Topic: Compare and contrast metaethical theories

Thread: Now that you have learned about competing ethical theories,  write a 500-600 word thread that compares and contrasts a Christian  ethical theory with a competing ethical theory. Since we have already  looked at ethical relativism in DB 1, you should choose from any theory  in the Moral Reasoning textbook except ethical relativism. That means  you can choose from Virtue Ethics, Natural Law, Ethical Egoism,  Utilitarianism, Duty Ethics, Social Contract Theory, and Moral Realism  (or any combination of these) in contrast to a Christian ethical theory  such as Divine Command, Divine Nature, or Christian Revelational Ethics  (or a combination of these).

1. How does each system define “the good?” How does each claim to know “the good?”
2. What, if anything, do these systems have in common? What, if anything, are their key differences?
3. Which theory do you think is the stronger ethical theory? Defend  your answer. This final question should take up the majority of your  thread.

Be sure to carefully define your terms. You are encouraged to  support your position with rational arguments, fitting examples, and  expert sources. Any quotes or information used from sources other than  yourself must be cited using footnotes in current Turabian format and  will not count towards the total word count.

You will be penalized for falling short or exceeding the word count.  This is a university-level writing assignment and therefore it must be  carefully proofread, free of grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors.  Do not use slang, emoticons, or abbreviations (as if you are texting or  sending an email to a friend).

Academic Journal

In Weeks 1-5 of this course, you will complete an Academic Journal assignment that encourages you to document insights you have gained during the week related to the Learning Resources, Discussions, and Assignments, and how these insights apply to your personal academic and career goals. Only your Instructor will see your Academic Journal. Before you begin this week’s Academic Journal, review the Learning Resource “Guide to Academic Journaling.”

Note: For information regarding how your Academic Journal assignments will be evaluated, please review the grading rubric located in the Course Information area of the course.

For your first Academic Journal assignment of the course, you will reflect on your transferable skills, and your responses to the Psychology Survey this week. You also reflect on what your goals might be for this course and for your program of study at Walden.

Academic Journal Assignment Instructions:

By Day 7

After reading the assigned learning resources this week, complete the Week 1 Psychology Survey. To review your survey responses again, access “Attempts” and a green check mark appears under the Calculated Grade column. Click on the check mark and your completed survey will open.

If you experience technical difficulties retrieving your responses, you can recall your responses by viewing the same survey items on page 21 of the course textbook.

Review Table 2.2 on page 18 of your Course Text (“A Listing of Transferrable Skills, with Examples”).

Write 1 short paragraph for each bulleted prompt:

• Summarize any survey items that you responded to with either “Strongly Agree” or “Moderately Agree.” Explain why you responded in this way. If you did not respond to any items with “Strongly Agree” or “Moderately Agree,” explain why.
• Summarize any items that you responded to with either “Strongly Disagree” or “Moderately Disagree.” Explain why you responded in this way. If you did not respond to any items with “Strongly Disagree” or “Moderately Disagree,” explain why.
• Reflect on your goals for this course and throughout your program of study at Walden. Also, identify and comment on the “transferrable skills” that you presently possess and the skills you are seeking to obtain (from Table 2.2 on page 18 of your Course Text). Make connections to the article “Alumni Perceptions of Workforce Readiness.”

Planning for Success:
Based on your reflections on this week’s content and the results of the survey, record in the “Additional Goals at Walden” section of your Curriculum and Strategy for Success Planner any areas that you wish to learn more about. More detailed instructions are provided in the template (located in the Week 1 Learning Resources).
Do not submit your Curriculum and Strategy for Success Planner at this time; you will submit your Planner in Week 6.

By Day 7

Submit your Academic Journal entry.

Submission and Grading Information

To submit your completed Journal entry for review and grading, do the following:

• Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on “Submit your Journal entry by Day 7” and click in the link.
• Click Create Journal Entry.
• In the Title field, enter the name of the Journal Entry using the file naming convention: WK1Journal+last name+first initial.
• In the Entry Message box, provide the journal entry by either typing your responses directly into the box, or copy and paste text from a document on your computer. Do not attach document files for your journal entry.
• Click Post Entry.

Grading Criteria

To access your rubric:
Week 1 Journal entry Rubric

Check Your Journal entry Draft for Authenticity

To check your Journal entry draft for authenticity:
Submit your Week 1 Journal entry draft and review the originality report.

Submit Your Journal entry by Day 7

To submit your Journal entry:
Week 1 Journal entry

Assignment: Resume and Cover Letter

The primary purpose of the cover letter is to summarize your relevant experience and convey your interest and fit for the job. Ultimately, the cover letter is aimed at getting employers to look at your resume. The primary purpose of a resume is to persuade prospective employers to grant you an interview. For this Assignment, you will create a resume and cover letter. Review this week’s Learning Resources, as well as the following instructions before submitting your resume and cover letter.

Resumes

It is important to always have a current working resume. As you accomplish tasks and acquire skills, you can always add to it. As employers read your resume, they will look for how your skills, knowledge, and abilities apply to the job in question. Thus, you must document your achievements in a way that will show their applicability to the job. Otherwise, you run the risk of potential employers rejecting your application because they do not see the connection between your achievements and the job.

Before you write your resume:

1. Know your qualifications. Have a clear indication of the skills that might be valuable to employers.
2. Know as much as you can about the prospective employer’s job description and selection criteria. If you don’t have this information because you don’t have a specific job in a specific organization in mind, at least know as much as you can about the skills and aptitudes involved in the type of job you are looking for.
3. Rank your qualifications in order of their importance to the job you desire.

How to create your resume:

Your resume should answer the following questions:

• What do I want from this job? This is answered in your career objectives.
• Why should you be considered for this job? This is answered in the educational history and work experience sections.
• There are hundreds (or thousands) of ways to put together a resume, so just consider these to be basic guidelines, and review the Learning Resources for examples. Review Table 4.3 in the Course Text for a list of resume preparation tips.

Cover Letters

Should a cover letter always accompany your resume? The jury is currently out on this question; different employers have different things to say about cover letters. For a professional job, it is best practice to always include a cover letter even if it doesn’t state to do so in the application directions. If you decide that a cover letter is necessary for a particular job, or if the employer specifically asks for one, consider these general guidelines:

• Your cover letter should not only introduce but also complement your resume.
• The letter should not tell too much about you personally; rather, it should highlight those aspects in your resume that pertain to the position for which you are applying.
• It should be as specific and as concise as possible.
• A cover letter should:
  • Refer to the specific position for which you are applying.
  • Briefly state how the position fits with your career objectives.
  • Convey your interest in the position you want as well as your interest in and knowledge of the organization itself.
  • Be designed to direct the employer to those points in your resume that relate to the position you want.
  • Include a mailing address, telephone number, and e-mail address where you can be reached.

The cover letter may be the single most important piece of information you share with employers, and it says a lot about your writing style: Is it organized? Does it make sense? Is it concise, or does it contain rambling language? When possible, ask someone to proofread your cover letter before sending it.

Assignment:

For this Assignment, create a 1-page cover letter and 1-page resume tailored to the job you posted about in this week’s Discussion. Use the examples in Chapter 4 for formatting ideas.

Combine your resume and cover letter into one document before submitting to the link.

Note: For information regarding how your Assignment will be evaluated, please review the grading rubric located in the Course Information area of the course.

By Day 7

Submit one document that contains both your cover letter and resume.

Submission and Grading Information

To submit your completed Assignment for review and grading, do the following:

• Please save your Assignment using the naming convention “WK2Assgn+last name+first initial.(extension)” as the name.
• Click the Week 2 Assignment Rubric to review the Grading Criteria for the Assignment.
• Click the Week 2 Assignment link. You will also be able to “View Rubric” for grading criteria from this area.
• Next, from the Attach File area, click on the Browse My Computer button. Find the documents you saved as “WK2Assgn+last name+first initial.(extension)” and click Open.
• If applicable: From the Plagiarism Tools area, click the checkbox for I agree to submit my paper(s) to the Global Reference Database.
• Click on the Submit button to complete your submission.

Grading Criteria

To access your rubric:
Week 2 Assignment Rubric

Check Your Assignment Draft for Authenticity

To check your Assignment draft for authenticity:
Submit your Week 2 Assignment draft and review the originality report.

Discussion: Exploring Graduate Studies

For this Discussion, you will research and report on a graduate school program of study located at a university in a field or area you are interested in potentially pursuing (e.g., clinical psychology, counseling psychology, developmental psychology, law school, business school, social work, etc.). You will report the type of degree earned through the program (e.g., M.A., M.S., Ph.D., Psy.D., J.D., M.S.W., Ed.D., M.B.A., etc.), and the pre-admission requirements for the graduate program at the university (GPA, test scores such as the GRE, LSAT, MCAT, Personal Statements, Curriculum Vitae (CV), letters of recommendation, etc.), as well as the pros and cons for you to pursue a degree in this program (e.g., consider factors such cost, lifestyle, commute, length of program, etc.). In addition, you will determine if your chosen field has specific licensure or regulatory requirements for practitioners in the state you reside in or plan to reside (e.g., if your chosen field of study is Marriage and Family Counseling, visit your state board for Counselor licensure website to learn what the minimum requirements are for practicing Counselors in your state).

Before you post to your Discussion, explore various programs of study by examining this week’s Learning Resources. You are not limited to exploring only Walden’s programs of study, and you are encouraged to compare similar graduate school programs across multiple universities. Also, examine the list of professional and licensure websites, as well as the graduate school search resources on the PsychCareers website. Finally, access the BS in Psychology Resource Center and review the frequently asked questions (FAQs) and answers about preparing for graduate study. The link to the BS in Psychology Resource Center is in the Course Home menu.

With these thoughts in mind

By Day 3

Post a response to the following:

1. Provide a brief summary of the specific graduate school program you have chosen to explore. What university are you interested in attending? Report the degree earned through the program (e.g., M.A., Ph.D., J.D., M.S.W, etc.), the pre-admission requirements (e.g., GPA, test scores, CV, Personal Statement, etc.), and discuss why you are interested in this program of study. Comment on if the information is consistent with what you read about regarding application to post-graduate programs in the course textbook.
2. Explain the pros and cons of attending this graduate program as they relate to your lifestyle. Consider variables such as geographic location, cost, etc.
3. Describe what the regulatory and licensure requirements may be for your chosen field of interest in the state you currently reside in or plan to reside and provide URL links to the resources you used to obtain the information (e.g., if your chosen field of study is Marriage and Family Counseling, visit your state board for Counselor Licensure website to learn what the minimum requirements are for practicing Counselors in your state).

Note: Be sure to support the responses within your initial Discussion assignment post (and in your colleague reply) with information obtained from the assigned Learning Resources, including a Reference list for sources used. For information regarding how your Discussion assignment will be evaluated, please review the Grading Rubric, located in the Course Information area of the course.

By Day 5

Respond to at least one of your colleagues’ initial Discussion assignment postings in one or more of the following ways:

• Ask a probing question and provide insight into how you would answer your question and why.
• Ask a probing question and provide the foundation, or rationale, for the question.
• Expand on your colleague’s posting by offering a new perspective or insight.
• Agree with a colleague and offer additional (new) supporting information for consideration.
• Disagree with a colleague by respectfully discussing and supporting a different perspective.

Important Note: For all Discussions in this course, you are required to complete your initial Discussion assignment post before you will be able to view and respond to your colleagues’ postings. Begin by clicking on the “Post to Discussion Question” link, and then select “Create Thread” to complete your initial post. Remember, once you click Submit, you cannot delete or edit your own posts, and you cannot post anonymously. Please check your post carefully before clicking Submit!

You will need to find 4 articles located in scholarly journals. Scholarly journal articles are also referred as primary source peer reviewed articles. A scholarly journal article can be found in the South University Online Library. To find more information regarding utilizing the South University Library and accessing scholarly journal articles click on Library Guide. What cannot be used for this assignment are web pages, magazines, newspapers, text books, and other books. Finally, current research for our purposes is an article that was published within the last 5 to 6 years.

Remember this is a course on human development so when looking for articles make sure they are related to the subject matter covered in the course. To help in your search here are some of the major areas we covered in this course (these are meant as a guide, not specific topics to find).

• Major developmental theories across the lifespan
• Nature of geographic, gender, social, cognitive, emotional, and developmental factors during each period of development
• Developmental factors that impact one another.
• Historical and current trends in development
• Current trends which may differentially impact the future development of populations in the United States
• Social, and diversity issues related to developmental psychology

With the major areas above in mind, focus on at least two of the following age groups:

• Childhood
• Adolescence
• Adulthood
• Older Adults

First, give an overview of each article, including:

• Write a 2-paragraph summary for each article.
• Write a 1-2 paragraph analysis and evaluation for each article found.
• Make sure to integrate course material in that analysis

Then, write a summary (1-2 pages) integrating what was leaned from the articles reviewed on the chosen age groups as seen from the life-span perspective. Cover the following in that summary:

• What similarities did you find in the types of research and what was being studied? What differences did you find?
• Based on your course readings, what developmental theories did you find that were applicable?
• Explain how the life-span perspective may provide a way of better understanding the research reviewed.