Ethics and/or moral reasoning is the invisible set of rules we live by, or most of us live by anyway, that help us to distinguish between what is right and what is wrong. A lot of these rules and guidelines are just so natural and automatic to us in nature that we don’t even have to think about them, we just know what is right and go along with it. These morals can change from person to person based on cultural and religious beliefs, but are overall very similar. “The identification of ethics and morality with cultural norms or customs reflects the fact that most adults tend to identify morality with cultural customs” (Pg. 5)
Aristotle’s definition of ethics is “the moral activities are human par excellence.”(Pg. 6) He believed that we became happiest by being moral, that “through the repeated performance of good actions that we become moral (and happier) people.” (Pg. 6) Aristotle believed that the practice of these good actions was what was important for people and that studying them just was not enough.
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I knew must of the concepts, at least the basics not necessarily how to apply them correctly. In the APA citing sources section, in reference to the in-text citation the first point states “introduced by a signal phrase that includes the last name of the author followed by the date of publication in parentheses.” (Sommers, Pg. 626, 8th edition) I have never done this. I am not sure if this is something you have to do or if it is just a suggestion. Another concept from this I learned was that you even have to cite where you find visuals. That makes sense but is certainly not something I have ever thought to do. Lastly, the ellipsis mark is something new. I always wondered if you could condense long quotes to reflect just the main parts you are trying to emphasis. Good to
Aristotle’s definition of ethics is “the moral activities are human par excellence.”(Pg. 6) He believed that we became happiest by being moral, that “through the repeated performance of good actions that we become moral (and happier) people.” (Pg. 6) Aristotle believed that the practice of these good actions was what was important for people and that studying them just was not enough.
2) How do we become autonomous thinkers, according to Boss? What role …show more content…
I knew must of the concepts, at least the basics not necessarily how to apply them correctly. In the APA citing sources section, in reference to the in-text citation the first point states “introduced by a signal phrase that includes the last name of the author followed by the date of publication in parentheses.” (Sommers, Pg. 626, 8th edition) I have never done this. I am not sure if this is something you have to do or if it is just a suggestion. Another concept from this I learned was that you even have to cite where you find visuals. That makes sense but is certainly not something I have ever thought to do. Lastly, the ellipsis mark is something new. I always wondered if you could condense long quotes to reflect just the main parts you are trying to emphasis. Good to