Normative moral theories in ethics

To review the overall guidance for the Learning Reflections assignments, you may revisit the intro for the first one. Instructions for Midterm Learning Reflection (for second reflection activity) Let’s take a moment to reflect on some of the major traditions in ethical thought we are learning about. Review the different normative moral theories of Kant’s deontology, Mill’s (and Bentham’s) utilitarianism, and Aristotle’s virtue ethics. Contemplate the strengths and weakness of each approach to ethical reasoning. Write about 250 words by hand on a blank sheet of notebook paper which normative moral theory you find most persuasive or having the most strengths as well as which tradition you find least persuasive or more problematic. You are welcome to write about all three major traditions, but make sure to write about at least two. Then take a break (long or short) and come back. Return to one or more of the ethical questions you generated in the Early Learning Reflection.. Consider rewriting or revising one of your original questions just a bit more to become more focused or more precise. Then write by hand some initial brainstorming for how the two normative ethical traditions you wrote about in the first part of the reflection might respond to your question . (There is a larger purpose to this activity as this brainstorming could help you develop your paper proposal – but we have plenty of time and don’t need to force that; let your brainstorming for this learning reflection activity be natural.) Finally, read back over both your written responses. Do you understand your question or questions in a new way having looked at it through more than one of the normative ethical approaches? Feel free to add a few short reflections on what you notice and learned in the process. Submission Upload your second installment in the Learning Reflections Portfolio at the portfolio assignment page in Canvas. (Assignments are not uploaded on this instruction page; all reflections will be uploaded on the main portfolio page.) That means you do not upload your learning reflection here; instead follow the hyperlink in order to upload it at the portfolio page where all your learning reflections will be collected together. Remember, we have this page so that it will show up for you in the Canvas calendar of assignments at the right point in the semester. I have attached the questions that I used in the beginning that needs to be used doing the assignment