Law Homework Help. SUNY Morrisville Criminal Justice Essay Prompts
You should submit one document – 3.5 pages total – that contain both answers (choose one from the first set, and you must answer the second). Be sure to identify which prompt you are responding to at the start of each answer.
First Essay Prompts: Pick 1 of 2 (40 points total).
Limit your answer to the prompt you choose to 1.5 pages. You can offer supporting quotes from relevant readings, but be sure to provide in-text citations for those quotes. You do not need to provide a full reference, provided you are using readings assigned for class. Be conscientious of basic essay writing format (include a basic thesis, along with relevant paragraph breaks).
Prompt 1: Whistleblowing & Responsibility
Compare and contrast the two justifications for whistleblowing (the standard theory and the complicity theory, from Davis) – what are their central similarities and differences? Which view is stronger, and why? Be precise; explain with reference to an example from one of the readings from your professional case studies assigned in class.
*USE PROMT 1. HERE IS SOURCE: (Davis: https://philosophia.uncg.edu/media/phi361-metivier…)*
Prompt 2: Responsibility in the Profession
Explain the argument for why professionals should still have ethical responsibility despite lacking full knowledge (from Luban). Then, give two of the five obligations to prevent harm, explaining and applying both in the context of one of the readings for your professional case studies assigned in class.
Second Essay Prompt: Must answer the following prompt (60 points).
Limit your answer to 2 pages. You can offer supporting quotes from relevant readings, but be sure to provide in-text citations for those quotes. You do not need to provide a full reference, provided you are using readings assigned for class. Be conscientious of basic essay writing format (include a basic thesis, along with relevant paragraph breaks).
Prompt 3: Ethically Responsible Professionals
Drawing from the ideas we explored through the course, present an argument that answers the following question: what are the four MOST important aspects to being an ethically responsible professional? Address this question in terms of obligations to others (the people in need of expertise), and in terms of obligation to self (the person who maintains a sense of personal integrity within a structure that may make such ethical practice difficult). Present an ARGUMENT for why these four are the MOST important (you will need to be able to explain them with reference to supporting sources, and defend their importance).
