SAMPLE

Small Group Exercise

ESSAY REVIEW AND

MORAL DISCERNMENT EXERCISE

 

 

Review your draft collaborative written report essay.  Based on your draft, respond to the following:

 

  1. Identify one assumption the main stakeholders in case your share.

 

  1. Identify two potentially competing assumptions at the heart of the conflict in your case.

 

  1. Identify one value the main stakeholders in the case are share.

 

  1. Identify competing values (or value hierarchies) at the heart of the case.

 

  1.  Identify one of the belief systems discussed in Chapter Four of direct relevance to the conflict at the heart of your case.

 

  1. Identify one provision in the Declaration of Human Rights of direct relevance to exploration of your case.

 

  1. Identify two value presumptions at the heart of discernment in your case.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HCOM 213:  Communication Ethics

CSU Monterey Bay

Small Group Exercise

Fall, 2009

EXPLORING ISSUES RELATED TO DECEPTION

Professor Josina M. Makau

 

COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING STEPS:

 

 

1.      Identify a morally complex “real-world” case involving deception.

 

2.      Apply a deontological framework (such as Kant’s Categorical Imperative) to the case. Using this framework, was the deception morally justified?  Why or why not?

 

3.      Apply the Principle of Veracity to the case. Using this approach, was the deception morally justified? Why or why not?

 

4.      Finally, explore what Cisneros is seeking to convey in the handout.

 

5.      Once you’ve completed the five steps above, put your understanding of Cisneros’ “guiding idea” on the board.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HCOM 213:  Communication Ethics

CSU Monterey Bay

Small Group Exercise

Fall, 2009

EXPLORING ISSUES RELATED TO DECEPTION

Professor Josina M. Makau

 

COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING STEPS:

 

 

1.      Identify a morally complex “real-world” case involving deception.

 

2.      Apply the Golden Rule to the case. Applying this principle, was the deception morally justified?  Why or why not?

 

3.      Apply the Principle of Veracity to the case. Using this approach, was the deception morally justified? Why or why not?

 

4.      Finally, explore what Cisneros is seeking to convey in the handout.

 

5.      Once you’ve completed the five steps above, put your understanding of Cisneros’ “guiding idea” on the board.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HCOM 213:  Communication Ethics

CSU Monterey Bay

Small Group Exercise

Fall, 2009

EXPLORING ISSUES RELATED TO DECEPTION

Professor Josina M. Makau

 

COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING STEPS:

 

 

1.      Identify a morally complex “real-world” case involving deception.

 

2.      Apply a Virtue Ethics framework to this case. Using this framework, was the deception morally justified?  Why or why not?

 

3.      Apply the Principle of Veracity to the case. Using this approach, was the deception morally justified? Why or why not?

 

4.      Finally, explore what Cisneros is seeking to convey in the handout.

 

5.      Once you’ve completed the five steps above, put your understanding of Cisneros’ “guiding idea” on the board.