Becoming a Philosphy Scholar Too!

This paper explores the things that have influenced my moral worldview. It includes insight on what I consider when making decisions. I discuss who and what I look too when deciding my morals and what I consider to be right and wrong.

This course has led to many realizations in terms of moral principles. I have been forced to evaluate my views on anything and everything from the election process to the argument of whether or not one is born instilled with a moral compass or learns morals from the nurture of others. In particular, I thoroughly enjoyed discussion regarding Plato and his ideal city and the allegory of the cave. Work of other philosophers has also led me to find an answer regarding the reasons and ways in which our republic should be re-invented. Machiavelli in particular led many insights in terms of realism that can be directly applied to the current political situation within the United States.

Mentioning about business classes, students may think about finance, marketing, accounting, management and so on. However, ethics class is designed for all business students to understand about ethics and how to do moral business. The article Can We Teach Character? An Aristotelian Answer by Edwin M. Hartman explains the principle of ethics and how the schools can teach their business students good characters. The author emphasizes on the Aristotle’s principles of well-being and ethics and how to apply these principles to real life.

Being a scholar-practitioner will not only allow me to become a consumer of knowledge, but it will also help me make a change to the advancement of individuals, communities, organizations and society. As a scholar- practitioner, I will be able to share my knowledge and original ideas with others through discussions and presenting at an academic or professional event. As my career field continue to expand, I will evolve in my career field as, I learn, grow and research.

The course of Ethics 3341-01 was a real eye opener for me this year. Initially going into the course I expected to gain a general over view of what Ethics is, and the relationship it has to the world. However, we were able to analyze the relationship of ethics and how it applies to the different sectors of public life. Not only did we look at a police officers perspective of living by a moral code, we also focused on other individuals within society, such as judges, citizens, and attorneys. This course showed the different sides of morality and how easy it is for individuals to loose their way. Within our society today there are numerous problems being faced and police and other members of the law enforcement are trying to help combat these

I have read tons books in my life. Unfortunately I was forced to read most of them. I never really liked reading just in general, But I will say that when I read The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald, it really hit me.I do not know what it is but I just like the theme and the circumstances that the characters were in. So hopefully The Great Gatsby is the only book that has impacted my life.

My personal experiences during this course are ones that will provided a solid ethical backbone throughout my personal and professional career. Before this course began, I knew what ethics was, that I didn’t know was all the variables that related to ethics. This course provided a solid overview of the variables that should weighted in all ethical decision making. Also provided with this course were multiple perspectives into ethical discourse. A variety of activities allowed me to grow ethically and will make me a better professional.

Before attending this school, I was enrolled at Florida International University where I took a course called HUM 3432, The Roman World. It covered history, literature and philosophy during the Roman Empire. This class has had the most influence on my ethics due to the ideas it discusses on materialism, classism and death. This was at a time in my life where I was rethinking about my place in the world and what I wanted my purpose to be. These old Roman ideologies are what helped shape the ethics I strive to live by everyday.

In An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals, Hume begins the text by determining how humans make their moral judgments. He explained that establishing morals is a common strategy amongst all humans. However, there is controversy concerning how morals are made, whether they are based on reason or sentiment (emotion). Hume does not believe that morals are based off of 100% reason. He believes that humans base their morals on sentiment and that they cannot just make moral judgements based on reason alone. Hume says that reasoning deals with facts and that we can make conclusions from those facts, but reasoning alone cannot bring humans to choosing one option over another. This is where sentiment comes into play; sentiment determines the

How have these texts changed my perception and understanding of an issue, question, or problem? I used to think that only those who you relate yourself with help you develop this prejudiced way of thinking, but now I think

I love how Boston Prep. chooses to conduct their ethics classes using the Socratic method of teaching. It is one of the oldest and most effective teaching tactics in fostering critical thinking skills, and it was the method used in my Great Books classes in high-school.

In this paper I will defend David Hume’s Moral Sense Theory, which states that like sight and hearing, morals are a perceptive sense derived from our emotional responses. Since morals are derived from our emotional responses rather than reason, morals are not objective. Moreover, the emotional basis of morality is empirically proven in recent studies in psychology, areas in the brain associated with emotion are the most active while making a moral judgment. My argument will be in two parts, first that morals are response-dependent, meaning that while reason is still a contributing factor to our moral judgments, they are produced primarily by our emotional responses, and finally that each individual has a moral sense.

Before the semester started I was unsure on what to expect in this class. I assumed it would be easy and very lay back, however I was wrong. For me personally, the first assignment was hard, on the behalf of I did not know exactly what ethics and having morals meant. I thought long and hard for days trying to figure out where my ethical background derived from; after several days, I assume I received my ethical mentality from either at the Roman Catholic schools I attended for the past twelve years or either from my culture background. Nonetheless, I shortly found out that my assumption was wrong. I came to this conclusion, around the time the second assignment

To prepare for LMU education, I have drilled myself in numerous academic and extracurricular activities; and high school provided some of the most memorable highlights of my achievements. Unlike most American or Western schools, moral education is one of the core subjects of our country education curriculum.

Identify and discuss the influences (family, culture, religion, etc…) on your personal ethics. Analyze and discuss these influences in relation to one or more classical ethics philosophies (deontology, utilitarianism, etc…). Reflect and comment on the Georgetown Ethos in light of the influences on your personal ethics.