MORALITY & ETHICS
Throughout the previous lessons, what I find the most impressive is the difference between morality and ethics. Particularly, the very first activity, which analysed a blog about how we should support needy people in remote area, riveted my whole attention right away. Thanks to this session, I have an opportunity to reinforce my current perspective on what should be considered right or wrong.
Since I learnt to distinguish evil deeds from the good ones, I have still wondered about some certain circumstances in which we have to perpetrate something in order to sacrifice for something that is far more important. For example, lying is universally regarded sinful, but sometimes, for precluding patients’ disappointment, doctors tend to tell a white lie about their hopeless health condition. And from the content of the lesson, I did attain the answer for such paradox.
While morality deals with any behavior that might be thought to be right or wrong, ethics deals specifically with the application of moral principles to behavior with others. That is why “What” and “How” should be taken into careful account. Back to the story about a man donating money for disadvantaged children by pretending to have a broken car in the case studied, his original motive was altruistic, yet unfortunately, the way he gave money and taught those misled children from minor ethnic group was totally unacceptable, or even somewhat seemed like child labor.
After the example was presented, the whole class held a very interesting and thorough discussion about moral issues involved. That students are enabled to convey their own ideas openly is the key element that helps to enhance their critical thinking and problem-solving skill. This method of learning is ideal for broadening our horizon and training us to be thoughtful people.
In short, the first lesson of this course is really practical to me in terms of both knowledge and soft skills. It allows me to explain specific phenomena in real life, and above all, the firm conclusion that I could draw from the lesson about morality and ethics was: Flexibility is of utmost importance for balancing those two mutual-supplemental factors.
This is the first reflection I am supposed to submit for the second semester during junior year at ULIS. I can not make sure of how many scores I will get with this piece of writing, but at least, I find it interesting and it does reflect what is on my mind about 5 past lessons with this subject (oops, I almost forget to reveal the name of the course, it is called Intercultural Communication). And the most important thing is that, I succeeded in completing the reflection while fighting tooth and nail against sleepiness. Okie, that’s good, especially when I’m still young.
I have so many reasons for posting this one. First, for long, I haven’t updated anything useful on this website yet, and this one is considered worth reading. Second, it is vital that I keep an online journal in order to keep track of how my intellectual ability has changed. Third, for the aim of accomplishing my elusive goals, I need to write, as much as possible. And a lot more reasons that I cannot list out right now. Maybe in the not too distant future, I will create a post elaborating on why I should write on a regular basis. So I think it’s enough for today. See you soon and wish you all the best!
Bye for now! I’ll be back soon with more valuable things to share, I promise!
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