Aristotelian Analysis of Pandemic Price-Gouging at Amazon, Utilitarianism and Elon Musk’s Anti-Loc

Critical analysis of alleged pandemic price-gouging practices at Amazon from an Aristotelian perspective

Write an essay on One of the following applied ethics topics

Critically analyze alleged pandemic price-gouging practices at Amazon from an Aristotelian perspective. Was Elon Musk’s anti-lockdown campaign and reopening of Tesla factories morally justified by the standards of John Stuart Mill’s Utilitarianism? Explore the morality/immorality of Wells Fargo’s alleged coronavirus relief and
fraudulent consumer account scandal from the standpoint of Adam Smith’s moral sentimentalism

Students are expected to substantiate their interpretative claims about the philosophers in question and factual claims about the given topics by referring to list of required readings. To avoid plagiarism, provide a citation when borrowing the words, arguments, ideas, or research of others. Follow a simple in-text author-page system. For example, when quoting Whitehead’s critique of economics parallels his critique of science economics, like science, is “suffering from a bad attack of muddle-headed positivism”. However, even when paraphrasing an author in your words, or referring to a specific idea or argument of theirs, you must still offer a citation. For example Whitehead’s critique of economics parallels his critique of science: economics, like science, is based on positivistic assumptions. A ‘Works Cited’ page containing all relevant bibliographic information should also accompany the assignment. Each entry should look something like this Whitehead, A.N. (1938). ‘Nature Lifeless’. Modes of Thought. Free Press: New York. Students must use 12-point Times New Roman font. Pages must be double-spaced with 2.5 cm margins. Your assignments should also have a separate title page with your name and a title. The Applied Ethics essay must be uploaded onto NEXUS in .PDF format. Apart from extenuating circumstances, late submissions will be penalized 5% per day. However, if discussed beforehand, extensions may be granted. Please familiarize yourself with the student code of conduct, specifically, the academic misconduct policies of the University of Winnipeg at the ‘Policies and Regulations’ webpage.