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an article int Wall Street Journal about the city of Philadelphia planning to put a very heavy tax on soda Utilitarian Ethical Analysis (20% of paper grade) Introduction (brief) to ethics as a branch of philosophy Introduction and the brief explanation of the Utilitarian theory See Cavico and Mujtaba Business Ethics text Chapter 7 for discussion of Utilitarianism Stakeholder, pleasure v. pain, the numerical model of Utilitarianism - Utilitarian analysis as per required model (See required Utilitarian model below) Moral conclusion pursuant to the Utilitarian model Kantian Ethical Analysis (10% of paper grade) Introduction and the brief explanation of Kantian ethics See Cavico and Mujtaba Business Ethics text Chapter 8 for discussion of Kantian ethics Statement of Kant’s Ethics Principle – The Categorical Imperative Application of the Three Tests of the Categorical Imperative to the topic (Universal “Law” Test; Kingdom of Ends Test; Agent-Receiver Test) Kantian Moral Conclusion