A former policeman in St. Louis is on trial for using his police department pistol to shoot
someone in a parking lot.
What will be an ideal response?
The defendant is seeking the identities of 23 people who
belong to a Facebook group that includes several officers involved in the investigation.
Facebook argued that it is exempt from providing this information under the Electronic
Communications Privacy Act and that it would be an unreasonable burden for them to
search through 350 million members to find the profiles. Should this criminal defendant
have a right to find the identities of those Facebook participants? Do the participants
have a right to privacy that Facebook should protect? How would you balance these
competing rights? Use ethical arguments to defend your position.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Kant stated that it is the social status that determines one’s standing in the moral universe. 2. Kant would condemn an act of using someone as a tool, even if the purpose is good—such as creating happiness for a large number of people. 3. Rebecca's college professors get paid for teaching classes, and without Rebecca and other students, they would not receive a paycheck. In this scenario, Rebecca and the students can be considered as merely being used as a means to an end. 4. Kant had doubts about the full rationality of women and people of color. 5. Kant's legacy is a respect for the rationality of all humanity, regardless of Kant's own prejudices.
One of the most important objections to utilitarianism is that:
A. it's too simple to account for all ethical situations. B. it sometimes requires us to perform types of acts (e.g. lying) that we strongly believe are immoral. C. not everyone wants to be happy. D. it fails to define "happiness." E. None of the above
Walker contends that the white man had rule over the black woman’s womb for how
many years?
A. 400 B. 300 C. 500 D. 600