Ethical Decision Making

How would someone go about his or her day knowing he or she would have to make a difficult choice? Would their decision be influenced with time and experience? In SE Hinton’s novel That Was Then, This Is Now, The protagonist of the novel, Bryon, had to make a difficult choice between what he thinks is right and what he thinks is wrong. Can one decision be decided as good, and the other bad? Well, it depends on the point of view there might not be a correct, or incorrect choice, just like there is no “black”, or “white” side. There might be a “ gray zone”, which means that it is not wrong, or right, it matters on the perspective. If one of your family members had a drug addiction, you would probably feel remorseful for them and try to get them

Growing up, my family often let us form our own opinions and perceptions. There is one specific event that occurred in my life that has led me to being more decisive without others opinions. That event was when I got my knee stuck in the teeth of an escalator. In short, my shoe got stuck in between two steps and when I went to run my knee cap dived into the teeth of the escalator. The pain was so intense that I couldn't move so my sister had to physically pull my knee out of the sharp blade. I ended up getting stitches on the Bauer Family's kitchen table. During the numbing process I was offered pizza or Jackie Bauer's Nintendo DS. At this moment I felt as though I had no decisions to make regarding my injury. Although my options with only one of them I took both the slice of pizza and Nintendo. Believe it or not this event is reason I don't have much influence of my decisions today. Choosing to eat pizza while in pain was not the best idea for I quickly regurgitated it, however, being able to choose between these two items helped develop the decision making I do today. In these moments of excruciating pain on the chilling kitchen table I was able to make a decision for myself, forgetting about my fleshy wound and instead focusing on the delicious pizza and Nintendo. As a result of this accident, I made the decision to attend Mercy High School. My decision on attending Mercy has nothing to do with the fact that I am a legacy. My mother and my sister both attended Mercy but I knew I needed decide if Mercy was the best place for me. After research and multiple shadowing days I decided that Mercy was indeed the right school for me. The school provides great resources for students to act on and I saw this as a great opportunity for my future. Making decisions without the oversight and perspective of other individuals has certainly proven that I am a

Making choices and decisions is a part of life. Simply put, the way life unfolds, with its twists and turns, starts and stops, requires us to make choices and decisions every step of the way. Choices may seem very small in reality time, but they can be huge when it comes to the outcome of your future.

From choosing this Scarlet Letter, how I design the letter, to what pizza toppings I would like, or what movie should I watch, I have trouble deciding what to do. Indecision is a large, and a unfavorable part of my life, that makes it difficult to finalize a decision on a test, or even shower before, or after homework. Deciding is hard for me because it feels irreversible, and I cannot do anything about it after I chose one way or the other. In previous essays, I’ve written about the importance of choice, and how life is made of choices. This idea scares me, even though I see it as true. Since this idea frightens me, I think of the future effects, which creates more pressure on the little decisions I make day to day.

Until recently, a pivotal choice I made is I will practice the Catholic faith; however, some of my ideologies differ from the Catholic Church. The more mature I become and more experiences I have in life, the more choices I make. The power I have from choice comes from free will, an ability to act at one's discretion. Simple yes or no define who I am. One of the best choices I made is playing field hockey for high school. I was considering soccer, but when high school started, I wanted to try something different, to try a different sport and meet new people. This decision has had such a positive impact on me because it made the transition to high school easier. One simple choice I made three years ago still has a positive impact in my life. Throughout time, some choices I make now might have a prodigious impact in my life or they might mean nothing in the future. Nonetheless, the options I have are limitless and whatever route I take will define me in the

Choices. We make them every second of everyday. How you react to something, how you think about something, or how you feel about things are all examples of decisions you make all of the time. But, why do you choose certain paths and dismiss others? Where did you learn to have that response to the problem put in front of you? An even better question might be, what or who influences you the most? Some might say, their friends, their teachers, their peers, or their family and they would all be right the people. The people who influence you the most is the people you surround yourself with. No one can deny that fact. The people you see everyday are your mentors, playmates, and confidants. They taught and continue to teach you how to feel, think

Many choices in life can be difficult, especially when a person is trying to stay true to their morals. This quote from an author named Jose Harris states, “Waiting hurts. Forgetting Hurts. But not knowing which decision to take can sometimes be the most painful” (Harris). These choices throughout life are what make or break individuals. Many people struggle with whether their choices were right or if they followed along with their morals. Some decisions are required to take more time to figure out, some decisions have lifelong consequences if the correct choice is not correctly decided. These choices can have effects on other people outside of just the person that is making the decision, this causes a person to be

I will take this into consideration for my own life. From now on I will take each situation slowly and think rationally about the correct way to go about solving a dilemma. Training myself to judge which System to use and to dictate when a gut instinct or a conscious and effortful should be used. While also allowing myself to decide what should be done

I make life decisions by considering all options and thinking about all of the consequences and all of the factors that play into a major life decision. For example, choosing a college. While choosing a college I will have to consider a number of factors, such as: if I get a scholarship there, how far away it is from home, if the school has my major, pricing of the school, and if I feel safe and comfortable

One way I make major life decisions is by determining the ways that the action I take can affect the future in a good and/or bad way. For example, some people choose to go to college and some people don't. Certain jobs require a specific amount of years in college, but college can be very expensive. Depending on what you want your occupation to be you have to decide whether you want to go to college or not. It’s always good to think of how major life decisions can impact your life or another person's life.

I learned that a moral decision is a choice between right and wrong which has an effect on how we relate to others, ourselves, and with God. After doing some of the case studies, I began to get a better understanding of how to make a good moral decision. I can improve my moral decision making skills by looking at the four steps of making a right decision, which are seeing, judging, acting, and evaluating. Due to my understanding of the moral decision making process, I can now apply it to real-life situations in which a moral decision needs to be

Everyone has done something they will later regret in life, often out of strong feelings, It is something that we look back at and try to completely forget, but we are never able to. An event like this happened to me when I decided that listening to my parents was ‘overrated’ and made my own rash, unwise decision. My parents had wanted me to get out of the house and fit some physical activity into my schedule, which, at the moment, consisted of sitting in front of my computer all day long. They had allowed me to choose what I wanted to do, but suggested swimming, since it is most likely the most beneficial sport. I, however, insisted that my choice was better, but that quickly changed.

When making an imperative decision, you cannot please everyone. Sometimes you need to separate yourself from others. What your parents or friends preach is not necessarily what you should live by. Staying true to yourself is what is most important. At certain times, you have to delve deep to understand what really matters. Being someone who abandons their own ideals and only lives out the dreams and beliefs of others is not the right way to go through life. There’s a chance you have a certain theory that no one else expresses, but is actually apprehended by many. Conveying particular feelings can allow others to feel comfortable in doing the same.

Decisions can make lives take a turn for the better or the worse. People are usually tasked with many choices in their lives, so eventually a wrong decision will occur and people will wish they had not chosen incorrectly. While bad selections may happen, that is what living is about: making mistakes and learning from them.

We make important decisions that affect our everyday lives. Every decision we make has a consequence. When I make a decision, I choose to think long and hard about that choice because I know how much a bad decision can affect me negatively. Looking back, there are multiple decisions that occurred that I either regretted or approved. The three most important decisions I have made was when I decided to go to Carlsbad High instead of Sage Creek High, going all out in my first year in football, and helping my friend with depression.