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Discussion Questions Relating to Ethical Issues Who were the stakeholders for each major ethical choice made in the film? [A stakeholder is a person who is affected by a moral decision made by another person.] There were many people whose ethical choices contributed to the outcome shown in the film. For each major character describe how they complied with or violated the ethical principals of the and describe how the outcome would have changed had they acted differently. Analyze the actions of any major character in the film applying two tests which any ethical action must pass: (1) reversibility (Would the person taking the action want to be treated the same way?) and (2) universality (Would the person taking the action want all persons to act the same way in a similar situation?). The plots of most films turn on one or more ethical choices which must be made by the characters in the movie. Which of , if any, are involved in the plot of this film? Tell us whether the ethical decisions on which the plot turned complied with the standards set out in the Six Pillars. Justify your opinion. Which characters in the movie showed ethical/moral growth? What were the causes of this change? Which character showed the most growth? Defend your position. Which characters in the movie showed a deterioration in their ethical or moral standards? What were the causes of this change? Which character suffered the greatest decline in their moral/ethical standards? Defend your position. Analyze the moral failures of the characters in this film to determine whether or not they fell into the most common rationalizations for not acting ethically. • If It's Necessary, It's Ethical Describe the moral failures of the characters and the rationalizations that they used to justify their actions. (For a more complete description of these rationalizations, see .) Analyze the ethical decisions made by the characters in this film to determine whether or not you would come to the same conclusion using the Ethical Decision-Making Model suggested by the Josephson Institute of Ethics. See . Were decisions made by characters in this film that involved a choice between conflicting values, including conflicts between ethical values and non-ethical values? If so, how did the character make the decision and did they follow the Josephson Institute Decision-Making Model? See . Analyze the process by which ethical choices were made by the characters in this film to determine whether or not they complied with the "Five Steps to Principled Reasoning" described in ? If they didn't take each of the five steps, tell us which steps they failed to take. Bibliography: by Michael Josephson, published by the Josephson Institute of Ethics, 1996.* |
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