Ethics Essay Exam
In this world, humans are bound by ethics and virtues. We live or lives day to day within the confines of an ethical infrastructure built by our forefathers, whom, in turn, was instructed by their Father. It ultimately depends upon our own beliefs system that determines what we do is considered either right or wrong. Ethics and morals are some of the biggest issues in philosophy and as we review the many aspects of our world's ethical issues, I will touch on just a few.
In our ethical case, we are given the situation of three students who gain access to their teacher's office and decide to make photocopies of the exam at the library. When they finish, they attempt to return the exam to the professor's office. However, they are caught in the act and are turned over to the Discipline Committee. The Discipline Committee then decides that they all receive an F in the course and that they have the option to ask the professors of their other classes they are enrolled in, to take their final. I am playing the role of one of the other professors and have to decide whether or not to let them take their final for my class or not.
One can not simply come to a decision right away without any analysis of the facts and motives behind the actions. Everyone has a conscience that tells us what is wrong or what is right. However, it is the individual's responsibility to conjure a course of action that will define whether they chose the wrong or right path. This capability of being able to discern is what we know as ethical behavior. In "The Handbook for Christian Philosophy," by L. Russ Bush, Bush defines ethics as the study of moral values and moral practice ...