Identify an ethical dilemma-either something that you have recently faced in your life (at work, in school, etc.), or something that you read or hear about on the news.

You will then write one/two paragraph in which you briefly describe the event and all relevant ethical issues, and the rest of your paper you will apply one or more of the theories from class to analyze the dilemma and form a recommendation for how the dilemma should be resolved.

Utilitarian Theory:

Objective: Create the greatest possible well-being

Greatest Happiness Principle (Mill): The greatest good for the greatest number

Adherents
Jeremy Bentham
John Stuart Mill

Consequentialist view: an action is good if it has good consequences (regardless of motives behind action) for well-being