Homework

Choose one of the readings from chapters 2-6 and summarize, explain, and evaluate the main points of the reading in a minimum of 3 paragraphs. Do not simply cut and paste from the reading, but summarize the main points in your own words. You may choose any one of the following readings to complete this assignment:CHAPTER 2: Aristotle and the Question of Virtue: Why Bother Being Good?The Virtues by AristotleAfter Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory by Alasdair MacIntyreCHAPTER 3: Wrong Is Always Wrong: Kant’s Categorical ImperativeThe Categorical Imperative and the Good Will from Groundwork for the Metaphysic of Morals by Immanuel KantConcerning a Pretended Right to Lie from Motives of Humanity by Immanuel KantCHAPTER 4: Consequences Matter—UtilitarianismAn Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation by Jeremy BenthamUtilitarianism by John Stuart MillCHAPTER 5: Continental PerspectivesCommunist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich EngelsIntroduction to an Ethics of AmbiguityCHAPTER 6: Other Influential Moral Theories: Does Morality Depend on Culture, God, Nature, or Emotions?Euthyphro by PlatoAn Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals