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15 January, 2016 - 09:10
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Listen to the findings of the Mexican Government Commission. Write a short essay responding to the following questions. Be prepared to read parts of your essay to your professor and to your classmates.

  1. Do you agree with the Commissions findings? Why or why not? Be sure to frame your arguments in terms of the responsibility frameworks provided above.
  2. Were there any opportunities to offer Fred moral support by those who shared responsibility with him? What were these opportunities? How, in general, can professional societies support their members when they find themselves in ethically difficult situations?
  3. What opportunities arise for exercising responsibility as an excellence? Which were taken advantage of? Which were lost?
  4. Finally, quickly list themes and issues that were left out of the public hearing that should have been included?

References

  1. F. H. Bradley (1962) Ethical Studies, Essay I. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
  2. Herbert Fingarette. (1967) On Responsibility. New York: Basic Books, INC: 3-16.
  3. Larry May (1992) Sharing Responsibility. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
  4. Larry May (1996) The Socially Responsive Self: Social Theory and Professional Ethics. Chicago: University of Chicago Press: 28-46.
  5. Michael Pritchard (2006) Professional Integrity: Thinking Ethically. Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas Press.
  6. Lawrence Blum (1994) Moral Perception and Particularity. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press: 30-61
  7. Aristotle. Nichomachean Ethics, Book 3, Chapters 1-3.
  8. Edmund L. Pincofs (1986) Quandaries and Virtues: Against Reductivism in Ethics. Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas Press.
  9. W.H. Walsh (1970) "Pride, Shame and Responsibility," The Philosophical Quarterly, Vol 20, no 78, January 1970: 1-13.
  10. Albert Flores and Deborah G. Johnson (1983) "Collective Responsibility and Professional Roles" in Ethics April 1983: 537-545.