Part A) Stories provide us with a rich understanding of people's perspectives and reasons for why they act the way they do, but how useful are they to resolving ethical dilemmas? Are narratives better than principles for determining whether actions are right and wrong and people praiseworthy or blameworthy? In your response, be sure to explain one way theorists use narratives to inform ethical reasoning (e

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Part A) Stories provide us with a rich understanding of people's perspectives and reasons for why they act the way they do, but how useful are they to resolving ethical dilemmas? Are narratives better than principles for determining whether actions are right and wrong and people praiseworthy or blameworthy?

In your response, be sure to explain one way theorists use narratives to inform ethical reasoning (e.g. first-person narratives or meta-narratives and counter-stories.) Then, identify and assess one strength and one weakness of narrative approaches to ethics in comparison to principled approaches to ethics, like Utilitarianism or Kantian Deontology.

Part B. Debates concerning how we fund public education for children grades K-12 crop up frequently in political debates. On the one hand, there are those who advocate robust funding for public education. On the other hand, there are those who argue for a more highly privatized system of education. How might we use the idea of a social contract to resolve this debate? 

In your response, be sure to focus on Rawls' version of the social contract. First, provide a description of the original position and the veil of ignorance. Then, identify what policy recommendation we would adopt if reasoning from behind the veil of ignorance.

Finally, explain whether you agree or disagree with this conclusion. If you agree, identify one strength of original position reasoning that supports your view. If you disagree, identify one weakness of original position reasoning that supports your view.

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Please label each answer A or B accordingly.