...Ethics in My Life 10/24/2013 Trying to be Ethical The population of the world is vast and culturally different. The different world view and cultural norms are what make our world so great. The different views give different perspective. With these perspectives we can look at the world in a different view. The study of ethics does not just look at the idea that everyone is the same but rather it entails the whole of the population. Ethics is opinion based and can be viewed by this, “if you think it is moral that it it is, for you”. What someone thinks is ethical might be different than what another might think is ethical. Ethics are what keep us from doing “right” and “wrong”. I feel that my ethical parameters allow me to live a life that I feel is good. The way that I view the world has changed over my life span. Growing up I was raised Catholic. I viewed the world as a sinful place where people were trying to be good in a world that is full of hate. This idea of religion being shoved down my throat gave me a negative view on the world. I made some mistakes and bad choices because of these feelings. Because of them I grew and now have a different world view. I studied philosophy and gained respect for people and myself; respect for how people think and feel. My life I live is based out of love today. I find that if my actions are based out of good, I am happy and others around me are too. Ethics and philosophy have changed my life. The betterment of my life can be directly...
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...Deepak Chopra Introduction The person I have chosen as a role model is Deepak Chopra. Through my essay, I will explain the worldview of Deepak Chopra and significance of his worldview in his life. I will compare and contrast Deepak Chopra’s values and actions to my worldview and values. First, I will compare my nature of God view to Deepak Chopra’s view of the nature of God. Second, I will compare my view of sexuality to Deepak Chopra’s view of sexuality. Third, I will compare my money and career views to those of Deepak Chopra. Lastly, I will support an explanation by providing reasons why I believe Deepak Chopra is a perfect role model. Compare/Contrast the Values and Actions of Deepak Chopra with My Worldview and Experiences Nature of God I believe Deepak Chopra has a secular spirituality worldview (Frye, 2013) because he believes God is the creator of the universe who is within each one of us. Deepak Chopra is an endocrinologist who now practices the alternative medicine of Ayurveda, which has its roots as an ancient Indian medicine. Ayurveda medicine is a way of keeping one’s “body, mind, and spirit in perfect equilibrium with nature” (Das, n.d.). Dr. Chopra believes God reveals Himself to us through our spiritual practices and God does not reveal Himself to us solely because we believe (Roff, 2009). After reading about Deepak Chopra and his worldview, I would say that I have beliefs about God that are similar to those of Deepak Chopra. I believe that God is the creator of...
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...caught my attention as I thought it could challenge me and the way I think about the world. This book also had very good reviews. Personally I didn’t believe in one religion, I believed each religion has very good views. And they aren’t all that much different. While reading the first chapter I enjoyed the detail they went into when analysing the paintings. I would never have look so deeply into the paints and opened my mind into the small feature with such a big point and meaning behind them. I enjoyed reading Aristotle’s views on god. I liked the fact that Aristotle and Plato both have different views and both of which have good points. After learning they both had different views it made me think of all the people in the world and how many people can have different views and beliefs from each other. Although they had different view they still got on… where as in the world to do we have wars for different views. In the second chapter they tell us of the first believing God(s) living in woods, trees, rivers and the earth, fire, water and air; this is something I partly believe in – mostly them living in the highest mountains and the sky… I believe in the gods (like in the film Hercules) I enjoy that the book calls out the view of biologist- the fact they believe god an old man with white bread being worshiped by millions of people across the globe. And the fact the y mocked people when “their understanding is limited, not the concept of God. I enjoyed that the book...
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...My Ever Changing World View: Growing Along With Me Do you ever stop and take a look at the world around you, (the people, places and events going on)? What do you think about those objects? Have you ever been curious as to where your preconceived notions about those events come from? Those preconceived notions come from your world view. Your world view consists of a set of assumptions about the world and people based on your own personal influences. Your thoughts on everything stem from your world view. Take your parents for example, or the education you received, even where you grew up can influence the way you view the world and the people you come in contact with every day. An important influential aspect of my world view comes from my education. Looking back at the educational influence of my parents, a direct parallel to who I was as a student in my past and the student I have grown into is illustrated. Both my parents were high school graduates. My mother was a book worm who excelled at anything and everything she did. While my father was a social butterfly who got through school with his smile and charm. Much like a double edged sword, I received a little of both academic and social influences from my parents. In grade school, as a child, I went to school in the San Ramon Valley Unified School District and received great educational instruction. Both, middle school and high school were no different in the level of education I received. Sadly, I was unaware of how my...
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...World View Assignment I: What is a worldview? To have a world view means that you have created a personal opinion of life. Those opinions you have created, help you make decisions as well as help you learn how to portray the world around you. As to be expected, one man’s worldview will not be the same as yours but it is always good to share your views with other people to hopefully open their eyes to your perception on certain topics. Finally it’s also good to listen to other people’s views to expand your own personal knowledge on the Christian world view. II: 1) The question of Origin As stated by the Christian world view on the origin of life, the inception of everything that exists was a result from God himself. The naturalist’s theory states that life came from non-living matter. We know, for a fact, through our Christian beliefs that life came in the form of our externally living God (genesis 1:1). We can honestly say that we did not come from animals, but were created by God himself. 2) The question of Identity The question of Identity is answered in the Bible. It states that men were created in God’s image and likeness, to replenish and subdue the earth and have power over every living thing on earth (Genesis 26-28). This basically means that man was created to reproduce and keep things on earth in an active state. We, as humans, are to always be the superior species here on earth. 3) The question of Meaning/ Power The Christian world view on life meaning...
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...then Should We Choose provides three views from three different writers on how to decided what God’s will is for one’s life. The three views: the specific-will, the wisdom, and the relationship views help one understand the process of making decisions rather than making thoughtless and careless decisions. Within each view the authors support their position by discussing three case studies: determining where to go to college, who to marry and what church to attend. All three views are helpful to...
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...or believe in the same God or a God at all, but everyone has a set of views and beliefs about the universe and life in general that they live their life by. Whether it is conscious or subconscious, everyone possesses a worldview. A Christian worldview is a more specific belief system that consists of many aspects. It is a view that mediates from our understanding and experiences of the world and I believe that my worldview generally matches up to that of a Christian worldview, but has its differences. Christians generally believe that God is the center and origin of all things, he is self-defining and he created everyone for a specific purpose. For one, I do believe in God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit. I am also a follower of the Christian faith. However, I am still young and trying to discover different aspects of myself and how I see and interpret the world. Since I am still experiencing the world and seeing different aspects of it daily, my worldview is constantly changing. What I perceive as my worldview has its similarities and differences from a Christian worldview. For example, there are two views to the development of the universe. One is that the universe was an accident and just happened through what is known as the Big Bang Theory. The other view is that there is some supernatural power that gives us order and created the world and everything in it. These are two completely different views, but they are continuously feuded between followers of the faith and...
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...one-month-old fetus that was aborted once the mother found out that it was going to be a girl. She has just had one child and wanted to wait for a couple of years to have another. While looking at these bodies the philosophers begin to discuss the question: “Is abortion immoral”? How would the discussion proceed if the two philosophers were: 1) You and Judith Thomson? 2) You ad Sidney Callahan? 3) Which position (s) do you find morally compelling and why? In this scenario, the two philosophers are sitting on a bench at the county morgue. They are looking at the bodies that died involving abortion’s issues. I will call case A – a woman who was six months pregnant due to rape and died from the pregnancy complication because abortion was illegal in her state. Case B is the poor woman with too many responsibilities in life, died from self-abortion. The third is case C, a body of a four-month-old fetus that was aborted just because the mother had a child and did not want one more girl currently. Before discussing the conversation between the two philosophers - Judith Thomson and me, or Sidney Callahan and me - about three mentioned cases, we will look at Thomson and...
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...There are three main different views of whether of the abortion debate. Most of the debate is if the fetus is considered a human or not is the main argument. For the pro-life side of the abortion debate, they mainly say that it should be considered human. Of course the pro-choice feel just the opposite usually. Me personally, I feel consider myself to be Pro-Life because I don’t think that we have enough information on the fetus and I could never consider killing a human (or even a fetus). I feel that the parents should have taken responsibility and taken the appropriate actions such as choosing absence, or at least using protection. Hopefully, you tend to see my view and will hopefully agree after looking at the opposition...
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...problem presented or directed? Information - information includes facts, evidence of data or experiences that is used to find out things. • What information do I need to answer the question? • What information we have and what information I have, but I need? • Concepts- concepts are ideas, theories, laws, principles, or hypothesis that is used in thinking to make sense of things. • What...
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...the foundation of life experiences, worth, and self-respect. One must understand that perception is a major part of an individual’s self-concept, due to his or her perception that he or she provides of their own view points. Personal intellects that apply to concepts of aiding oneself in creating categories, and rearranging thoughts, feelings, actions, and different options (Myers, 2010). Society sets social norms which enables self-concept to hold a primary role. Focusing on an individual’s self, knowledge that continuously advances allows growth for self-concepts (Decker, 2010). Many people strive for success and self-understanding of where he or she falls on the social matrix is important. Self-concepts assist to reply to an arising issue. The concepts of an individual’s self is much appreciated when the two fundamentals that surround it are present: the mind’s eye, and schemas. The mind’s eye allows self-description that an individual may construct about his or herself. For example, the vision an individual wishes to strive for and achieve; however, self-schemas is self-value that puts relevant data of the individual in sequence. For instance, self-schema is the outlook he or she has on his or herself such as applying proper manners, good looks, social interactions, and elegant. Every individual’s self-schemas assist in forming self-concept. This acts as a facilitator in managing his or her social skills. Self-concepts that I poses is an aspect that I dwell on very frequently...
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...the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light day, and the darkness he called night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day. (Genesis 1-5 ESV). The topic I choose to right about is The Original Creation of Earth, I believe this debate is a great teaching tool for all walks of life, regardless of which side of the debate you are own. So in this paper I will attempt to compare nebular hypothesis vs six-day creation. Six Day Creation View. The first chapter of the Bible states that God created heaven and earth, and all living thing in six days. The Young Earth view is understood as literally six days. Many Christians believe Genesis 1 is detailing the account of creation showing God as the Creator and the beginning of all things. This view does not only shows God as the creator but it gives insight into the heart of God and his plan for all mankind. Young Earth argue that the Bible clearly teaches that the earth is young. From the beginning of the universe to the creation of man. Young Earth use data for estimating a date for Abraham, with that information we can calculate that the universe and the Earth were created 6,000 to 10,000 years ago. Nebular View. The nebular hypothesis is a view point that believes the Sun, the Earth and the entire Solar System was created from a nebula, which scientist say was a cloud of dust and gas. This theory was...
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...Worldview Questions" . To what extent should personal religious beliefs impact our decisions about business ethics? My personal view on how much impact should my believes influence my business, or whatever decision I make is that it should be fully Involved. My decisions that I make should constantly reflect in what I claim to believe in. To what extent do your personal religious (or non-religious) beliefs about life impact your sense of business ethics and personal decision-making? Again my personal view about my beliefs in life should be fully involve to where it is the foundation of business ethics, and decision making. Those things need to reflect in what I claim to believe in. 2. Does it seem odd to connect every belief we have about life back to what we believe about God? To me it does not seem odd to connect what I believe in with life, because knowing who the author of life allows me to connect my believes with life. Questions from article, What is a Worldview, and Why Is It Important To Me? 3. Has your answers to either of the first two questions changed after reading Article 1?My answers have not change from reading article I, because I do know understand my worldview. It has been influence through my own personal reading of scripture, that's the blueprint of my life, so I can see the meaning of the laws that make society. Referring to the meaning of the law means referring to its origins. Thats why this article did not...
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...How would you describe your inner mind? crazy? genius? They say that both are two sides of the same side. Through my experiences, I shape the world around me, developing a unique perspective from my worldview. When it comes to how I perceive reality I just summarize it in these six concepts: culture, meaning, self, self-fulfilling prophecy, and scripts, and self-serving bias. My culture defines me down to my very genetic core. It explains why I drive the way I do, how I talk, what is socially acceptable, why I react to things the way I do , why I attend LIU, etc. My culture gives me a set of ideas to live by. The influence of my culture is a major driving force of who I am. My culture gives me meaning and it represents how I interpret symbols throughout my life, for example when I see a Christmas tree I think of family, and opening up presents early in the morning. While others who see could be from a whole different culture and wouldn’t understand the context of why we do what we do. Our culture gives us a script in life based on our knowledge from the past. My script in life was my parents, they would guide me in the right direction by pushing me to aspire in whatever I did and they were supportive of me and of my choices, as they still are. They also held me accountable for my poor choices and disciplined me for unacceptable behavior. Lord knows I got a lot of beatings. They passed down their guidance to me to pass it on to future generations. This is how our culture thrives...
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...The Meaning of Life There is a certain point in our lives, regardless of the time, when we begin to ask ourselves a set of questions that challenge our existence on this earth. Was the human race created to wonder this world aimlessly? Or do we have a true purpose that we are destined to harness and attain? Why am I here? Like the rest of us, Thomas Nagel, Robert Taylor, and Raymond Martin have each made their own attempts to answer the question of the meaning of life and while doing so, each of the philosophers rendered their own solution to these universal doubts. Thomas Nagel explains that “to convey the absurdity of our lives often has to do with space or time: we are tiny specks in the infinite vastness of the universe; our lives are mere instants even on a geological time scale, let alone a cosmic one; we will all be dead any minute” (Nagel, 768-769). Nagel then defines absurd as “a situation that includes a conspicuous discrepancy between pretension or aspiration and reality (Nagel, 769). Translated, Nagel says that absurd is a situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless. Throughout his entire argument, Nagel hardly leaves room for a rebuttal to yield the answer to the true meaning of our lives. He suggests that we as humans have a special capacity to take a step backwards and observe the lives that we are “committed” to and call them into question. But, as he pointed out; while taking that backwards step we realize that the life that we are so “committed”...
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