Top 10 Questions to Answer Before Accepting Any Judgment or Resolution of a Morally Problematic Case

1. What ethical issues are relevant to the case? - state 2 but you must specify one as primary
   
   
2. Which ethical values must one presume to decide what one should or should not do in this case? - state 3
   
   
3. Who are primary stakeholders? - identify 2
   
   
4. What alleged facts are relevant to a resolution of the primary issue? - state 2
   
   
5. What other assumptions (background beliefs, definitions, etc.) are required to resolve the case? - state 2
   
   
6. What ethical principles must one use to decide what course of action to choose? - state 2
   
   
7. What options are there (i.e., actions doable and consistent with relevant ethical concerns)? - state 3
   
   
8. What results are most likely to follow from each option? - state 1 likely result of each option cited above
   
   
9. Which specific action (from among options described in 7) should have been taken by the primary agent(s) in this case? - state which option the moral agent(s) you are judging should have taken and say briefly why
   
   
10. What ethical judgment - based on the ethical principles in (6) - do you make? - state it precisely then produce a standard form argument that justifies accepting it, make sure that it is about the issue you select as primary in (1)