Discussion Board Topic: Chapter 1 Discussion Forum, after reading Chapters 1 and 2 and viewing the presentations, submit a response to the Module 1 Discussion Board:

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Please see Cases for Analysis in Chapter One on page 24-25, go to Case #2 (about Free Speech) and answer the questions that follow.

Using rational ethics, create an argument that opposes the attempt by students to stop the speech.

Then, using utilitarianism, do the same.

Explain each argument and determine which of the two you prefer, explaining your preference.

here is the case#2

It should go without saying that free speech is based on the very reasonable proposition that all beliefs, even those that many people find disagreeable, deserve to be heard in the marketplace of ideas. Historically, colleges and universities have been leaders in the preservation of this, the most fundamental of our basic human rights. Sadly, this no longer seems to be the case. It now seems that self- appointed censors have appeared on campuses around the nation demanding that individuals that they dislike or find disagreeable be prevented from speaking. now there have always been people on campus who wanted to play the role of self-appointed censor. Generally, such people could be found somewhere high up in the administration. Today, that trend has reserved itself. Today, the censors are more likely to be found among the students themselves. A case in the point is an incident that occurred at Middlebury college, where Charles Murray, a political scientist and the author of a book entitled coming apart, was invited to speak by a conservative group called the American enterprise institute club. A group of Middlebury students who were opposed to some of the Murrays ideas asked the administration to cancel the speech. To their credit, the administration, in the true spirit of free speech, denied the request. this did not stop the students, however, who took matters into their own hands and succeeded in disrupting the program to such an extent that murray never did get the chance to speak. More-over, in a physical confrontation that followed the nonevent- event, the faculty member who was supposed to serve as moderator of a question and answer session was injured. Using rational ethics, create an argument that opposes the attempt by students at Middlebury to stop the speech by a politically unpopular speaker. Then using utilitarianism, do the same. Explain each argument and determine which of two positions you prefer. Explain that preference, [see: Laurie l. Patton, the outspoken campus the wall street journal, June 10-11, 2017, p.c-1]

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