Identifying Moral Theories

Number 1 and 2 below are worth five points each. Number 3 is worth ten points each. Number 4 is worth 30 points.
1. Watch the short Vimeo video The Black Hole. It is approximately 2-1/2 minutes long. What concept, discussed in class and in your textbook, does this video describe (rather well, actually)? Provide support for your argument; do not simply say “it explains xxx”. Note: you are not being asked to judge what happens at the end of the video, but rather, how the protagonist acts in the video. Find the video here: https://vimeo.com/70751621

2. Watch this short YouTube video from the movie Star Trek: The Wrath of Kahn. It is approximately 2-1/2 minutes long. What concept, discussed in class, your textbook and zoom webinars. The main character, Spock (the man behind the glass partition) has taken action that saved a spaceship from total destruction. What concept does he use in defending his actions that will surely end his own life? Be as specific as possible with your response and provide two or more supporting facts from the video. Find the YouTube video here: https://youtu.be/KqpcmQhnl48

3. Explain the principle of “there is good to be done and evil to be avoided”. Be thorough – provide an explanation of this principle, whose quote is it, and explain how it applies to a moral theory.

4. Your favorite professor is wanted by the secret police for protesting against the government. You happen to know where to find the professor. The police are at your door. They know you are a student, they know you know the professor and they suggest that you know where the professor is at this very moment. What ought you to do? Compare how a Kantian Deontologist and a Rule Utilitarian would resolve the question of what you ought to do. Be specific. Turn to your text for the steps in resolving an ethical issue with both theories.