A. Reau anu stuuy each of the situations anu then tiy to ueciue how you woulu help iesolve the pioblems piesenteu
&,)-.),"* . 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 get high it's wiong 2 paients high iisk of getting caught S piiue it's veiy shameful
/0 123454678 0n a scale fiom 1 (most inclineu to cheat) to S (I will iemain honest), I woulu ueciue: 1 2 S 4 S
&,)-.),"* 9 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 to get high it's bau foi youi health
2 to fit in you might kill youiself S it coulu be fun you might huit otheis too
/0 123454678 0n a scale fiom 1 (most inclineu to take it) to S (I will not take the uiug), I woulu ueciue: 1 2 S 4 S
&,)-.),"* + 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
1it's my uuty many people will uie
2I have no choice chiluien aie innocent
Sit was a uecision not maue by me.
/0 123454678 0n a scale fiom 1 (most inclineu to bomb) to S (I will not bomb), I woulu ueciue: 1 2 S 4 S
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.
Taking drugs will never be right and killing other people for the sake of ones pleasure will also never be right.
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".
Nope , but they have the right of controlling muy actions until 18 years old, after that I am fully responsible for all the stuff that I do.
3. &,)-.),"* +8 Aie we always obligeu to follow authoiity. Wheie uo we uiaw a line between uisobeuience to law anu conscience.
It is ultimately dependent on every person. Every person has his own limits.
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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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