Ethical Decision Making Framework
FOCUS: IDEALS
NAME: Paula
STEP ONE: THE DETAILS OF THE CASE
(1) Choose one inquiry, from inquiries 1 - 28 (pages 114 - 117). Indicate which inquiry you chose, and then briefly explain it in your own words: A Boy gets an expensive toy and gives it to a friend who seems poor.
(2) Stakeholders: Tom, Tom's Parents and the friend.
(3) Are the details given sufficient? Why or why not? No, Tom assume the boy was poor or did he know?
(4) What additional questions does this inquiry raise? Does Tom always does things like this? Or do he only give to the less fortunate?
STEP TWO: THE RELEVANT CRITERIA1. Obligations (aka "duties"): Optional this week
2. Moral Ideals (aka "virtues"): See breakdown of ideals below
3. Consequences (aka "outcomes" or "results"):
Optional this week
NOTE: Not ALL of the following ideals will apply! Only consider the main ones that you believe apply, in the inquiry you chose. Don't just pick the easy ones to consider, because you didn't take the time to thoroughly read the chapter and learn what each one of these actually means. I will quiz you when we do group work on Thursday.*
Cardinal Ideal/Virtue of Prudence:*
Cardinal Ideal/Virtue of Justice:*
Cardinal Ideal/Virtue of Temperance:*
Cardinal Ideal/Virtue of Courage:* Tom gave his toy away and did not know how his Parents was going to react.
Cardinal Ideal/Virtue of Loving Kindness:* He gave it to him because he was his friend.
Cardinal Ideal/Virtue of Honesty:*
Cardinal Ideal/Virtue of Compassion:* Because the boy did not have a toy.
Cardinal Ideal/Virtue of Forgiveness:*
Cardinal Ideal/Virtue of Repentance:*
Cardinal Ideal/Virtue of Reparation:*
Cardinal Ideal/Virtue of Gratitude:*
Cardinal Ideal/Virtue of Beneficence:*
Conflicting ideals--consider the relative importance of each; determine which ideal represents the greater good (or the lesser evil).Because the boy did not have a toy, having compassion and the courage because he did not ask his parents, meant more to him.
STEP THREE: POSSIBLE COURSES OF ACTION
Alternative
#1: Tom could of gave him another toy.
#2: Or if Tom had money he could of bought him a toy.
#3: Tom should of ask his parents first
STEP FOUR: THE MOST ETHICAL ACTION
Examine the action taken or proposed and decide whether it achieves the greater good (the most widespread "respect for persons")...if it does not, choose one that will, from your alternatives. Where the choice of actions is such that no good can be achieved, choose the action that will result in the lesser evil.
Tom should of showed more respect to his parents and asked first because he did not know what they went through to get that toy for him. However tom did it out of the kindness of his heart, which is compassion. (This idea is a sentiment that occurs in response to other people's suffering, emotional as well as physical.) page 109. I believe he may of felt that his parents would be happy with his decision.
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Make sure you cite specific passages from the book and/or chapter, which helped you arrive at your conclusion...thus proving to me you read this book.
SELF EVALUATION
1. In your own words, describe something new that you learned from this week’s assigned reading material and guidance. Well, what I have realized this week was how much I have learned being part of this class and these assignments.
2. In your own words, describe in detail some insight you gained, about the material, from one of your classmates' blogs this week. "Mck Ethics", well what I've learned was how much the majority of us think alike.
3. Did you post a thoroughly completed post to your blog on time this week? No, because when I went to post on Wednesday evening my computer crash and I had to wait until Thursday afternoon to post my material.
4. Did you ALSO print this out, so you can bring it to class and earn total points? Yes, I will.
5. Of 25 points total, my efforts this week deserve: I am a little late because my computer crash and I could not post by the deadline, however, I applied myself and did the work. So I'll say what ever you decide because it is your decision. Of course I would give myself the whole 25 points.
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Thursday, March 12, 2009
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Assignment #9 Part Three
ASSIGNMENT PART THREE
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------1. In a nutshell, what is the most important thing, for you, that you learned from this assignment?
Well we all have alot of obligations to deal with on an everyday bases and how we make decisions everyday that are vital to our everyday living. It seem like nothing because we are so accustom to doing it but one wrong decision can change our lives forever.
2. How will you apply what you learned through this assignment to your everyday life? To be careful in our decision making because it could be life altering.
3. What grade do you believe your efforts regarding this assignment deserve? Justify your answer. I believe I. deserve the full points because I answer to the best of my ability.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------1. In a nutshell, what is the most important thing, for you, that you learned from this assignment?
Well we all have alot of obligations to deal with on an everyday bases and how we make decisions everyday that are vital to our everyday living. It seem like nothing because we are so accustom to doing it but one wrong decision can change our lives forever.
2. How will you apply what you learned through this assignment to your everyday life? To be careful in our decision making because it could be life altering.
3. What grade do you believe your efforts regarding this assignment deserve? Justify your answer. I believe I. deserve the full points because I answer to the best of my ability.
Assignment #9 Part Two
ASSIGNMENT PART TWO
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------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 there is more than 1 obligations we should choose the most important one or the one that is best suited for you at the time.
2. How can we reconcile conflicting obligations? Well you need to choose wisely and as wisely as you can. First I guess you should pick the priority of each situation and the one that's more beneficial.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------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 there is more than 1 obligations we should choose the most important one or the one that is best suited for you at the time.
2. How can we reconcile conflicting obligations? Well you need to choose wisely and as wisely as you can. First I guess you should pick the priority of each situation and the one that's more beneficial.
Assignment #9
ASSIGNMENT PART ONE
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------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: An unwarranted assumption is basely when we hear something other then what is ask. For example if a question is asked of us such as "what are you studying in college?" and you say "well I wanted to take Ballerina....but". You need to be a good listener so that you can be a good answerer.
Oversimplification: In my opionion, it is when you try hard to simplify to the point where you cause misconception or misrepresent, mostly not meaning to but to the point that only you understand it.
Hasty Conclusions: is when you are quick to respond to something or quick to judge a decision just based on how you feel.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------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: An unwarranted assumption is basely when we hear something other then what is ask. For example if a question is asked of us such as "what are you studying in college?" and you say "well I wanted to take Ballerina....but". You need to be a good listener so that you can be a good answerer.
Oversimplification: In my opionion, it is when you try hard to simplify to the point where you cause misconception or misrepresent, mostly not meaning to but to the point that only you understand it.
Hasty Conclusions: is when you are quick to respond to something or quick to judge a decision just based on how you feel.
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