Ethical Journal

For this assignment, you will use an ethical theory covered during the week to critically examine an ethical
issue. What this ethical issue is up to you. The readings will be attached, you must choose at least one source,
a quote, from the provided readings.In addition to examining/reflecting about this issue through the relevant
ethical theory, you should explain what your chosen ethical issue is, and why it is ethically important. Note that
there are different ways of approaching this assignment: e.g., you can demonstrate how the insights or ethical
theories from the reading can help address a certain medical issue. You can also use the reading to criticize a
certain practice or policy. Or, alternatively, you can use a current ethical issue to challenge or complicate a
theory from the reading. The readings are:
Kant, Grounding for the Metaphysics of Moral, “Preface” and “First Section”
Kant, “Second Section”
Rawls, “A Theory of Justice”
Charles Mills, Black Rights / White Wrongs, “Racial Liberalism”, pgs. 28-48, “Kant’s Untermenschen”, pgs. 72-