Ethical Analysis Essay
Instructions: This assignment requires you to use the pla

Ethical Analysis Essay
Instructions: This assignment requires you to use the planning document you completed earlier in the course as your starting point for writing an essay that analyzes the ethical dimensions in the film you have already selected. If you have
not selected a film, please choose from the list below. If you cannot access these films, you may select a different film, but you will require prior approval from your instructor.
Films for Ethical Analysis Essay
• The Jacket (2005) (R) – A Gulf war veteran is wrongly sent to a mental institution for insane criminals, where he becomes the object of a doctor’s experiments, and his life is completely affected by them. The film centers on a wounded Gulf war veteran who returns to his native Vermont suffering from bouts of amnesia.
In your essay, apply your selected theory and all of its core principles to the medical ethical dilemma in the film:
• Virtue Ethics – Core Principles – telos, virtue, eudaimonism
• Kantian Ethics – Core Principles – duty, universality, impartiality, reciprocity
• Utilitarian Ethics – Core Principles – welfare, impartiality, sum-ranking, consequences
Essay Format
• Title Page – In APA format, include your paper’s title, your name, and your institution
• Introduction – Provide a brief synopsis of the film that includes the ethical dilemma present in the film, what happens in the film, and the film’s ending. Introduce the ethical theory you will use to analyze the film.
(Recommended one paragraph)
• Ethical Analysis – Identify the ethical theory you selected in your planning document. Explain in detail how it applies to the film. Also, explain in detail how all of its core principles apply to the medical ethical dilemma in the film. Apply the theory and its core principles using the readings and course materials as textual evidence for your explanation of the moral view.
o Your goal is to critique the ethical decisions made in the film based on the core principles of the ethical
theory you selected. (Remember that these ethical systems may or not justify the ethical decisions made
by the characters in the film.) (Recommended 4-6 paragraphs)
• Reflection – Summarize what you have discussed in the essay and reflect on what you have learned. Lastly, discuss how what you have learned could be applied to your professional and personal life. (Recommended
one paragraph)
• Reference page – Include references in APA format. You must also cite all sources in the body of your paper
wherever you use ideas from them and immediately after all direct quotations, as in-text citations in APA format.
APA Formatting – Your essay must be written using APA format (including APA-approved fonts – e.g., Calibri or Times
New Roman 12-point fonts). It should be double-spaced, 4 pages in length (excluding title page and reference page).
Required Citations and References – You will need to provide in-text citation(s) and reference for the film you select
as well as course materials (media or readings) you use to inform your planning document. (USLO 10.4)