Moral theory

Reflect on your past experiences (or upcoming decisions), trying to think about difficult ethical decisions you’ve had to make in your life. Think about that decision and how you made your decision. Did you consciously think about the ethical principles or adhere to a moral theory, or did you make your decision for some other reason? If so, what was that other reason? After reflecting on this decision and reviewing the moral theories and principles covered in your reading, please complete the following:
1. Share with your peers a particularly difficult choice you’ve had to make. Explain the situation, your options, and how you ultimately made your choice.
2. Next, connect your decision-making process to one of the moral theories or principles covered in your module readings. In other words, what moral theory or principle were you – either consciously or subconsciously – adhering to in your decision-making? Be sure to offer textual support for your claims (if you chose based on the dignity principle, then provide a quotation from the text explaining the dignity principle, and then explain how that relates to your decision).
For example: Someone could share a story of trying to help a friend who is addicted to opiates. The friend with the addiction may ask you for a place to stay, and as a result you are faced with the dilemma: do I let my good friend, who is struggling with addiction stay at my home despite the fact that he has been known to steal from people to pay for his addiction, and he involves himself with people I do not want around my house and family?
After sharing a story like this, you will explain (a) what decision you made and then (b) try to identify one of the moral theories or principle to explain – at the philosophical level – your underlying reasoning.
Additional clarification:
You can be as personal as you feel comfortable in this post; with that said, I expect respectful discussion and an appreciation for different perspectives and past experiences
You will not be graded based on your experience, the story you share, what decisions you made, and why you made those decisions. You will be graded based on whether or not you meet the discussion board criteria (minimum length; proper grammar; decorum; and textual support for your claims when explaining the theory with which your decision aligns).
I understand that many people do not consciously think about the moral theories and principles that drive their decision-making. If you did not consciously think about these theories and principles when making your decision, that is fine – your job is then to explore the underlying theoretical reasons that led to your choice.
CCO #1: Demonstrate how critical analysis is central to the study and application of ethics
CCO #2: Identify ways in which ethics is a dynamic subject which is responsive to new discoveries in related fields
CCO #10: Logically evaluate and analyze ethical arguments.

Books
Moral theory Author – Mark Timmons (Rowman and littlefield publisher, 2013)
Moral Theories at the movies; An introduction to Ethnics Author Dean Kowalski (Rowman and littlefied publisher, 2012)