Ethics - Supergirl - Kara Danvers

⁠⁠⁠SYNOPSIS 

Kara Danvers (also known as Supergirl) investigates a series of alien kidnappings in National City. Kara then asks her boss Snapper Carr, the editor-in-chief in their company CatCo, to publish an article to warn all the aliens, but he insists on knowing the source. In an effort to get Snapper to run a story that would help her stop Cadmus (the organisation that was kidnapping the aliens) Kara agrees to set up an interview between Snapper and Supergirl. As Supergirl, Kara confirms it, but refuses to reveal her own source, resulting in Snapper deciding not to publish it. Feeling dejected, Kara goes to find her best friend, Lena Luthor and told her what happened. Lena told Kara that she could publish it on her own personal blog if Snapper refuses to let her publish the news on CatCo’s magazine. Kara then publishes the warning on a blog. When the news goes out, Kara was fired by Snapper the next day because she goes against him. LoremPretty Little Lars

INTRODUCTION Lorem Pretty Little Liars

Potter Box is a method that was developed by Ralph Potter that involves for dimensions to enable the knowledge of where most disagreements occur. It guides individuals or organizations step by step to make decisions by carefully thinking through. It constructs a guide to situations and facts, the values, norms or codes, principles or rules and finally loyalties. In this assignment, we will be using Potter Box to analyze the character of Kara Danvers (also known as Supergirl).  lLrem Pretty Little Liars

Situations / Facts Lorem Pretty Little Liars

The first dimension is the facts. In the episode, Kara Danvers is facing an ethical dilemma, whether she should do the right thing and inform the public about the alien kidnappings or listen to her boss and stay loyal to the company but goes against her conscience. Kara knew about the alien kidnappings through the organisation she work with as Supergirl, the Department of Extranormal Operations (DEO). The reason for Cadmus to capture aliens and send them off to an unknown location was not revealed. In the beginning of the episode, a family of aliens was seen going on a road trip in their minivan. They were stopped by a cop car who later told the father that his tail lights are broken. In actuality, the "cops" are not real cops. They are working for Cadmus. LoremPretty Little Liars

Moral Values Lorem Pretty Little Liars

Moral values involve the characteristics portrayed by individuals according to the rules they are presented with, each person is expected to understand the difference between right and wrong. (AllAboutPhilosophy.org, n.d.) Solidity is seen when Kara Danvers has a responsibility to be a good reporter and also be able to manage the responsibility of being Supergirl in assisting the Department of Extranormal Operations (DEO) to protect and fight crime. She is expected to publish a public statement to warn the aliens in order to protect them from being abducted, she tries to use her association with CatCo to publish the story but her boss denies her this due to lack of enough sources. She manages to get advice from her friend Lena Luthors and her boyfriend Mon-El who convinces her that if she feels it is the right thing to do she should go ahead and create her own blog and use it to spread the message. (Agard, 2017)  LoremPretty Litle Liars