This week we read about character and making moral choices. One form of moral decision making is utilitarianism, and another is Kants ethical imperative. Historical exposs find that many who are held up as role models were in reality as fallible as the rest of us including Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Gandhi, and Martin Luther King.

For your assignment, this week, reconcile the reality that often moral leaders were also flawed. Should we set aside their moral failings and focus on the immense positive contributions they made?

Operational Assignment Details:

This assignment is due on Sunday at 10 p.m. CST. Your substantive comments are due the following Tuesday at 10 p.m. CST. Each journal entry should be a minimum of 300 words. Your journal entry narrative is subjective and can be written in the first person. Citations are not required, but the inclusion of the assigned reading articles is strongly encouraged. Be sure to proofread your entry and use the Grammarly app before posting. Please keep in mind that others will be reading your journal.

This Weeks Required Reading / Videos
https://www.vox.com/summer-movies/2018/5/17/17343442/avengers-infinity-war-captain-america-thanos-sequel-moral-dilemma
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xt0Fv0W-CSo&feature=youtu.be
http://theconversation.com/how-the-moral-lessons-of-to-kill-a-mockingbird-endure-today-100763
https://sites.psu.edu/psy533wheeler/2017/02/07/psy-533-unit-01-the-role-of-ethics-in-president-abraham-lincolns-abolishment-of-slavery/
https://www.hoover.org/research/rugged-individualism
https://law.scu.edu/sports-law/rooting-for-complicated-heroes-its-complicated/
https://law.scu.edu/sports-law/when-in-doubt-and-theres-always-doubt-be-your-best/
https://positivepsychology.com/classification-character-strengths-virtues/
Chapter 1: American Governance in Theory and Action, Bowdoin College, 2015

Previous Week Required Reading / Videos
https://archive.org/details/JusticeWhatIsTheRightThingToDoByMichaelSandel/page/n97
http://www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/Letter_Birmingham.html
https://democracyjournal.org/magazine/18/why-we-must-judge/
http://cyberspacei.com/greatbooks/h2/6gi/gi_024.htm
https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-10-02-0178
https://hbr.org/2017/01/true-leaders-believe-dissent-is-an-obligation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuiazbyOSqQ&feature=youtu.be
https://youtu.be/-AwNKQqLESc
https://www.twopartyopera.com/comic/lock-them-up/
https://youtu.be/MuiazbyOSqQ