Blog Assignment #9

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ASSIGNMENT PART ONE
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In this section, we're going to return for a moment to Chapter 7, to the section that discusses errors that are common in the analysis of moral issues (p. 89). Breifly explain each of the following errors in your own words, as if you were explaining the concept to a friend who had never taken this class (consider who, what, when, where, why, how, when); and then give an example of each one, preferably from your own past experience.

Unwarranted Assumptions: It includes not taking other important imformation into consideration because we take it for granted or we assume something without knowing.

Example: When your supposed to have a test scheduled for next week but you don't go to class the week before because you already have the necessary materials to study you assume that the test will remain schedualed for that day. But had you gone to class the week before the test you would have known that it got bumped up to the day before which is one of the days you decided not to go. Now since you assumed that it wasn't going to change, you've now missed a test and recieved a zero.

Oversimplification: Is not just looking at the most obvious aspects of a situation before coming to a conclusion. When analyzing something you need to think of all the other relevant information that can lead to a conclusion and not just what it most obvious.

Example: When you see your boyfriend and your best friend walking out of your boyfriends house together as you pull up. Don't just assume that anything was going on between the two of them or that he is cheating on you. Because they could have been studying together or planning something for you where they needed each others help.

Hasty Conclusions: Would be passing judgement on something without fully knowing what it is were judging or coming to a conclusion about.

Example: Meeting someone who when you met them seemed stuck up and spoiled so you wanted nothing to do with them because you don't like being around people like that. But one day your with a group of people at someones house and you overhear her talking and you end up talking to her later realizing that she wasn't stuck up or rude at all, all you had to do was talk to her and try to get to know her.

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ASSIGNMENT PART TWO
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Briefly answer the following "chapter opening" questions, in your own words, based on what you learned by studying chapter eight:

1. What do we do in situations where there is more than a single obligation? Well, for starters, which may be hard you can choose one over the other based on importance. If you can't do that then you try and figure out a way to balance both. The may be obligations of all sorts of things such as a professional obligation or a family or friend obligation. In those cases more people have different amounts of time set aside for each of those so finding some time for all those obligations shouldn't be too difficult unless they are conflicting.

2. How can we reconcile conflicting obligations? In my opinion and as it mentions in the book it's best to choose wisely. When you have more than one obligation it's obvious that they both are most likely important especially if you can't choose one over the other. The main problem though is that they must choose one over the other and you can't avoid that. You have to weigh out both obligations and try to come to a logical decision that ends up being the best one.

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ASSIGNMENT PART THREE
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1. In a nutshell, what is the most important thing, for you, that you learned from this assignment?

That in some situations you have to weigh out your options and choose one over the other even if it's a tough decision because either way one will be somewhat more important than the other.

2. How will you apply what you learned through this assignment to your everyday life?

That in life there are many difficult decisions that you have to make and they aren't always going to be easy. And that most decisions your going to have to think through and observe all aspects before making a decision or coming to a conclusion and I think a lot of people look past that, which is why many people pass judgements on others without fully knowing them.

3. What grade do you believe your efforts regarding this assignment deserve? Justify your answer.

I would say that I deserve around a 20 because I read the chapters and answered the questions to the best of my ability although I don't know if I answered all of them accurately. I felt that I put 100% into this assignment and tried to learn from what it was I was reading and writing.