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:
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.