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To complete each scenario assignment:
1. Complete the entire scenario.
2. Fill out the template attached below, ask your professor for details on submission.
3. Compose the last question on the template reflection in a Word document and be sure to address, at a minimum, the following questions:
Why do you feel the way you do about the issue presented?
Of the four responses offered in the scenario, which do you think is the most ethical and why?
Which ethical theory would you use to support your stance? Why does this theory work?
4. Support your conclusions with evidence and specific examples from the textbook, including a minimum of one theory of ethics to defend your stance.
5. Your reflection must be 1-2 pages in length and follow APA formatting and citation guidelines as appropriate, making sure to cite at least two sources.
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Week 9 Scenario and Reflection Essay
Your Name Here
West Coast University
PHIL 434: Medical Ethics and Issues
Your Instructor’s Name Here
The Date Here
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Week 9 Scenario and Reflection Essay
Write your introduction. Tell us what the paper is about. Provide a solid paragraph. If you
use any sources here, be sure to cite them. The correct citations for the resources I have provided
below are: (Pence, 2021) or (Pence, 2021, p. #) if you are quoting for the textbook. For the
presentation, the correct citations are: (Instructor last name, n.d.) if you are not quoting. You
must include a timestamp in the citation when quoting the video (Instructor last name, n.d., 1:21)
if the quote starts one minute and 21 seconds into the video. The video doesn’t provide a
timeline, so you have to time it yourself. I suggest always paraphrasing rather than quoting. If
you use more than one video from the class, then you must distinguish between in your paper.
Put the sources in alphabetical order (as I have here) and use n.d.-a, n.d.-b, etc. in citations. If
you only use one video, only use n.d. (not n.d.-a, n.d.-b, etc.). Use your instructor’s name for any
class videos or PowerPoints that you use/cite.
The second paragraph should cover how you feel about the topic and why. Consider the
following questions. Did you have any views on the issue prior to viewing the scenario? If so,
what were they? Did they change over the course of listening to the arguments? If so, how?
The third paragraph should cover which of the four responses offered in the scenario,
which do you think is the most ethical and why. This is where you need to be sure to support
your conclusions with evidence and specific examples from the textbook, including a minimum
of one theory of ethics (Care Ethics, Virtue Ethics, Kantian Ethics, Social Contract Ethics
[Hobbes, Rousseau or Rawls version of the Social Contract], Act Utilitarianism, or Rule
Utilitarianism [not just utilitarianism – this is wrong] to defend your stance. Refer back to the
material covered in Week 1.
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The last paragraph is your conclusion. Tell us what you learned and how this experience
might have changed or informed your stance on the topic. While you don’t necessarily need to
refer to research here, supporting your opinion with credible sources (proving you have made an
informed opinion) is best. Remember that your final paper must be 1-2 pages long.
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References
Pence, G. (2021). Medical ethics: Accounts of ground-breaking cases (9th ed.). McGraw Hill
Education.
Tosh, N. (n.d.-a). Annual ethics symposium: Evolving ethics: Debating free market reproduction
[Video]. Canvas@WCU. https://canvas.westcoastuniversity.edu/
Tosh, N. (n.d.-b). Week 9: Biotechnology and stem cell research – presentation [Video].
Canvas@WCU. https://canvas.westcoastuniversity.edu/
I have provided the proper formatting for the textbook and the scenario video. The
correct citations for the resources I have provided below are: (Pence, 2021) or (Pence, 2021, p. #)
if you are quoting for the textbook. For the presentation, the correct citations are: (Tosh, n.d.) if
you are not quoting. You must include a timestamp in the citation when quoting the video (Tosh,
n.d., 1:21) if the quote starts one minute and 21 seconds into the video. The video doesn’t
provide a timeline, so you must time it yourself. I suggest always paraphrasing rather than
quoting.
If you use more than one video from the class, then you must distinguish between in your
paper. Put the sources in alphabetical order (as I have here) and use n.d.-a, n.d.-b, etc. in
citations. If you only use one video, only use n.d. (not n.d.-a, n.d.-b, etc.).
If Dr. Tosh is not teaching your class, the citations and references for the videos would
use your instructor’s name and not Dr. Tosh’s name.
APA 7 is different from APA 6. Here is a website covering some key differences:
https://www.scribbr.com/apa-style/apa-seventh-edition-changes/. Regarding references, these are
the most common mistakes I see:
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You made errors in capitalization of titles in your references. In APA, standard
capitalization rules are followed everywhere but in titles of articles in references. In
those, only capitalize the first word of the title, the first word after a colon in the title, and
proper nouns. You also made errors in italicization. Italicize the title of the article (unless
it is followed by journal information — then italicize journal title and volume).
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City/state of publisher not listed in references in APA 7.
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Replace “Retrieved…from” with website title in APA 7. Website title follows article title.
Do not have both website title and “Retrieved…from.”
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When you reference an article from a website and have no author, the reference follows
this order: Article title in italics. (date). Website Title. Website URL. Use the article title
(not the website title) in your citations.
Be sure to delete all this and other informational material included here from the template before
you turn it in. Feel free to contact me with any questions you have.
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