governments using public funds to build       stadiums for professional sports teams
  Requiring a private landowner to provide habitat for       endangered species on their properties

What is your goal when you apply an ethical theme to a specific real-world issue? Distinguish how applying an ethical theme to an issue would differ from applying one of the following perspectives: economics, politics, or religion. What themes might represent the alternative perspective to the issue?
 

Your initial post should be at least 250 words in length. Support your claims with examples from the required material(s) and/or other scholarly sources, and properly cite any references. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts by Day 7.