Franklin attends a middle school in an affluent suburban school district in metro Detroit as an 8^th grade "school of choice" student. He lives out of district in a community inhabited by residents of a lower socio-economic status. Throughout middle school Franklin has been bullied by many of his classmates because his clothes are not deemed very fashionable, which seems to have harmed his self-esteem.

Some of Franklin's wealthier classmates have devised a "game" in which they offer Franklin money to do "gross" things, such as eating insects, wearing insulting signs, etc. Franklin agrees to do these things because it provides him with money he otherwise couldn't get, and he enjoys the newfound attention, which he finds to be an improvement over the bullying he had often experienced.

Evaluate the scenario above by applying the second formulation of the categorical imperative to it. Would the second formulation of the categorical imperative judge this game to be moral or immoral? Explain reasoning. Present a counterargument to evaluation and rebut it.

Compare the way that deontology evaluates this situation to any other normative theory. Which of the two theories does a better job of addressing this issue and why?

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