1: What are your core beliefs about what makes some things moral and other things immoral, and how did you come to form these beliefs?

1: What are your core beliefs about what makes some things moral and other things immoral, and how did you come to form these beliefs?

2: Do your personal moral beliefs align with one of the classical moral theories? If so, what is it, and what are the theory’s details?

3-5: The rest of these questions relate to the following situation:

Any student at UHD who is not a resident of Texas must pay out-of-state tuition, while Texas residents have their tuition subsidized by Texas taxpayers. This means that non-residents pay about twice as much as residents to attend UHD. According to state law, undocumented immigrants who have lived in Texas for three years are eligible for in-state tuition at Texas universities. Is this law moral? Should the state subsidize the education of people who live in Texas, but are not legal U.S. citizens?

3: What are the different ethical issues involved in the above example? How are these issues related, if they are?

4: How might different ethical perspectives apply to the above example?

5: What is your personal position on the issue above? What possible objections might one raise to your position, and how might you respond to them?