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1. This assignment builds upon the Module 4 Dropbox: Identification,
Research, Anal
This assignment builds upon the Module 4 Dropbox: Identification, Research, Analysis
assignment you submitted previously. Be sure to review the feedback you received from
that assignment, and make any necessary revisions BEFORE moving forward with this
assignment.Focusing on the same case as before, you will now complete the fourth step of
the critical thinking process: 4) Application. You will apply a Consequential Ethical Theory –
Act Utilitarianism – to resolve the main ethical/moral issue.Again, review the case in the
Ethics textbook Chapter 25: Case 2 – Everyone Loves Free SamplesFollow the Sample
Format: Application – Act Utilitarianism, and submit to this Dropbox using MLA
formatting.Apply Act Utilitarianism, as follows:Discussion (150 words minimum)Paragraph
– Summarize Act Utilitarianism. Include descriptions of the key terms/concepts: Utility, Net
Utility, and Happiness. Use your own words. Do not use quotations. Paraphrase the
information, and provide in-text citation(s) with the page number(s), where appropriate. In
the Works Cited, be sure to cite your source(s).Identification (one sentence in bold
print)Restate the main ethical/moral issue you previously identified in Module
4.Analysis/Application – Act Utilitarianism (chart)Use the correct main moral issue from
module 4. “What should ______ do about _____?” If your instructor corrected your answer, use
the corrected answer.Use the same analysis chart you completed previously in Module 4
(following my feedback in Module 4 and, what you have learned from the Module 4
discussion board to make necessary changes). Include four options, four stakeholders, and
possible consequences.In the chart, enter the happiness number for each consequence. Do
not use 10s or -10s unless it is the most extreme outcome. Death would be an example of -
10. If someone gets fired, for example, that is bad but he/she is not dead – so it would not be
a -10.Provide the happiness scale you used.Add a row to the bottom of the chart, and add up
the numbers for each option to indicate the total Net Utility for each option. Remember, if a
stakeholder is more than one person (e.g., group, team, family, citizens, business) estimate
how many are in the group, and multiply the happiness number by the number of persons
in the group. If a stakeholder is one person, multiplication is not needed.Conclusion
paragraph (150 words minimum)State the “best” option, and explain how a true Act
Utilitarian would come to this conclusion. Include the Net Utility number, and explain how
you determined the number. Be impartial. Avoid any bias; do not express your own
personal opinion; do not use the words, “I think” or “I feel.”