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Growing up

Growing up . Questioning the Approaches to Decision making. Terms to Remember. Code of ethics: moral conduct; standards of moral judgment and behavior; system of principles, rules or values by which to live; Philosophy: the principles an individual chooses to live by;

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Growing up

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  1. Growing up Questioning the Approaches to Decision making

  2. Terms to Remember • Code of ethics: moral conduct; standards of moral judgment and behavior; system of principles, rules or values by which to live; • Philosophy: the principles an individual chooses to live by; • Rationalize: (positive) to bring into accord with reason; (negatively) to provide plausible but untrue reasons for conduct.

  3. Terms to Remember • Manipulator: one who directly or indirectly tires to control or take advantage of others • Law: binding custom or practice of a group; rule of conduct or action; • Conformity: agreement in behavior with that of another person or group;

  4. I. Getting caught or Rewarded • As children: we viewed certain actions as good or bad, right or wrong in terms of earning rewards and avoiding punishment; • For example: a student does his homework himself instead of copying out of fear of being caught, scolded, grounded.

  5. Getting caught or Rewarded • A teen is not reckless on the road because she is afraid of her drivers license being revoked; • Not writing on the desks because of the fear of being caught; • Wearing uniform being afraid of getting demerits and not because it is the way of looking professional.

  6. II. Anything Goes • Morality – rules and regulations – to keep other people in line; • What is right for me is right for we; • No one can tell me what to do attitude.

  7. Anything Goes • For people like that there is not fundamental code of ethics by which everyone should live; • Moral philosophy: “It is everyone for themselves”;

  8. Anything Goes • Everything changes with each situation; • There are no constant standards, rules, or principles; • Such people do as they please to get what they want;

  9. Anything Goes • People like to rationalize and try to persuade themselves – and others – that what they are doing is right; • They are great manipulators; • Right to them is simply “what I want” or “what I feel like”.

  10. III. What is in it for me? • Right is what makes a person feel good; wrong is what makes a person feel pain and dissatisfaction; • For a person like that it is OK to hurt someone else as long as he/ she is not hurt.

  11. III. What is in it for me? • A lot of times relationships are used to achieve a sense of identity; • “I am just in this ‘til it stops working, then I’ll move on. It’s a learning experience”. • Sense of lack of empathy. What about fairness to the other person?

  12. IV. What will make others to accept me • Right or wrong – what pleases or displeases others; • If somebody accepts the action, it must be right; if they disapprove it, it must be wrong; • Decisions grounded on gaining others’ approval.

  13. IV. What will make others to accept me • A student acts according to what would make him/ her popular; • Going along with a crowd - to gain peer approval; • The aim to please at all costs – damaging to one’s identity.

  14. V. It’s the law • Centers on strictly abiding by the laws, rules, and regulations of the law; • “What are the rules?” – the only concern; • A person does things because you are supposed to in order to belong to the group.

  15. It’s the law • Conformity – the hallmark of the person who above all needs to be accepted, to fit in; • Being an individual or standing on one’s own seems too hard;

  16. It’s the law • Danger : blindly letting rules and laws automatically steer one’s moral behavior; • Conscience plays an essential role in assessing the moral legitimacy and rightness of rules and laws .

  17. It’s the law • Laws, rules, unquestionably following leaders’ orders might bring a degree of stability and order in the family, school, or society; • However, blindly following rules, a person can end up being stuck in a violent gang, religious sect, terrorist group.

  18. VI. It’s only “natural” • “Doing what comes naturally” – right or wrong – in terms of what feels or seems “natural”; • It’s woman’s nature to bear and raise children; it is a man’s nature to work and to be leaders.

  19. It’s only “natural” • The standards – purely subjective; their idea of what is natural or unnatural to do; • What some persons would subjectively regard as “natural” and right, others might consider “unnatural” and wrong.

  20. It’s only “natural” • For example: People who say that premarital sex or marital infidelity is “only following one’s natural instincts and feelings”; • There are no thoughts about meaning or consequences;

  21. VII. It is The Principled Thing to Do • External motives: doing the right thing – because of the outside rules, laws, regulations, authority of others; • Internalized motives: doing the right thing – because of one’s faith, principles, and/ or value system.

  22. It is The Principled Thing to Do • A person grows morally when he/ she bases his/ her decisions on internalized motives rather than self-interest, obedience, or peer pressure; • Otherwise a person’s moral growth remains stuck in a childish level; • Principled individuals can set self-interest aside for the sake of the rights and the greater good of others.

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