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Reflective Essay On Ethics

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How does one decide how to behave in daily life? What keeps an individual from cheating on a quiz he/she did not study for, and what makes a person decide to hand a five dollar bill to the homeless man on the side of the road? All these choices are based off of ethics. Ethics are the moral code that people follow to discern what is right from wrong. Therefore, in a general sense, ethical action is abiding by those morals when making decisions. Ethical action from a christian perspective takes it a bit deeper than that however. Lee University’s definition of ethical action is living as God calls us to live. In order to do this we must first understand the sacredness of absolutely all human life. If only we all would have this respect of human life and devote ourselves to live as God has called us to, then the world could be restored to God’s original design. This is the goal of ethical action, for justice to be established and for creation to flourish. When trying to apply ethical action to your life, people should notice a change. I want to stand out from the typical crowd, and as a christian, I should. There are certain things that I do not participate in due to the set of morals I follow. For example, lets look at the community covenant. By coming to Lee and signing the community covenant, I agreed not to participate in theft, cheating, drinking, and many other inappropriate behaviors. I agreed to these things because I already held the belief that those things are

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