Ethics is a word that can be utilized in day-to-day activity and involves everyone on earth. Ethics is the study, questioning, and justification of moral rules (Rosenstand 6). Along with the ethics, society can relate the word to values and morals. Over the course of this Ethics class, I’ve been able to relate my life experiences and outcomes with what was reviewed within our text book. My first reaction to this course was, “doesn’t everyone have ethics?” I know that statement isn’t accurate, but that was my immediate reaction to the material I started to read. Moral values happen on an everyday basis, whether it be big decisions or small decisions. How each person reacts to them and their beliefs should be one of an ethical decision. Many
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This statement in itself can be very deceiving. What one person perceives as being nice, another may not feel the same. One might look at law enforcement as “good people”. During the 9/11 disaster, first responders went above and beyond their normal daily activities to help others survive such a tragedy (Rosenstand 172). The media and social media, for the most part, portrays first responders, especially police officers, as heroes. The question I have though, does a police officer maintain the law with the citizens of a town, but abide by them at all times? I personally know police officers who don’t wear their seatbelt, text while they drive, and even drive after having drank alcohol. All of those actions are against the law, the law which they are to uphold, yet they do the same as individuals. It seems as though it’s a double standard. You could also relate a good person as being your role model, somehow someone you look up to is teaching you a moral lesson. I personally look up to my father as my role model and personal hero. Throughout my life I have seen his brawls with work, marriage, money, and family, yet I’ve also seen him overcome all of his struggles and stand with pride. My dad portrays the morals and values that I would like to adopt in
This statement in itself can be very deceiving. What one person perceives as being nice, another may not feel the same. One might look at law enforcement as “good people”. During the 9/11 disaster, first responders went above and beyond their normal daily activities to help others survive such a tragedy (Rosenstand 172). The media and social media, for the most part, portrays first responders, especially police officers, as heroes. The question I have though, does a police officer maintain the law with the citizens of a town, but abide by them at all times? I personally know police officers who don’t wear their seatbelt, text while they drive, and even drive after having drank alcohol. All of those actions are against the law, the law which they are to uphold, yet they do the same as individuals. It seems as though it’s a double standard. You could also relate a good person as being your role model, somehow someone you look up to is teaching you a moral lesson. I personally look up to my father as my role model and personal hero. Throughout my life I have seen his brawls with work, marriage, money, and family, yet I’ve also seen him overcome all of his struggles and stand with pride. My dad portrays the morals and values that I would like to adopt in