Moral object, Intention and Circumstance Activity
Be sure to read through everything!

1. Read (or re-read) pages 58 through 64 especially noticing definitions of moral object, circumstances and intention.

2. Read (or re-read) the EXERCISE on the right margin of page 65.  Your task is similar to the EXERCISE.  

3. Now read (or re-read) through the “Case: Courageous Sacrifice or an Old Fool” in the orange box on page 65 (this is similar to what you will be doing.)

4. TASK: Find 3 articles describing a current event from an online news source that you can use to illustrate the moral object, intention and circumstances.  Sometimes the intention will have to be figured out on your own. Something immoral needs to have occurred in the story.

5. These need to actual current events that that you find online at newspaper web sites.  
•	You must use a reputable newspaper web site  (Omaha.com, chicagotribune.com, nytimes.com, latimes.com, washingtonpost.com) or a nationally recognized news site such as msnbc.com or cnn.com.  You can use the links below too.
•	The article should be SHORT!  No long articles—if it takes you more than about a minute to read it—it is too long.
•	Try these sites 
o	http://today.reuters.com/news/newsChannel.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews
o	http://www.topix.net/news/weird
o	http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/digest.htm
o	http://www.newsoftheweird.com/
o	http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/
o	http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/weird_news/
•	Try http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/ 

6. Again, something immoral needs to have occurred in the news event.

7. Copy and paste the story into an MSWord document.  Be sure to include the title of the article, author, date and website.  

8. Immediately after each story—identify the moral object, intention and circumstance.  

9. Type everything and you may work only by yourself.

10. Put your name at the top and print it out.

11. Be prepared to share in class.  

A template follows

M I C Activity
Name:

Title of Article:
Author or news service:
Date of Story:
Site:
 
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Moral Object of the Story:

Intention:

Circumstances: