Issues for Examination in Foundations of Ethics

Gun control policy
war in Iraq
animal rights (including hunting [good gracious! Is someone impeding animals' right to hunt?]
vegetarianism / veganism
reasons for war? are any ethical? does going to war solve the "problem"?
euthanasia / mercy killing
racism / racial profiling
I know this topic is overdone but abortion? in a case of rape?
attacking criminals if you have the chance
Is shopping at Walmart ethical when one knows that the goods one purchases [are] at the expense of other human beings?
is it ethical (for an American) to not vote, when much has been sacrificed by others so they might have this right? Even if one doesn't like any [candidate] or believe in a [candidate]?
Lying - for example: Your friend is dating someone you saw kissing someone else. Do you tell that person? [Oh, I think that person the friend who's dating the first person already knows, since he or she was the one your friend's date was kissing. But maybe if you told her or him, then he or she would know that you know that he or she knows that you know]
Euthanasia -- is it ethical? Should the law dictate your rights in this situation?

Should parents be able to create an account on a website (facebook, myspace, etc.) to be able to essentially "keep tabs" on their children, or should the kids have more privacy?

Government sponsored assassinations or the ousting of a ruler unliked by [a] government

Is it morally acceptable to intervene with other countries' politics simply [because a] government does not like the ruler? [No, but if they have a lot of oil, hey, go for it]

Many people believe that abortion is bad, but the death penalty is necessary [I think you don't really want a comma there]

At this point of the class, I just started to think in terms of [an] ethical system, therefore, it is very difficult for me to propose an argument. However, speaking in terms of a Daoist, how is one supposed to live in accordance with nature if the life he [or she] is living is based [solely] on providing for [her or] himself and his [or her] family. If the means to provide are not impossible then her is proceeding with a process that is possible to do. [Likely.] Yet, the means to survive, like working [are] not the most natural thing to do. Working such as a [diner], Giant, etc. What, then, is the way to proceed in accordance with nature in Modern Times?

smaller scale situations
offered a better job, thinking about leaving current one, should you inform anyone? Same type of question applies to roommates / living situations, etc.
Accepting bribes, would help people out short term, but possible ramifications later on... should you?

Helping out a friend, even though you know they are in the wrong; should you be loyal or do what may be right?

Euthanasia -- relating to humans as well as animals [last I heard, humans were animals]

The use of plastic bags and or any other product that causes harm to the environment.

I don't think this could be look[ed] at [as] an ethical standpoint, but what is the purpose of art that is a giant litter box or rumpled pieces of carpet hanging from a pole attached to a wall? Is this art? [No, it is not. People who produce such "art" should be rounded up, herded into camps made of concrete with corrugated steel roofs, surgically sterilized, treated with electric shock therapy, lobotomized, and eventually, re-educated, returned to service-sector jobs. Just like what we do here at PCA&D!] One could say yes, because taking an everyday object and turning it into something else like a statement on art such as the artist that did the large litterbox making a statement that his work is no good. [I think I may have to rethink my above position.]