Activity 2
Activity 2
Activity 2
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GE8 Ethics – Section AX
Activity 2: Introduction
1. What is the ideal life for you that is worth living for?
- For me, the ideal life that is worth living for is doing what you love and what you do, always
striving for happiness, taking inspiration from the world, doing something that you have
always wanted to do, helping others who are in need, working with passion, not afraid of
making mistakes, being the reason that someone smiles today, trying out different things, and
to living your life to the fullest.
Activity 3: Essence and Significance of Ethics
1. What is the difference between Ethics and Morality?
- Ethics a characteristic way of acting which also refers to the principles or standards of human
conduct. Ethics is also called moral philosophy that involves systematizing, defending, and
recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior; thus, ethics is sometimes referred to as
the study of morality.
2. Give a situational example of yours where you used moral reasoning in a specific experience of
your life.
- There were two people of different ethnicities ask me to hold a door open and there is no
difference in the circumstances other than their ethnicity, then I provided them with the same
treatment because they should get equal treatment regardless of their ethnicity. Either you
hold the door for both of them or refuse to help both of them.
3. Give a situational example of yours where you used impartiality in a specific experience of your
life.
- An example of mime about impartiality is while we were having food with your friends, it
seems that I have a special treat to my own friends over the strangers to make sure that they
have food to eat.
3. How is Aristotle’s Eudaimonia be attained through moral virtue? Give one situational example of
such relationship.
- According to Aristotle, eudaimonia can only be attained by leading an active life that fully
utilizes our inherent talents and abilities, both as individuals and as humans. To be the best
human is to be the most virtuous. For example, telling an upsetting truth to a friend, this
doesn’t guarantee ‘happiness’ in the modern sense of the word. In fact, it might mean doing
something that makes us unhappy.
Activity 9: Feelings or Emotions in Decision Making
1. Define feeling and emotions and state their differences using an example.
- Feelings are related to basic emotions, but they play a different role in our lives. For example,
social circles that promote toxic masculinity may cause men to express emotions in unhealthy
ways. In these environments, they’re often shamed for expressing feelings related to sadness.
Emotions are natural to all humans, regardless of culture. For example, if we encounter a
dangerous animal in the wild, only one emotion makes sense which is fear.
3. What could be the positive and negative effects of our feelings/emotions in our decision making?
- Emotions shape decisions through the depth of thought. In addition to influencing the content
of thought, emotions also influence the depth of information processing related to decision
making. On the other hand, it can affect not just the outcome of the decision, but the speed at
which you make it. Anger can lead to impatience and rash decision making. If you’re excited,
you might make quick decisions without considering the implications.
4. Give a situational example of yours where your decision making is highly affected by your
feelings or emotions.
- There was a time when I was stressed, disappointed, and impatient while I was editing a
video presentation for our project. My laptop was also not cooperating that time. Due to my
lack of patience and all of the feelings and emotions I felt, my video presentation didn’t end
up the way I like it to be. I should be calm and patient that time and I should put aside all my
emotions for me to have a better product.
Activity 10: Culture and Moral Behavior
1. Define Culture and Tradition and give their differences using 1 example each.
- The main difference between culture and tradition is that traditions describe a group’s beliefs
and behaviors that are passed down from one generation to another. Culture describes the
shared characteristics of the entire group, which has been amassed throughout its history. For
example, in culture it includes everything from the food you eat to the TV shows you watch,
as well as art, language, fashion, dance, and more. On the other hand, an example of tradition
is to remove your shoes when entering a home in Japan is a shared custom passed down from
parent to child. It’s rooted in good manners, as is the tradition of bowing to those you greet.
These honor Japan’s greater culture, which largely centers around showing respect.
2. What is moral behavior? Give 1 situational example that defines moral behavior.
- Moral behavior is extremely subjective, but it is generally represented by an individual’s
knowledge of social and cultural norms and the capacity to perform good works through
selfless actions. For example, avoiding lying, cheating and stealing is indicative of moral
people, as they are attempting to refrain from committing action that could be dishonest and
hurtful to themselves and others.
3. What is cultural relativism? Give 1 situational example that defines cultural relativism.
- The common practice of same-sex friends in India walking in public while holding hands.
This is a common behavior and a sign of connectedness between two people. In England, by
contrast, holding hands is largely limited to romantically involved couples, and often suggests
a sexual relationship. These are simply two different ways of understanding the meaning of
holding hands. Someone who does not take a relativistic view might be tempted to see their
own understanding of this behavior as superior and perhaps the foreign practice as being
immoral.
4. How does culture shape the person’s view or understanding of morality? Give one example
- Rather than defining our moral behavior, it influences and changes our definitions of what
ought to be deemed morally acceptable by consistent exposure to it. Moral judgements and
behaviors are highly sensitive to culture. The understanding and construction of the exact
same moral issues can vary substantially across individuals who come from different cultural
backgrounds or possess different levels of multicultural experiences.
Activity 11: Development of Moral Character
1. What is Moral Character?
- Moral Character is an individual’s disposition to think, feel, and behave in an ethical versus
unethical manner, or as the subset of individual differences relevant to morality. It also
separate what is right from wrong and they are the foundation of character, because they
govern the way people think and behave.
2. Using Kholberg’s Development of Moral Character, give 1 situational example for each stage
under the 3 levels (pre-conventional, conventional and post-conventional)
Pre-conventional:
It would be bad for me to take my sister’s things because our parents will punish me and
get angry to me.
Conventional:
I better not drink and drive because my friends will think less of me and I, in turn, will think less
of myself.
Post-conventional:
It can’t be right that huge corporations sometimes pay no taxes; that law needs to be changed, so
that the burden of taxes falls more equally on everyone’s shoulders.