01 Jul REFLECT ON WHICH ETHICAL THEORY, CONSEQUENTIALISM, DEONTOLOGY, OR VIRTUE-BASED ETHICS IS INHERENT IN YOUR ANSWER.
Reflect on which stage of Kohlbergs stages of moral development is inherent in your answer. Reflect on which ethical theory, consequentialism, deontology, or virtue-based ethics is inherent in your answer.
DQ12-Father and Son
Mohamed is a twenty-year-old young man who wants to go to Barcelona very much to see his team play. His father promised him he could go if he saved up the money for it himself. So Mohamed worked hard at his job in ADNOC distribution and saved up the money it cost to go on the trip, and a little more besides. But just before going to Spain, his father changed his mind. His father wanted to buy an expensive present for his new wife, and Mohameds father was short of the money it would cost. So his father told Mohamed to give him the money he had saved from his job. Mohameds father had abandoned his first wife, Mohameds mother, when Mohamed was 12 and hadnt given them any money since he had left. Mohamed didnt want to give up going to Barcelona, so he thinks of refusing to give his father the money.
1. Should Mohamed refuse to give his father the money?
1a. Why or why not?
2. Does his father have the right to tell Mohamed to give him the money?
2a. Why or why not?
3. Does giving the money have anything to do with being a good son?
3a. Why or why not?
4. Is the fact that Mohamed earned the money himself important in this situation?
4a. Why or why not?
5. The father promised Mohamed he could go to Barcelona if he earned the money. Is the fact that his father promised the most important thing in the situation?
5a. Why or why not?
6. In general, why should a promise kept?
7. Is it important to keep a promise to someone you dont know well and probably wont see again?
7a. Why or why not?
8. What do you think is the most important thing a father should be concerned about in his relationship to his son?
8a. Why is that the most important thing?
9. In general, what should be the authority of a father over his son?
9a. Why?
10. What do you think is the most important thing a son should be concerned about in his relationship to his father?
10a. Why is that the most important thing?
11. In thinking back over the dilemma, what would you say is the most responsible thing for Mohamed to do in this situation?
11a. Why?
DQ13-Two Thieves
Two young men, brothers, had got into serious trouble. They were secretly leaving town in a hurry and needed money. Ahmed, the older one, broke into a store and stole a 5000 AED. Fahad, the younger one, went to a retired old man who was known to help people in town. He told the man that he was very sick and that he needed 5000 AED to pay for an operation. Fahad asked the old man to lend him the money and promised that he would pay him back when he recovered. Really Fahad wasnt sick at all, and he had no intention of paying the man back. Although the old man didnt know Fahad very well, he lent him the money. So Ahmed and Fahad skipped town, each with 5000 AED.
1a. Which is worse, stealing like Ahmed or cheating like Fahad?
1b. Why or why not is one worse than the other?
2. What do you think is the worst thing about cheating the old man?
2a. Why is that the worst thing?
3. Why shouldnt someone steal from a store?
4. What is the value or importance of property rights?
5. Should people do everything they can to obey the law?
5a. Why or why not?
6. Was the old man being irresponsible by lending Fahad the money?
6a. Why or why not?
7. Is it worse to cheat someone you know very well or someone you dont know very well?
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