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A. Reau anu stuuy each of the situations anu then tiy to ueciue how you woulu help
iesolve the pioblems piesenteu
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You go to a school wheie theie is a lot of piessuie to achieve a high giaue.
The situation is fuithei complicateu by youi uemanuing paients who expect you to
uo well. You have a pietty goou aveiage ovei youi fiist thiee yeais in high school.
You aie now in youi senioi yeai anu in a physics class. The teachei is a little unfaii.
Be has planneu a uifficult test foi you anu youi classmates. You know fiom the
past expeiience that Su peicent of the stuuents cheat at theii exams. You have
stuuieu pietty haiu, but you know that unless you cheat, many otheis will get a
highei giaue than you. What woulu you uo.
Reasons to cheat (S) Reasons to iemain honest (S)
1 Competition Immoiality of cheating
2 Bettei giaues Risk of getting caught
S Influence fiom otheis Conscience
/0 123454678 0n a scale fiom 1 (most inclineu to cheat) to S (I will iemain honest), I
woulu ueciue: 4
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A goou fiienu of youis offeis you some uiugs in oiuei foi you "to get high".
You show an initial unwillingness to take them. Be tiies to talk you into it by saying
that his expeiience with uiugs is that they aie fun. Besiues, he says, you cannot
ieally huit anyone but youiself. Be fuithei auus that it is nobouy's business but
youis whethei you take the uiug oi not. The law anu paients shoulu no pievent
you fiom enjoying youiself. Woulu you take the uiug.

Reasons to take uiugs Reasons not to take uiugs
1 Fun anu new expeiiences Illegal
2 No haim uone Potentially haimful
S Naintain fiienuship with him Bisappoint othei people
/0 123454678 0n a scale fiom 1 (most inclineu to take it) to S (I will not take the
uiug), I woulu ueciue: 4
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Youi post high school caieei has taken you into the Aii Foice. 0nfoitunately,
youi countiy is at wai with a sepaiatist gioup of iebels in a fai off town that wants
to seceue on the basis of theii beliefs. You iespect the law anu believe veiy much in
the values in youi constitution. 0n a paiticulai uay, you aie oiueieu to bomb anu
totally uestioy the village wheie the iebels aie hiuing. The iebels aie a majoiity
theie although among them too aie many olu people anu chiluien. The iesiuents uo
not suppoit the iebels but aie silent on account of theii feai of the iebels getting
back at them. Shoulu you bomb.
Reasons to bomb Reasons not to bomb
1 Patiiotism Immoiality of killing innocents
2 Respect foi the law Respect foi human life
S Piotecting the majoiity Immense uamage to infiastiuctuie
/0 123454678 0n a scale fiom 1 (most inclineu to bomb) to S (I will not bomb), I
woulu ueciue: 2
9: ANSWER TBE F0LL0WINu Q0ESTI0NS
1. &,)-.),"* .8 Is cheating evei iight. Boes the aigument "because eveiyone
else is uoing it" make it iight. Can you think of some consequences foi
society if moiality weie baseu on that aigument.
If morality were based on societys activities, then it would be difficult to
ascertain the justice of things. The reason modern society is what it is today is
that society has thrived on a common understanding of morals, which though
potentially just local, have defined who we are today. If we were to shift from that
paradigm to another wherein the majority would follow just one, and if that one
were to do something wrong in the context of our current form of morality, then
the repercussions would be greater in magnitude because this ideology would
render the decision-making processes of other people invalid. Doing so would
then possibly create a dystopia, wherein all societal constructs such as order and
peace would break down. The action of one does not immediately make it
correct.
2. &,)-.),"* 98 Woulu youi uecision conceining uiugs have maue a
uiffeience if the uiug weie !"#$%&"'". Shabu. Bo paients anu society have a
iight to limit youi "fun".
Personally, I would not waver regardless of the drug because I am aware
of both my obligations in society and to my family. It is illegal to take drugs, and
doing just that would violate the law. Further more, if my parents were to find out
that I did in fact do drugs, then their idea of me would be destroyed; and not just
thatI might possibly waste their efforts in creating me as the man that I am
today. To an extent, the authorities in my life, such as my parents and the
Church, have a degree of control over my choices as they have influenced my
life and shaped it to what it is today, and so perhaps they have a say as well,
albeit a relatively small one.
3. &,)-.),"* +8 Aie we always obligeu to follow authoiity. Wheie uo we
uiaw a line between uisobeuience to law anu conscience.
Our obligation to following authority should be somewhat fickle because of
several reasons. One is that the authority is not always correct solely because he
is the authoritya persons position does not necessarily speak of his
competence in his particular field, and so even the greatest authorities are not
infallible. Another is that the authority does not dictate what transpires inside your
conscienceif the orders do not align with your moral code, then perhaps there
are other, better means for things to be done.
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A. Something is iight foi me if I think it is iight
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B. Something is iight if my intention anu feelings aie iight.
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C. Something is iight if otheis say it is.
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D. A mix of many things
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