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Ethics Reflection Paper

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A person’s ethics are the morals and values that they believe or set for themselves. Ethics are what helps you to decide for yourself what is right or wrong to do, say, or believe. Some achieve their personal morals through religion, while others may learn these values through teachings from their family members and friends. Others may even gather their morals through people who have made mistakes in the past that have impacted their life in a negative or positive way. Regardless of how you may have obtained your morals, odds are, there are many people with similar values and standards.
I was not raised in a strict religious household. Although my parents are both Christians, I was not forced to believe in Christianity due to their views; I was free to form my own opinion. Although my morals were not acquired through religion, I found myself having morals that related to those of Christianity, thus I do consider myself a Christian.
I had very little diversity around me when I was young. One day in Springfield, I saw there was an African American family shopping near us. I was not sure what to think as I had never come into contact with someone of a different race before. Naturally, I asked my mother why these people were different. To that she replied, “They aren’t different. Their skin is just a dark color. They cannot control that, and there is nothing wrong with it.” In this situation, my mother taught me to never judge another person. This is one of my most highly held values to this day. Although I wasn’t very old at the time, I remember this incident because it was very impactful. I was only a child, yet I already had the understanding that everyone is equal. In correlation to this experience, I do not judge anyone for their choices or lifestyle.
Another moral my mother has always held to me is telling the truth, and oh, how she stresses this one. One specific occasion I recall that imprinted telling the truth into my mind was when I was young and I asked to go over to a friend’s house. My mom agreed to let me go over for a little while, but on one condition: I cleaned my room. Now, I must say, I am not the messiest person in the world; however, I am most certainly not the cleanest. I did not enjoy

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