Ethical Theories Discussion Board

Picking Up The Pace: All students are to either:
(a) pick one of the 4 questions below, respond (CREATE A POST) to it, significantly, lead that discussion (with all who COMMENT on it), and respond to all who do, or
(b) respond to two of the others' COMMENTS (and continue to respond to them, having a directed discussion).
Once the 4 questions have their own POSTS started, the rest of you must use/respond to those threads instead of adding new ones.
The Questions: pick only one:
1. Briefly summarize the families of values and traditional ethical theories Anthony Weston discusses. Which family of values or theory makes the most sense to you, which the least, and why?
2. Briefly summarize the ethical theories Manning & Stroud discuss. Which strikes you as the most sensible, and why?
3. Briefly summarize Taylor's arguments about the different forms of relativism and how they interrelate. Do you agree? Why?
4. The UN Declaration on Human Rights asserts that we have a variety of rights, but what is the status of a moral right (is it objective, subjective, relative)? What do you think rights have to do with what Nussbaum focuses on, i.e., capabilities? Why? (Bonus question: What about animal's capabilities and rights?)