Week 4: Interactive activity
4.1 Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this week’s activities, you will be able to:
4.2 Action Required:
Watch the short video in the following link and answer the questions that follows:
How to Prevent Poor Ethical Decision Making
| Strongly Disagree | Neither | Strongly Agree | |||||
| 1) A person should make certain that their actions never intentionally harm another even to a small degree. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 2) Risks to another should never be tolerated, irrespective of how small the risk might be. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 3) There are no ethical principles that are so important that they should be a part of any code of ethics. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 4) What is “ethical” varies from one situation and society to another. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 5) The existence of potential harm to others is always wrong, irrespective of the benefits to be gained. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 6) Whether a lie is judged to be moral or immoral depends upon the circumstances surrounding the action. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 7) Questions of what is ethical for everyone can never be resolved since what is moral or immoral is up to the individual. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 8) If an action could harm an innocent other, then it should not be done. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 9) Deciding whether or not to perform an act by balancing the positive consequences of the act against the negative consequences of the act is immoral. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 10) Rigidly codifying an ethical position that prevents certain types of actions could stand in the way of better human relations and adjustment. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 11) One should never psychologically or physically harm another person. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 12) One should not perform an action which might threaten in any way the dignity and welfare of another individual. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 13) No rule concerning lying can be formulated; whether a lie is permissible or not permissible totally depends on the situation. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 14) Dignity and welfare of people should be the most important concern in any society. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 15) Moral standards should be seen as individualistic; what one person considers to be moral may be judged to be immoral by another person. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 16) Moral actions are those which closely match ideals of the most “perfect” action. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 17) If an action could harm an innocent other, then it should not be done. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 18) Different types of moralities cannot be compared as to “rightness.” | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 19) Moral standards are simply personal rules which indicate how a person should behave, and are not to be applied in making judgments of others. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 20) Ethical considerations in interpersonal relations are so complex that individuals should be allowed to formulate their individual codes. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
4.3 Test your Knowledge (Question):
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The statements below are about your general philosophies. Please circle the number that indicates how much you agree or disagree with each item, IN GENERAL. |
4.4 Instructions
Answer the question in test your knowledge section.
Q1-Post your answer for the question in the discussion board using the discussion link below (Week 4: Interactive learning Discussion)
Q2- To score:
Total possible score on each scale = 70
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