Rather than living in chaos, danger, and the hostility of our neighbors, we find ways to live together. It isn't easy, b

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Rather than living in chaos, danger, and the hostility of our
neighbors, we find ways to live together. It isn't easy, but can we
avoid doing so? If everybody has self-interest in their own welfare
and safety, then everybody also has self-interest in the welfare
and safety of others. Self-interest involves community interest,
and we must think about what we are willing to give up in order to
get that safety and stability for ourselves, our families, our
community, our nation, and even the world. Thomas Hobbes and John
Locke are just two examples of social contract moralists. Locke's
philosophy helped Thomas Jefferson formulate the United States
Declaration of Independence. We are interested in what it means to
live together in an orderly way under a social contract. Initial
Post Instructions
For the initial post, address one of the following sets of
questions: What is a time when you or someone you know of
experienced a conflict between duty to self and loyalty to the
community? What would logical reasoning say should be done in that
case? Why that?
What would an Ethical Egoist say to do? Why would they say to do
that?
Note what you feel is the best course of action. What is a time
when you or someone you know experienced a clash between
professional duties and familial duties? Reference a
professional code such as that of the American Nurses Association
or American Bar Association in explaining the clash.
What moral values should have been used in that case? Why those
values? What would social contract ethics have said to have done?
Why would social contract ethics say that?
Note what you feel is the best course of action. Articulate and
evaluate a time when you or someone you know saw personal
obligations collide with national obligations. How did that tension
involve differing positions on a moral debate? Did those positions
rely on any key moral theories? If so, how so? If not, why not?
Note what you feel is the best course of action.