Final Blog

(1) Question: What condition must be present to conclude whether or not someone is truly happy? Which is more important? What is the best expression between the relationship of happiness and ethics?

(2) Conceptual Clarifications:

Conclude: To Bring to an end.

Expression: The act of expressing, conveying, or representing in words, art, music, or movement; a manifestation.

Relationship: The condition or fact of being related; connection or association.

(3) Answer:

First of all, we have to understand what we define happiness as. Happiness as defined by thefreedictionary.com, is; enjoying, showing, or marked by pleasure, satisfaction, or joy. Based on this definition we can conclude that to define if a person is truly happy then some conditions that must be present are joy, satisfaction or expressions of pleasure. There are many things that can cause a person to express these feelings of joy or satisfaction. Material things are probably the most important things that bring people to show expressions of joy and pleasure. Material things can be defined as cars, clothes, electronics, jewelry, etc. Material things are not the only things that make people happy. Some people put their faith in religion and worship. Though there is no physical reward for their worship, the feeling they get from it is the joy that they express and that is the conditoins that show that they are truly happy. The relationship between ethics and happiness goes hand in hand in my opinion. The things listed previously that give people the feelings of joy, and satisfaction are things that can be obtained by ethical means. You can work, get money, and buy the materialistic things and by just worshiping you can be happy. Although those decisions to reach happiness are ethical there are unethical ways to obtain those things that give you the same feeling of happiness. Stealing would be an unethical way to get those items but the feeling of happiness from that route would not be the same as getting them the ethical way because the person at some point will feel remorse for what they did unless they were mentally unfit to. As we learned in chapter eleven there are exceptions to this situation but even that is still debatable. There are many ways that a person can feel happines and as long as you dont harm any one or your happiness doesnt negatively affect any other person then your happiness will be ethical.

(4) Example:

I good example would be a situation that i stated previously. By definition we learned that happiness is expressions such as joy and satisfaction. Also it has been determined that these expressions can be brought about by obtaining materialistic objects. If you chose to go to a store and steal an object that you wanted then it would be unethical. Chosing the unethical path will provide only temporary happiness because it is just in human nature to feel some remorse for stealing something that doesnt belong to yourself.

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(7) References: Ruggiero. (2008). Thinking Critically About Ethical Issues. McGraw Hill.

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Blog Assignment #9

ASSIGNMENT PART ONE
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In this section, we're going to return for a moment to Chapter 7, to the section that discusses errors that are common in the analysis of moral issues (p. 89). Breifly explain each of the following errors in your own words, as if you were explaining the concept to a friend who had never taken this class (consider who, what, when, where, why, how, when); and then give an example of each one, preferably from your own past experience.

Unwarranted Assumptions: Are jumping to a conclusion without taking the time or putting forth the effort to fully understand a situation. A good example would be a time when a friend of mine thought he left his watch at my house. He thought he left it there because it was the last place he remembered having it so when he got home and looked every where for it. When he couldnt find it there he called me up asking me if i saw it and i told him i hadn't so he then accused me of taking it and assumed i did since he couldnt find it anywhere else. He eventually found it in his car and apologized.

Oversimplification: Simplifying something so much that you tend to leave out minor or important details because you either didn't agree with or because you didn't think it was important to include these details. An example of oversimplification could be when one time i went to the doctor and got some medicine and since side effects of the medicine were very rare he didnt bother to tell me. A few days after taking the medicine i got even more sick, when i went back he told me it was a side effect and took me off the medecine.

Hasty Conclusions: I would define hasty conclusions as making a decision about someone or something with out putting any thought or research into it. A good example would be when my sister got a new boyfriend and being protective i judged him by his appearances and was some what rude to him. After a couple of weeks i realized he was very nice and treated my sister with respect.

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ASSIGNMENT PART TWO
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Briefly answer the following "chapter opening" questions, in your own words, based on what you learned by studying chapter eight:

1. What do we do in situations where there is more than a single obligation? When we are faced with two or more obligations then we should chose the one that will have the most positive out come.

2. How can we reconcile conflicting obligations? If we want to reconcile conflicting obligations then we have to do some of each so instead of focusing 100% attention on one and o% on the other we go 50/50 on each one.

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ASSIGNMENT PART THREE
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1. In a nutshell, what is the most important thing, for you, that you learned from this assignment? The most important thing iv learned in this lesson is that you shouldnt come to hasty conclusions most importantly when based on emotion.

2. How will you apply what you learned through this assignment to your everyday life? Insert Yes, all of the topics we have discussed in this blog are applicable in everyday life.

3. What grade do you believe your efforts regarding this assignment deserve? Justify your answer. Well thats a tricky question, i am posting this assignment late so i already deserve points off for that but based on perforemance i believe i deserve a good grade for that.

Blog assignment #6

PART ONE

QUESTION #1: If an action that is praised in one culture may be condemned in another, would it be correct to say that all moral values are relative to the culture they are found in?

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ANSWER 1A:

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I beleive that you do have to look at moral values in context of the country that they reside in. Like individuals, different cultures are going to have different views and different moral values. I beleive that most moral values are pretty universal but some may not be treated the same in other cultures. Take for example the way most americans have moral values in respect toward women. We treat women equal to men (mostly) in america based on our moral values. Although in some foreign countries it is considered dis respect for a women to show her self off. It would be considered moraly wrong for the woman to show off her body in some foreign countries.

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ANSWER 1B:

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AI: Whether or not it is correct to say that all moral values are relative to the culture they are found in.

P: As the world and cultures grow and change then moral values may change

P: Different cultures have different values

C: Therefore, it is correct to say that all moral values are relative to the culture they are found in

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QUESTION #2: Isn’t it a mark of ignorance to pass judgments on other cultures or to claim that one culture is better than another?

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ANSWER 2A:

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I believe that it is a mark of ignorance to pass judgement on another culture or to claim that your culture is better than anyone elses. That is how race is viewed, poeple try and say that there race is better than another and that is viewed as ignorant. Although it is ignorant that doesnt change the fact that it has been happening all over the world since the begginign of time. Countries try to over throw or enslave another race just because they believe they are better.

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ANSWER 2B:

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AI: Whether or not it is a mark of ignorance to pass judgments on other cultures or to claim that one culture is better than another.

P: Passing judgement on another race is considered ignorant

P: When we say we are better than someone else it isnt clear what defines better

C: Therefore, it is a mark of ignorance to pass judgments on other cultures.
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PART TWO

(pg. 64, inquiry #7)

In america hospitality is held very dearly by those who wish to be polite and accomodate there guests. If you wanted to be hospitable you may offer a guest food, a shower, etc., but how about offering your guest your wife? In eskamo tradition the man of the house would offer his wife to his guest. This would not be acceptable in our society due to our respect for womens rights. I beleive it to be un ethical because the women should be able to chose to offer herself to the guest.

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Arguable issue: Wether or not it is ethical for the eskimo man to volunteer his wife to the guest.

P: Womens rights have to be considered

P: It is wrong to make someone do something against there will

C: Therefore, the eskimo man shouldnt offer his wife to the guest.