Not only in ministry does one have the opportunity to display a life of integrity, but also in many other places such as the home, at school, and at work. What is integrity? It is being honest, and having strong moral compass to guide his/her actions, but how much do I need, how does one gain it? There are many factors that come into play when discussing someone’s integrity and the influences that have shaped it. A pastor once shared a story about a time that he arrived at Disney Land with his family, to which he discovered that the age definition of an adult was 10 years old.…
In what ways has the information in this course changed your life? Your personal belief system? Your understanding of your fellow human beings? How have you implemented the concepts from this course in your life?…
My reason for this Course are mainly around self development, to get a better understanding of people and their feelings this can be challenging and rewarding. This is also a part of my working day dealing with people is hard but through this course I have developed some skills to tackle and get better results by understanding the person who I’m dealing with, this is also a great tool to motivate and try and give self belief. Part of this self development is to possible change my career but I cannot come to a conclusion on this until I finish this course…
Personal ethics provides a foundation for an individuals’ moral scale. It reflects personal beliefs on values, morals, right, and wrong. Personal ethics is influenced by family, friends, community, religion, culture, and coworkers; and that can have a positive or negative impact. Personal ethics varies from person to person; some points may be similar whereas others will differ. Personal ethics drives actions, and to some point, emotions day by day. Depending, on the individual our personal ethics and where we stand will lead us on a path of failure or success.…
Another way in which and action can be both altruistic and self interested is aided by the concept that altruism may lead others to think more highly of you, which is in beneficial for you and makes you feel better about yourself, so is therefore also in your self interest. An example of this is giving to charity. This may give you positive feelings as you enjoy helping others and seeing that your own actions can benefit people other than yourself. Therefore you’re being altruistic and still acting in your self interest. This then illustrates that being altruistic coincides with your self interest as you get positive outcomes by helping others.…
After completing the class, I learned that we must be advocates for change. The ignorance that I previously thought of as self inflicted was actually a thought process that had been engraved…
<I’ve learned so much during this course and have truly grown as a person. I have never really been too open minded. I kind of stick to what I believe and no one can tell me otherwise. My grandma is really the only other person I really believe could tell me something and I would consider what she was saying as being correct. She influenced so much in my life. A lot of my decisions and choices I thought of her first or I would call and ask for her input. Without any extra questions or searching for other possible answers I would believe her almost instantly and go with what she said. During these few weeks I have learned to investigate all possibilities before making a decision so I can make the best one. My pride and my stubbornness also kept me from using critical thinking. Instead of taking the time to really analyze a problem and pick the best way to fix it I just did what I felt was the thing to do. During my time in this course I was taught the necessary steps to take in order to properly solve issues. I plan on utilizing everything I have learned for not only the rest of my academic time with the university of Phoenix , but for the rest of my life in and out of school or work.…
There are a few reasons as to why I do not think an ethical egoist would agree with Socrates decision to stay and be executed. For example, egoists don’t care about the good cause, Gods cause, the cause of mankind, the cause of truth, of freedom, of humanity, and of justice, which will all Socrates does care about. Egoist believes that the only concern is themselves and that there is no meaning to good or bad.…
Why should the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few? What supreme debt does a given individual owe to the rest of humanity -- if any at all? As a species, humans have established a somewhat unusual innate sense of moral _________. Although said *beliefs* undergo mild fluctuations based on geographical location and political or religious upbringings, modern civilization appears to have developed a relatively unanimous _____ of ethical standards…
In The Virtue of Selfishness by Ayn Rand, Rand talks about anarchism. Anarchism is the belief that any type of government should be prohibited. If there is no government then how would the country be standing. A type of government is need to keep the country from falling part. Rand mentions the problem of anarchism in her book.…
During this class, I found that my Christian worldview affects my thoughts and my actions. I know that I am whom I am because of Him and I do my best to serve Him by being patient and kind to others, because I want others to be kind to me. I also do my best to listen to the whisper in my soul as I know it is Him talking and leading me in the right direction as I make decisions during the day and night. He is the keeper of my heart and I know this (Jakes, 2008).…
Accordingly, it’s the primary goal of this brief article to differentiate the concepts of self-interest and selfishness: to praise the concept of self-interest as the catalyst of moral action, therefore worthy of admiration; and thus to admonish selfishness as the instigator which often leads to immorality and inconsiderate hedonism. Consequently, containing these two sentiments from one another in order to redeem the term self-interest and to specify its appropriateness becomes an intellectual…
In this course my eyes have been opened to some really hard questions about my society and the world I am living in and it really, truly makes me think were do I fit in and am I trying to make a difference?…
An individual’s personal moral worldview is manipulated by the many unique encounters experienced throughout life. The foundation for morals begins to form at an early age and is shaped by the home environment and the people they are exposed to on a regular basis. In Moral Traditions: An Introduction to World Religious Ethics, Heidt states, “One’s conscience is not, then, static. It changes as we change and grows as we grow” (Heidt, 2010, p. 9). In other words, what they believe to be right today may not be what they believe to be right tomorrow.…
In the Euthyphro, Socrates asks an important question concerning the nature of piety. Socrates is skeptical and asks, "Is conduct right because the gods command it, or do the gods command it because it is right?" This question is very significant and has become one of the most famous questions in philosophy. Antony Flew, the British philosopher, thinks that whether a person can grasp and force the point of this proposed question, is a good determiner of their aptitude for philosophy. The significance is this: if we accept the theological conception of right and wrong- we're caught in a major dilemma. Socrates' question requires us to clarify what we mean.…