It is a Sunday afternoon. [4pm] You are getting ready to watch a movie on NetFlix before going out to an early dinner with friends. You’re winding down from the workweek and a busy Saturday when
the phone rings. It’s a San Francisco number and you wonder who it could be. You pick up the phone, and it’s one of your old classmates from Brooklyn College who got a job with a prestigious
consulting firm. It’s Martha McCaskey. It’s a pleasant surprise. Martha sat next to you in Principles of Accounting and you became good friends, but you have both been working long hours since
graduating and you haven’t spoken to Martha for almost a year. You and Martha chitchat about the exciting developments at your jobs, and she shares with you some of the challenges she is facing at
her job. After chatting for some time, you need to say goodbye to Martha in order to join some friends for dinner. [9pm] Throughout dinner, you could not stop thinking about Martha and her
difficult situation at work. It sounds like Martha faced a dilemma, although she didn’t use that exact word. Martha’s situation with a particular client is causing you to be concerned about the
choices she needs to make. As a friend, you decide to send Martha a short email of 200 words summarizing (1) your concerns and (2) your advice on what she should do. [Please compose a 200-word
email to Martha – it should be friendly and informal, but please use proper grammar.] [10pm] You feel better now that you have written Martha and shared your concerns and advice. You believe that
you gave Martha good advice, but in a Brooklyn College philosophy course you learned that there are often several legitimate perspectives on a situation such as this one. Because you miss writing
papers for Brooklyn College professors, you sit down to write a short 200-word essay on possible alternative viewpoints and advice compared to what you offered Martha in the 9pm email. You don’t
want to confuse Martha, so don’t send her this essay describing alternative viewpoints! [Please compose a 200-word essay describing alternative viewpoint(s) and advice to the one offered in the
email to Martha.] [11pm] You reflect on the email and subsequent essay you wrote in the past two hours. Tomorrow is a busy day, but you are a perfectionist and a loyal friend. In your gut, you know
that you gave Martha good advice, but you feel the need to explain to yourself why you gave the advice you did rather than the alternative viewpoints you described. Before going to bed, you decide
to write another 200-word essay on why you feel comfortable with the advice you gave Martha in the email. This essay should not simply repeat the points you made in the email but should compare
your advice with the alternative perspectives. Explain why you feel more comfortable with the advice you gave rather than the alternative perspective. [Please compose a second 200-word essay
describing why you feel comfortable with the original advice you gave Martha, as opposed to the alternative viewpoint(s).] Time Estimate 1. Read the Martha McCaskey case – 2 hours. 2. Compose the
email to Martha – 1 hour 3. Describe alternative viewpoints – 1 hour 4. Explain why you rejected the alternative viewpoints