politic science writing paper

1. Explain several ways that morality can fail, including one way to fail not highlighted in our readings. Pick a concrete example of moral failure from history, literature, journalism, your imagination, or the experiences of people you know; from any realm of life., e.g., war, business, family, friendship. How and why did moral failure occur? How might that failure have been avoided or prevented? In passing, how might different types of moral theories (consequentialism, deontology, etc.) encourage or discourage the failure you identify? A well-developed example helps, but also remember to relate the content to course materials.

First clarification. The wording is not quite right. Pick a concrete example, etc. While explicating your concrete example explain several ways that morality fails, including one way not highlighted in our readings (mentioned in passing, OK, but dehumanization, for example, was highlighted in our deliberations.

Second clarification. “In passing, how might different types of moral theories (consequentialism, deontology, etc.) encourage or discourage the failure you identify?” See Bandura reading page 2, top of second column, on utilitarianism. Think of how (if at all in your example), the moral failure could be encouraged or discoursgegd by moral theories such as consequentialism, deontology.