Importance Of Ethics In Life

When I first started this class, I was much more closed minded and stuck in my own ways. As the year comes to an end a lot of things have changed and the way I look at how to best live life has also changed. Ethics is understood to be thinking hard about morality. A branch of philosophy that seeks to understand how best to live a human life (Quizlet). The best way to live life in my opinion is based on two things. The moral foundations theory and the four families of moral values. If a person truly understands the six moral foundations; care/harm, liberty/oppression, fairness/cheating, loyalty/betrayal, authority/subversion, and the sanctity/degradation they should be better able to live the best life possible. If a person also understand the

I’ve made the most progress in skills because as a student in this ethics class I think I am vey responsible, have integrity, and have interpersonal respect. I am a very responsible student I get all my work done on time and make sure it is done to the best of my ability. In every homework, exam, project, and in class work I make sure to do honest work at all times. I also think I demonstrate an understanding of the readings and strong writing skills. Before every class I make sure to read to readings assigned and make sure to understand them. Although I may not be the strongest grammatical writer, I do think I portray strong writing skills on the topic at hand. I think I made the least progress in knowledge. I am not as strong in being able to understand and identify moral questions and values through examining case studies. Although I read all the reading assignments sometimes Im not able to understand and connect real life situations with what I am reading. I am not always able to understand who the stakeholders are without help from others. I am able to identify three of the five primary ethical approaches, but not without refreshing my memory. I am also not as good at naming the background of ethical values. Although I understand what ethics is and what ethics it entails, sometimes I can not always remember the knowledge I learned and need to do a better job of refreshing my memory and keeping up on the knowledge I already