{"id":2589,"date":"2020-06-30T20:49:02","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T20:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/academics\/?page_id=2589"},"modified":"2020-06-30T20:49:02","modified_gmt":"2020-06-30T20:49:02","slug":"ethics-across-the-curriculum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/academics\/ethics-across-the-curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethics Across the Curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Ethics Across the Curriculum<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Ethical Reasoning <em>In Action<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Think <em>OCEANIC<\/em> | Guiding Questions: Concepts, Potential Pitfalls, and Strategies<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>These aspects of ethical reasoning form the acronym\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-size: 2em; letter-spacing: 16px;\">OCEANIC<\/p>\n<p>The questions raised by ethics, like the ocean, are indeed <strong><em>profound<\/em><\/strong>, meaning deep and vast, and yet with the right tools remain <strong><em>navigable<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Like the ocean, ethical issues range far and wide, connecting to and affecting realities far distant from initial appearances.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>What would it mean for ethical reasoning to be oceanic?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>To think deeply and broadly, across time, to leave no border unexamined, to note the interconnectedness of life and resources across the globe. <\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"block-header\"><strong><u>O<\/u>BLIGATIONS \u2013 What duties &amp; obligations apply? (moral, personal)<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"eac-flex-container\">\n<div class=\"eac-block single\">\n<h3>Synonyms<\/h3>\n<p>Duties (what is morally \u201cdue\u201d others) and obligations (what have you \u201cobliged\u201d yourself to do); what is owed to others; accountability<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"eac-block single\">\n<h3>Potential Pitfalls<\/h3>\n<p>Avoidance; bystander effects; fear of getting involved; cowardice; confusion of rights and interests (rights inflation)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"eac-block double\">\n<h3>Strategies<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"eac\">\n<li>Identify basic <strong>duties<\/strong> to aid and assist others<\/li>\n<li>Consider <strong>voluntary promises<\/strong> and roles you have taken and the <strong>moral requirements<\/strong> that come from them<\/li>\n<li>Consider all the <strong>rights<\/strong> (natural, legal, moral) that others may have and what may be owed to them because of those rights<\/li>\n<li>Examine the <strong>intent<\/strong> behind actions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"block-header\"><strong><u>C<\/u>ONSEQUENCES &#8211; What would produce the best short- and long-term outcomes?<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"eac-flex-container\">\n<div class=\"eac-block single\">\n<h3>Synonyms<\/h3>\n<p>Outcomes; results; future utility; ends<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"eac-block single\">\n<h3>Potential Pitfalls<\/h3>\n<p>Difficulties predicting the future; unforeseen or unintended consequences<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"eac-block double\">\n<h3>Strategies<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"eac\">\n<li>Consult those with more, richer experience, i.e. \u201ccompetent judges\u201d (JS Mill)<\/li>\n<li><strong>10-10-10 Strategy<\/strong> (Sue Welch) \u2013 what could happen in 10 days, 10 months, and 10 years<\/li>\n<li>Ask: Best for whom? For what?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"block-header\"><strong><u>E<\/u>QUITY \u2013 How can I (we) act fairly and justly, balancing interests?<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"eac-flex-container\">\n<div class=\"eac-block single\">\n<h3>Synonyms<\/h3>\n<p>Justice; fairness; equality; considering and balancing all interests; impartiality; equal opportunity; objectivity<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"eac-block single\">\n<h3>Potential Pitfalls<\/h3>\n<p>Biases such as:<br \/>\nself-serving and my-side\/confirmation<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"eac-block double\">\n<h3>Strategies<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"eac\">\n<li>Seek impartiality, objectivity<\/li>\n<li><strong>Veil of Ignorance<\/strong> (John Rawls) \u2013 assume no knowledge about yourself, such as abilities, interests, gender, race, socio-economic standing, don\u2019t privilege self-interest<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ideal Observer<\/strong> \u2013 try to see things \u201cas if\u201c you knew everything, were omniscient<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"block-header\"><strong><u>A<\/u>UTHORITY \u2013 What do legitimate authorities expect? (professional, legal)<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"eac-flex-container\">\n<div class=\"eac-block single\">\n<h3>Synonyms<\/h3>\n<p>Rightful command; control or influence on moral decisions from law, experts, &amp; religious sources<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"eac-block single\">\n<h3>Potential Pitfalls<\/h3>\n<p>Legal and professional expectations may conflict with moral requirements; what is \u201clegal\u201d is not necessarily \u201cright\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"eac-block double\">\n<h3>Strategies<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"eac\">\n<li>Identify and evaluate differential claims to authority, and different authoritative expectations<\/li>\n<li>What do <strong>professional<\/strong> <strong>or<\/strong> <strong>legal<\/strong> <strong>authorities<\/strong> expect?<\/li>\n<li>What <strong>professional ethical codes<\/strong> may apply?<\/li>\n<li>Note how power functions in the scenario<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"block-header\"><strong><u>N<\/u>EEDS \u2013 What needs exist? Are <u>all<\/u> voices being heard?<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"eac-flex-container\">\n<div class=\"eac-block single\">\n<h3>Synonyms<\/h3>\n<p>Essentials; must-haves; requirements; \u00a0\u201clife and death\u201d material necessities<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"eac-block single\">\n<h3>Potential Pitfalls<\/h3>\n<p>Effort to direct and command the lives of others without moral sanction (Paternalism); disrespect; self-interest; short vs long term issues<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"eac-block double\">\n<h3>Strategies<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"eac\">\n<li>Ask for, listen to, value, and respect the needs others express <strong><em>themselves<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Note which voices are <strong><em>not<\/em><\/strong> present<\/li>\n<li>Pause discussions periodically to \u201ccheck-in\u201d and make sure all voices are being heard (\u201cthumbs tool\u201d)<\/li>\n<li>Ask for and gain <strong>informed consent<\/strong> before doing something to anyone<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"block-header\"><strong><u>I<\/u>NTEGRITY \u2013 Is this potential decision honorable and virtuous?<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"eac-flex-container\">\n<div class=\"eac-block single\">\n<h3>Synonyms<\/h3>\n<p>Character; honor; identity; ideal self; actualized self; virtues; habits<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"eac-block single\">\n<h3>Potential Pitfalls<\/h3>\n<p>Self-deception; self-destruction; vices such as laziness and arrogance; ethical and epistemic fallibility<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"eac-block double\">\n<h3>Strategies<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"eac\">\n<li>Focus on the kind of person you want to become<\/li>\n<li>Consider <strong>classical virtues<\/strong> such as, but not limited to honor, wisdom, courage, honesty, generosity, humility, compassion, respect<\/li>\n<li>Ask: Would I be <strong>proud of the person I become<\/strong> as a result of this action\/decision?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"block-header\"><strong><u>C<\/u>ARE \u2013 Who is vulnerable or in need of care?<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"eac-flex-container\">\n<div class=\"eac-block single\">\n<h3>Synonyms<\/h3>\n<p>Empathy; love; compassion; concern; sympathy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"eac-block single\">\n<h3>Potential Pitfalls<\/h3>\n<p>Too centered on the immediate, close, and personal; in-group and my-side biases<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"eac-block double\">\n<h3>Strategies<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"eac\">\n<li>Identify <strong>vulnerable<\/strong> persons<\/li>\n<li>Attempt to take the perspective of others<\/li>\n<li>Try to \u201cwalk in the other\u2019s shoes\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Share personal stories; work with different people; travel; <strong>expand your concern<\/strong> to at least \u201chumanity\u201d if not further, i.e. beyond your circle of care<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/support-services\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/01\/EAC-Guide.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EAC Guide Download (PDF)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more information contact Professor Joseph Moser at <a href=\"mailto:eac@mma.edu\">eac@mma.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Brought to you by MMA&#8217;s Ethics Across the Curriculum Program with special thanks to the Ethical Reasoning in Action Program at James Madison University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethics Across the Curriculum Ethical Reasoning In Action Think OCEANIC | Guiding Questions: Concepts, Potential Pitfalls, and Strategies These aspects of ethical reasoning form the acronym\u00a0 OCEANIC The questions raised by ethics, like the ocean, are indeed profound, meaning deep and vast, and yet with the right tools remain navigable. 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