| SCO101 (Why Do Good?) |
In this assignment, you are required to respond to the question “Why do good?” in the context of a real-world case study of global concern strictly. This is an essay assignment and your answer should not be answered in parts.
Global concerns are issues that every nation in the world is concerned about, such as child labor, human trafficking, migration, torture, humanitarian intervention, pandemics, scarce resources, discrimination, wars, online privacy, etc. This list is non-exhaustive. The case study you select for this assignment should be different from the topic chosen for Task A of your DB. To ensure your work is original, you should not use any case studies covered in the course materials.
You will be assessed holistically and the following breakdown of tasks will help guide you in developing and organizing your essay response
- Present a real-world case study of global concern. You should identify relevant
ethical considerations for discussion. - Give a personal response to the ethical issue(s) in (a) by responding to the question of “Why do good?”. You should make a claim and explain what doing good means
- Demonstrate ethical reasoning by providing reasons to support your claim in (b). You must give 2 reasons and apply an ethical theory you have learned in this course to support each of your reasons.
- Discuss possible constraints or limitations to both of the theories you have applied. They must be discussed within the context of this case study.
