- 1
When with a child that is under twelve (at a restaurant, amusement
park or airline), would you say your child is 11 to save money? YES NO IT DEPENDS
2 If you receive too much change at a
restaurant where you had bad service and food, do you tell the
cashier?
YES NO IT DEPENDS
- 3 If your
store's guideline is to generally discount damaged goods 10% or to
use your discretion, might you discount your friend's nearly perfect
good at 10% 15%, 25%, or
50% if no one knew about it?
- 4 What
basic principles and actions can atheists have in common with theists?
- 5
When is
it OK to tell an untruth?
- 6 Do you
agree with Socrates that the worst evil that happens to us is not
what is done to us, but what we do to ourselves? (Recall
Socrates told his friends not to worry about him when he was about
to be killed with hemlock, but to feel sorry for those harming him
as evil was entering their soul.)
- 7 Is it
true that we judge others by their actions and us by our intentions?
Think of an individual that you admire dearly & state why. Which
qualities do you particularly admire? Which takes precedence,
action or intentions?
- 8 Should the
ethics you strive to foster in your children be the same ethics that
you live?
YES NO IT DEPENDS
- 9 What is more
important: what you to go sleep with at the end of the day,
or what you've gotten away with that do?
- 10 If it
is true that we judge others by their actions and ourselves by our
intentions, how much of yourself have you lost by sacrificing who
you are - based on your moral life principles? 5%
10% 25% 50% 75%
FOR A FUTURE QUESTIONNAIRE - LECTURE
- Does ethics begin or end or change if we are seen and open to
interpretation & judgment?
- Can we say, "your ethics are better than my ethics?
How do we handle cultural differences. Somalian girls need to wash
frequently - before praying. In bathroom in Minnesota schools
Somalian girls went to the ladies' room,
removed part of their clothes, washed their underarms well, left puddles
on the floor...
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