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Eastern Gateway Community College Business Ethics Case Study Questions
Choose 5 questions to write about out of the following. No less than a one-page response.
- Under what scenario could a consequentialist defend the act of stealing?
- Could a consequentialist recommend that a toy company lie about the age level a toy is designed for? What would be an example?
- What is a utilitarian argument in favor of a college education? How does it differ from other reasons you might want to go to college or graduate school?
- How could a utilitarian justify cheating on an exam?
- What are “global ethics”?
- What practical problem with utilitarianism is (to some degree) resolved by monetized utilitarianism?
- What are two advantages of utilitarian ethics when compared with the ethics of duties?
- What are two disadvantages of utilitarian ethics when compared with the ethics of duties?
- What’s an example from today’s world of a utilitarian monster?
- What’s an example from today’s world of a utilitarian sacrifice?
- Theoretically, could the most devoted altruist in a society also be its richest and happiest member? How?
- Does Blake Mycoskie have to be an altruist for TOMS Shoes to be considered an altruistic enterprise?
- Does TOMS Shoes have to be an altruistic enterprise for Mycoskie to be considered an altruist?
- What are some other motives that may lead someone to live the life of an altruist?
- What’s the difference between egoism and selfishness?
- In what situation would an egoist decide that a lie is morally wrong?
- In the real world, is there any way to distinguish an enlightened egoist from a cause egoist?
- What are some reasons someone may become a rational egoist?
- What is the invisible hand?