Utilitarianism: Growing Up In The Classroom

Growing up in the elementary school yard, although I didn’t really know, but I had a utilitarianism ethical view. I had to survive. It didn’t really matter what I had to do I only wanted to get popular and have my peers looked up to me. Looking back at my past self I saw that my worldview as a kid was skewed; I only cared about popularity and how my friends looked at me. This outlook in my life made me always in trouble at school. My classmates saw my hunger for acceptance, and they use that against me telling me that they would be my friends if I did something for them. Blindly, I would follow their bidding without a second though and would consequentially get myself in trouble with the teachers. Teacher notes sent home weekly was a common …show more content…
My parents just became Christians and they thought I need a more character-based education. I was very shocked by their decision and how bold they were to homeschool me even though both of my parents did not have a college degree. Pulled out of the public school system, I began homeschooling in the 5th grade. My dad instilled a strict schedule that composed of waking up 5:00 in the morning for morning devotion and then starting school work. Honestly, I didn’t appreciate the change of my lifestyle but I soon I began adapting and my ethics also started to change too. As a middle schooler my core ethics began to shift again. Instead of my old utilitarianism look of life I began to have a deontological view. I was taught to love God and serving others in the community. Instead of looking at my decisions on what works for me, I started to view my responsibilities as an obligation and a duty I need to accomplish. The Bible gave me a different outlook on that I my behavior was responsible and accountable to God rather than what seemed right to me. I was taught that I can’t depend on myself because of mine sinful nature but I had to trust more In God to change me to become more like Him. For my non-religious past, this was pretty shocking for me and I admit that I had rebelled against my parents teachings for a while. However, I began to discover God more through the Bible and I …show more content…
Like what we discussed in class, I view technology in a more cautious way. Technology can be one of the turning point of society, a great way to improve the lives of people but it can also be used in the wrong way to hurt and isolate others too. For example, robots have been a big thing in the turn of the century. Although there are economic concerns with robots taking our jobs, there are many robots that are designed to do jobs are deemed dangerous for the human laborers. University of Manchester designed a robot that would clean up nuclear waste to lessen radioactive exposure if human workers had to clean it up. Furthermore, MIT created a robot that would descend into manholes take water samples and alert the community if there are any pollutants, infectious diseases, or harmful drugs in the water [Gammon]. All these robots can be used for good and improve the community in so many ways. Yet robots have also been created to kill people and used for war. The US military own hundreds of drones that have done many strikes with autonomous drones. Although it can be debated that these drones save soldier lives and protect our country, there are many ethical and moral questions that using robots to kill raises up. Elon Musk, Google’s Mustafa Suleyman, and 100 other tech bosses have gone to the UN to urged it to take action against the “weapons of terror” [Meredith]. I see robots as a help to society and help