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Bonus Question: For up to 10 points answer the following. Be…

Bonus Question: For up to 10 points answer the following. Be sure to read and follow the instructions carefully.   Choose any one of the ethical theories we have studied: Plato’s Virtue Ethics; Aristotle’s Virtue Ethics; Kant’s Deontology; Mill’s Utilitarianism; Classical and Difference Feminism; and tell me which one you like the best. You must describe the theory in detail. This means that you must tell me how the theory works, what are the steps the theory takes in order to determine whether an action is moral or immoral. You must include the following aspects for each philosopher (but not necessarily in the order given, you can address them in any order you want):   Plato-ignorance as wrongdoing, the theory of the forms, myth of the cave, opinion vs. knowledge, the three parts of the soul, and the soul’s balance.   Aristotle: Empirical knowledge (the senses), the concept of virtue (Greek), Teleology (purpose), the human purpose, the golden mean (two extremes), and happiness (as related to purpose).       Kant: the good will, the first instantiation of the Categorical Imperative (the steps to use), Universalization, means and ends, and the second instantiation of the Categorical Imperative.   John Stuart Mill: consequentialism, hedonistic calculus, higher and lower pleasures, and the harm principle.   Classical & Difference Feminism: how do the classical and difference feminists account for differences in men and women (how do each account for the difference, what does Simone de Beauvoir say about women, what would Carol Gilligan say, do Beauvoir and Gilligan agree, what is the Heinz dilemma, what does the Heinz dilemma show, what is the ethics of justice and care, clearly distinguish how classical and difference feminism differ from each other.