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Based on the definition of morality, explain why the review committee determined that Dr. Smith has an incomplete model of morality. What specific component is her plan missing?
Case context: Dr. Smith is designing a study on prosocial behavior. In her research plan, she writes extensively about the philosophical justification for why helping others is inherently 'good', but she completely omits any practical behavioral protocols for how participants or researchers will navigate difficult situations to ensure they are acting appropriately during the study. A research review committee notes that her plan engages with ethics but has an incomplete model of morality.
Question: Based on the definition of morality, explain why the review committee determined that Dr. Smith has an incomplete model of morality. What specific component is her plan missing?
Sample answer: The committee determined her model is incomplete because morality involves both the conceptualization of moral behavior and the strategies people use to attain it. While Dr. Smith addressed the conceptual 'good' (the ethics and conceptualization), her plan is missing the practical strategies or behavioral standards required to actually attain that goal.
Key points:
- States that morality involves the conceptualization of moral behavior.
- States that morality involves strategies to attain a behavioral standard.
- Recognizes that Dr. Smith included the conceptual aspect through her philosophical justification.
- Identifies that Dr. Smith omitted the practical strategies component.
Rubric: Full credit is given if the student correctly identifies that morality encompasses both the conceptualization of moral behavior and the practical strategies used to achieve it, and concludes that Dr. Smith's plan is missing the strategies component.
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