CJC 212 Ethics and Community Relations: Ethical Dilemma:
Ba
A police officer is about to leave a coffee shop one night during a graveyard (overnight)
shift after having finished a rest break. One of his fellow officers from a different shift
came in, off-duty, and was clearly intoxicated. The officer asked him, "tell me you're not
driving?" He replied, almost bragging, "Of course I am." His demeanor was defiant, as if
to say, "What are you going to do about it?"
The question is..."What will you do"?
Overview:
Using the information above, write a fully developed essay with an introductory and concluding
paragraph describing how this situation would be handled using the following moral Ethical
systems:
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The utilitarian approach
The ethical formalism approach
The Egoist approach