Instructions: This assignment requires you to use the planning document I completed earlier in the course as your starting point for writing an essay analyzing the ethical dimensions in the film you have selected.
Dallas Buyers Club (2013) (Drama)-An electrician learns he has AIDS and has just 30 days left to live. He smuggles unapproved drugs into the U.S. and joins with a fellow AIDS patient to sell the treatments to people who can’t wait for science to find a treatment. In your essay, apply your selected theory and all of its core principles to the medical ethical dilemma in the film:
Virtue Ethics – Core Principles – telos, virtue, eudaimonism
Kantian Ethics – Core Principles – duty, universality, impartiality, reciprocity
Utilitarian Ethics – Core Principles – welfare, impartiality, sum-ranking, consequences
Essay Format:
Title Page – In APA format, include your paper’s title, name, and institution name in that order.
Introduction – Provide a brief synopsis of the film in your own words that includes the ethical dilemma present in the film, what happens in the film, and the film’s ending. Introduce the ethical theory you will use to analyze the film. (Recommended one paragraph) already done uploaded in Dropbox .
Ethical Analysis – Identify the ethical theory you selected in your planning document. Explain in detail how it applies to the film. Also, explain in detail how all of its core principles apply to the medical ethical dilemma in the film. Apply the theory and its core principles using the readings and course materials as textual evidence to explain the moral view.
Your goal is to critique the ethical decisions made in the film based on the core principles of the ethical theory you selected. (Remember that these ethical systems may or may not justify the ethical decisions made by the characters in the film.) (Recommended 4-6 paragraphs)
Reflection – Summarize what you have discussed in the essay and reflect on your learning. Lastly, discuss how your learning could be applied to your professional and personal life. (Recommended one paragraph)
Reference page – Include references in APA format. You must also cite all sources in the body of your paper wherever you use ideas from them and immediately after all direct quotations, as in-text citations in APA format.
APA Formatting: Your essay must be written using APA format (including APA-approved fonts – e.g., Calibri or Times New Roman 12-point). It should be double-spaced, 4 pages long (excluding the title and reference pages).
Required Citations and References: You must provide in-text citation(s) and reference for the film you select and course materials (media or readings) you use to inform your planning document. one page of introduction has already been written and uploaded . I will also provide additional link to read from to write the analysis part of the paper .