Philosophy
Question 1. Answer one of the following three questions (your choice).
• State the ‘merit argument’ against preferential hiring. Explain DesJardins’ evaluation of the merit argument against preferential hiring.
• Explain Duska’s argument that employees do not have an ethical responsibility to be loyal to their employers. Explain DesJardins’ view regarding an employee’s ethical responsibility to be loyal to his or her employer.
• Give an example of a dress code prohibiting demonstrative affiliation that would undermine an individual’s
personal integrity. Explain why that dress codes would undermine an individual’s integrity.
Question 2. Answer one of the following three questions (your choice).
• Define cultural relativism. Explain one of the two problems with cultural relativism that we discussed in class. Explain one of the three “traps” that can lead someone to accept relativism.
• Explain (1) what a free trade agreement is, (2) the ethical case for free trade, and (3) the benefits of free trade.
• Explain (1) the ‘race to the bottom’, (2) how free trade contributes to the ‘race to the bottom’, and (3) the
approach to free trade that DesJardins recommends as the ethical approach.
