Using the case study and professional code of ethics you chose for the project proposal, you will do the following:
Introduce the audience to the key problems and issues of the case.
Analyze the ethical components of the case.
To do this, you will finalize your choice of an ethical framework, considering what you identified in the project proposal.
To choose a case study, refer to the instructions in the Supporting Materials section. To choose an ethical framework, refer to the overview in the Module One Guide. Use the professional code of ethics you chose in Module Two Project Proposal.
You must cite the case study, professional code of ethics, and ethical framework, but no other sources are required.
Specifically, you must address the following criteria:
Part One: Case Analysis
Describe the background of the case. Summarize the events that are presented in the case.
Cite your chosen case study.
Explain the ethical issues of the case. Include the key members and the significance of the case.
Determine principles from your chosen ethical framework that apply to the case.
Explain how you might apply the chosen professional code of ethics to analyze the case.
Explain how the ethical framework can be used to examine the ethical issues of the case.
What to Submit
Submit your project draft as a 2- to 3-page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. You must cite your case study, your chosen professional code of ethics, and your chosen ethical framework, but no other sources are required. If other sources are used, follow APA citation guidelines when citing sources both throughout and at the end of your paper.
CASE
Execution of an Abortion Provider’s Killer
Paul Jennings Hill, a former Presbyterian minister, was executed by the state of Florida on September 4, 2003. His crime: he shot to death an abortion doctor named Dr. Britton and his volunteer escort outside an abortion clinic in Pensacola. In his final interview before his death, Hill said, “I believe in the short and long term, more and more people will act on the prin- ciples for which I stand. . . . I’m willing and I feel very honored that they are most likely going to kill me for what I did.” In an earlier interview, he had said, “The thing that kept me going through with it was that I knew that if that man got into that abortion clinic, he would kill 25 to 30 people.”
Most of the protestors at Hill’s execution were white men, there to support his act. One supporter said that Mr. Hill had “raised the standard” for abortion protesters. Others held ban- ners: “Dead Doctors Can’t Kill,” “Killing Baby Killers Is Justified Homicide,” and “Extremism in Defense of Life Is Not Extreme.”
Goodnough, Abby. 2003. “Florida Executes Killer of an Abortion Pro- vider.” New York Times, September 4, Al2.
