How do the perspectives differ from the ethical theories

In Chapter 1, you studied the three ethical perspectives (relativism, emotivism, and ethical egoism), and in Chapter 2, you saw examples of how to apply ethical theories and perspectives to various concrete issues. The purpose of this discussion is to help you understand and apply ethical perspectives. Prepare and post a response to the following prompt:

Define and contrast the three ethical perspectives. How do the perspectives differ from the ethical theories? What does each ethical perspective tell us about morality and virtue?

Think of an issue that has occurred in your community during the past year. This may be a public issue that has generated interest in the press, or it may be something that has come up in your child’s school, in your church, in a social club you belong to, or in your neighborhood. Describe the issue, and then analyze the issue from the viewpoint of one of the ethical perspectives. Apply the perspective to the issue in the same way that the author applies the theories and perspectives to the issues in the text.

Your initial post should be at least 250 words in length. Support your claims with examples from the required resources and/or other scholarly sources, and properly cite any references in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

1 Don Klumpp/The Image Bank/Getty Images Introduction to Ethics and Social Responsibility Learning Objectives At the end of this chapter, you should be able to: • Explain why it is important to study ethics and engage in ethical debates. • Describe the roles of argument and emotion in ethics. • Describe the function of logic in an argument and characterize an effective ethi­ cal argument. • Explain how ethical theory can be applied to moral questions. • Discuss how individual decisions can have consequences in the broader society. • Identify the three dominant ethical theories in Western philosophy: utilitarian­ ism, deontology, and virtue ethics. • Identify the influential ethical theories that have been proposed as alternatives to classical theories. mos85880_01_c01.indd 1 10/28/13 1:06 PM Section 1.1  Why Study Ethics? CHAPTER 1 Introduction P eople have worried about ethical questions—most simply stated, what is right and wrong—since the earliest of days. From the most basic, everyday concerns to the most important challenges a society can face, we confront these basic ethical questions all the time. In the following pages, we will look at many such moral problems, as well as some of the ethical theories philosophers have offered to solve them. The study of ethics can be frustrating at times, largely because the problems dealt with rarely lead to a result that satisfies everyone. Hence, the arguments continue, new points are raised, old views are discarded, and we seem to go nowhere. But some of this frustration can be alleviated when we realize that as long as people debate questions of right and wrong, these disagreements will persist. At the same time, however, we will discover that our understanding of those disagreements can be deepened and our abilities to reason about them improved. We may not solve all the ethical problems we confront, but we can make progress by solving some of them, and making clearer what is at stake in the problems themselves. 1.1  Why Study Ethics? Y ou are standing in line at the movies, and someone cuts in front of you. Your child is sent home from school because what is written on her t-shirt is considered “inappropriate.” You discover that your best friend is cheating on his wife.