1.Consequentialists have a strong hold on public decision-making in the US and its moral grounding. Describe the key elements of consequentialism, or utilitarianism more narrowly, as a form of moral justification and offer some reasons why it's so prominent. Are there other traditions that might be superior?

2.Kant relies on an elaborate construction of the person as moral agent and certain categorical imperatives. How does this system work? What are its strengths?What key role does autonomy play?

3. Both Sen and Powers & Faden take a capabilities approach to assessing whether inequalities are morally justifiable. Sen relies on tools from consumer theory for the analytics of this assessment, while Powers & Faden take a sufficiency approach. Choose Sen or Powers & Faden, briefly describe their system, and explain how it is supposed to support an assessment of inequality.

4.Ethical pluralists provide the foundation for the capabilities approaches to inequalities (including Sen and Powers & Faden). Consider the seminal contribution to ethical pluralism made by Sir W. David Ross. Briefly describe his system of prima facie principles. What are the strengths and weaknesses of this system?How does it support the capabilities approaches to egalitarianism?