Ethics and Moral Philosophy Case Drill
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Humanities
Apply utilitarian, deontological and virtue frameworks to concrete cases and defend the verdict against objections
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Quizzes
Write items in which every stem is a concrete case of three to six sentences, drawn from or built to fit the source material, followed by a question that requires a framework to be applied. Question types: which verdict a named framework yields and why; which premise in a given moral argument is doing the load-bearing work; which objection a stated position is most vulnerable to; which distinction the case turns on…
Tests
Assemble a graded assessment from the source material: thirty percent multiple choice on framework application to cases, thirty percent short answer, forty percent one case essay. Short answers require the student to state a principle in one sentence, apply it to given facts, and name one objection. The essay presents a case not resolvable by intuition alone and requires thesis-and-evidence structure: an explicit…
Flashcards
Cards should encode moves and distinctions, not labels. Type one: front is a two-sentence case, back is the verdict under two named frameworks and the one fact that makes them diverge. Type two: front is a distinction (doing versus allowing, perfect versus imperfect duty, hypothetical versus categorical imperative, eudaimonia versus pleasure), back gives the distinction in one sentence plus a minimal example on each…
