Answer each of the following questions briefly (~250 words each) using a typed, double-spaced format.
1) Identify the important details of Divine Command Theory and describe one example in which Divine
Command Theory could be applied in the video My Sister’s Keeper (2009).
2) Identify the important details of Virtue Ethics and describe one example in which Virtue Ethics could be
applied in the video My Sister’s Keeper (2009).
3) Define at least seven (7) characters (or actors as defined in class) which are placed into an ethical dilemma
in the video My Sister’s Keeper (2009). Describe their ethical dilemma.
4) Pick any three (3) characters from your answer in 3) above and recommend an ethical action they
could/should have taken. Justify that your recommended action is ethical using any ethical theory.
5) In your opinion, is Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) ethical? Justify your claim using any ethical
theory.
Here are some helpful websites:
1) http://justiceharvard.org/justicecourse/
2) https://www.iep.utm.edu/ethics/
3) http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/introduction/intro_1.shtml
4) https://www.philosophybasics.com/branch_ethics.html
5) https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/morality-definition/
6) https://ethicsunwrapped.utexas.edu/glossary/moral-philosophy