Essays and Research Papers on Ethics

A 3 page paper which examines an article titled “Elia Kazan: Hero or Coward” by Bernard Gordon. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 4 page consideration of the question of whether conspicuous consumption is morally wrong. The author includes numerous Biblical quotes demonstrating that while wealth is not necessarily evil, when it leads to the idolatry of things it is not conducive to a Christian lifestyle. We should be truthful in all things and not ...

A 6 page paper which examines how some form of censorship is necessary to protect people, but also how censorship is impossible at the same time. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5 page paper relates the central beliefs of Charles Taylor, in his book Ethics of Authenticity. Taylor provides some interesting and valid arguments regarding the nature of mankind and the substantial changes that man has gone through in modernity that have influenced views of ethics. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 3 page summary on the essay, “The Trouble with Wilderness” by William Cronon. No additional sources cited.

This 3 page paper discusses what a 2000 ruling in California may mean to the Boy Scout organization.

This 3 page paper evaluates information submitted by a student in respect to an Ethics Awareness Inventory. Ethical principles are utilized and examples are provided. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 10 page paper considers the question of whether or not death is evil, and what the answers tell us about what characteristics a thing (organism) must have in order for its death to seem evil to it. We will also explore what these answers mean in terms of issues such as the right to ...

An annotated bibliography of 9 different articles relating to euthanasia. Bibliography lists 9 sources.

A 5 page paper which discusses the involuntary sterilization of child abusers. The paper also argues in favor of such policy. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 7 page paper provides an overview of the militarism in England and India. This paper considers the origins and purpose. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 5 page discussion of ethical principles as they are encountered in the therapeutic environment. The author contends that while ethical principles guide our actions in the clinical environment, it can be difficult to make all decisions regarding a patient's treatment on the basis of ethical principles alone. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 13 page paper discusses Larry Jetmore's book about ethics in policing. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 5 page paper which examines violations of human rights in the United States. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 10 page paper which examines the human rights violation occurring with the imprisonment of children by the United States at Guatanamo Bay. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 4 page paper considers whether parents should be able to control their unborn child's genetic makeup. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A paper which looks at issues of honesty and "telling the truth" from a number of different ethical and philosophical perspectives, including utilitarianism, virtue ethics, deontology, contractarianism and communitarianism. Bibliography lists 9 sources.

A 4 page review of a fictional case study involving a public relations specialist and a small arms industry association that wishes to fund a special interest group to lobby for protection of Americans right to bear arms. The author examines the ethics of such an arrangement and answers the question of whether she ...

A 4 page paper which examines the pros and cons of cloning and argues against cloning. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 3 page paper which examines the prison system and its moral implications. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 4 page consideration of an ethical scenario involving an aged couple pursuing parenthood through in vitro fertilization and the implantation of a surrogate mother. The seventy year old father-to-be tries to back out of the situation by insisting the surrogate abort. The surrogate refuses to abort and considers not giving the baby ...

This 4 page paper evaluates the situation where the NSA asked for telephone records and some carriers turned them over. Was that ethical? The question is examined in light of ethical theory. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 7 page paper that emphasizes utilitarianism. The paper encompasses responses to specific questions generated by the student. Topics include: explanation of two types of utilitarianism, explanation of the declining marginal utility of money; Nozick's entitlement theory; Rawls' distributive justice; an explanation of the maximin rule for decision making; what the veil of ignorance means; ...

A 4 page paper which examines the relationship between globalization and slavery. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This is a 15 page paper which examines the American Society of Public Administration's Code of Ethics. The bibliography has 7 sources.