Vaccine Passports

The Assignment Prompts:

Mills Position: When, if ever, would Mill justify requiring Covid Vaccine Passports/Digital Health Passes? Since Utilitarianism is a consequentialist theory, you should be very clear about what you believe Mill’s desired outcome would be for this proposal and be careful to explain how Mill amended Bentham’s concept of the highest good as unqualified pleasure. You should include a discussion of both potential disadvantages/costs and benefits to any such proposal. Briefly defend your answer with specific reference to Mill’s primary works. (40 points)

A Critical Objection: Identify one key problem with Mill’s Utilitarian approach to ethics as it applies to this particular case. (10 points) Remember, this section is not intended to be a counter-consideration that Mill, himself might have such at the costs or harms that this proposal might carry as this discussion should be included in the prior section. Rather, it should focus on a fundamental problem with Utilitarianism as a moral theory.

Your Position: Where do you stand on this issue of requiring Covid Vaccine Passports/Digital Health Passes? (10 points)

The completed assignment should be approximately 1000 words, not counting your end-notes. Please follow the assigned format as exemplified at the end of this document. Each answer should be separated, numbered and of proportionate length to the number of points possible. This study is worth a total of 60 points. Please take note of the different point value for each question and draft your responses accordingly.

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