Chapter 4: Trying Out one’s New Sword
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What I expect to learn?
I expect to learn about moral isolationism and how it affects the society.
Quote:
“Midgley attacks moral isolationism, the view of anthropologists and others that we
cannot criticize cultures that we do not understand”
Review:
People have different cultures and people who criticize other cultures because those
aren’t their own culture. Some cultures had barriers to other because of criticize may
occur. We are used to in judging thing like cultures. We share different suggestion and
opinion expressing what we believe. Moral isolationism is telling us not to criticize nor
judge other people in a way that we don’t understand other culture. But in the real world,
moral judgement about other cultures is in nature. We exchange opinions and suggestion
because at the first place it is where culture came from. Without moral judgment we can
never have our own culture as well. Isolating one culture is closing your doors to
opportunities of more profound and improves culture in the future. So, whether or not
people have opinions on other culture we might as well deal with it as Midgley says that
there is one world and we have to live in it.
What I Learned?
• Moral Isolationism
• Culture Judgment
Integrative Question:
1. What is Moral Isolationism?
2. Why is culture judgment a tool to help?
3. What can moral isolationism affect the people?
4. What is the main point of the author?
5. What can we do to act rightly in dealing with culture?
Chapter 5: Utilitarianism
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What I expect to learn?
I expect to learn about moral isolationism and how it affects the society.
Quote:
“Mill sets forth the basic principle of utilitarianism, including the Principle of Utility and
the hedonistic principle that happiness is pleasure.”
Review:
Happiness can be found on pleasure we decided to choose. When we set our standard to
where our happiness will be attained we deal with how high or low the standard we
demand. A person who set a high standard in dealing with happiness may have more
difficulty attaining happiness. It is because the span of happiness that person is finding is
hard to attain. When a person set lower standards, happiness comes on that person in
easier way because that person can get what he wants in lighter way. People get
happiness when they are willingly wanted to get the happiness. Some have pride that
becomes a barrier on attaining happiness. It depends on the person whether they will be
satisfied easily or not. Happiness lies on what we decide to be. Utilitarianism is dealing
with nobleness of a person, who has a concern to other people and himself in attaining
happiness. Happiness is conduct and morality that we deal with in getting it.
What I Learned?
• Attaining happiness
• Utilitarianism
Integrative Question:
1. What is Utilitarianism?
2. How can we attain happiness?
3. Why is happiness important?
4. What is the main point of the author to the article?
5. What are the ways of having happiness?
Chapter 6: The Debate over Utilitarianism
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What I expect to learn?
I expect to learn about Utilitarianism and how people deal with it.
Quote:
“Utilitarianism is correct in telling us to consider the consequences of actions and in
advising us to be impartial, but incorrect in ignoring other important moral consideration
such as merit.”
Review:
The actions we do are judge whether it is good or bad. It is about doing things in accord
with consequences. Right actions are to produce the greatest balance of happiness over
uinhappiness. Happiness is not to be counted. Right actions are the one who produces to
good one. Giving happiness to people as well as feeling happy towards yourself gives
you happiness.Happiness is a response in attaining the good and right one. In whatever
we do our actions have corresponding consequences that we deal in our daily activities.
So, whether it is good or bad it depends on what we believe it will happen. Happiness
comes from what we believe has good consequences or benefit in life. People have the
power to choose what they want to do. But in correspond to it they have responsibility on
their own act. People have different action as well as different response. So, whether or
not we do the right thing there is corresponding effect that we people will be dealing with
when the situation occurs.
What I Learned?
• Debate on Utilitarianism
Integrative Question:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
What can be the effect of Utilitarianism?
What are to be responsible of in Utilitarianism?
What is the main point of the author towards Utilitarianism?
Why our actions are judge?
What can we do to do the right one?