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Do you rely on Care/Justice when making a decition?
Posted by irtiza104 • 7/20/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: ethics of care., ethics of justice
Ethics of care and ethics of justice are two ways of differentiating right from wrong and making moral and ethical decisions. None of these two is better than the other. Even though ethics of justice and ethics of care may seem very different from one another, actually they are connected. People generally depend on both to making ethical decision. The more you are able to mix these two ethics, the better you are in making the right decisions.
1. Which is worse?
A. Hurting someone’s feelings by telling the truth.
B. Telling a lie and protecting someone’s feelings.
2. Which is the worse mistake?
A. To make exceptions too freely.
B. To apply rules too rigidly.
3. Which is it worse to be?
A. Unmerciful.
B. Unfair.
4. Which is worse?
A. Stealing something valuable from someone for no good reason.
B. Breaking a promise to a friend for no good reason.
5. Which is it better to be?
A. Just and fair.
B. Sympathetic and feeling.
6. Which is worse?
A. Not helping someone in trouble.
B. Being unfair to someone by playing favorites.
7. In making a decision you rely more on…
A. Hard facts.
B. Personal feelings and intuition.
8. Your boss orders you to do something that will hurt someone. If you carry out the order, have you done anything wrong?
A. Yes.
B. No.
9. Which is more important in determining whether an action is right or wrong?
A. Whether anyone actually gets hurt.
B. Whether a rule, law, commandment or moral principle is broken.
The answers fall in two categories, J or C. Count your number of J and C answers using this key:
1. A=C, B=J 2. A=J, B=C 3. A=C, B=J 4. A=J, B= C 5. A=J, B=C 6. A=C, B=J 7. A=J, B=C 8. A=C, B=J 9. A=C, B=J
The higher your J score, the more you rely on ethics of justice. The higher your C score, the more you rely on ethics of care.
Actually, very few people score 9 Js or 9 Cs. Most of the people have a combined result.
To read the full post and find out about ethics of justice and care and their advantages and disadvantages visit: lifeasiknowit22.blogspot.com/2009/07/ethics-of-justice-or-ethics-of-care.ht...
Discussion Question:
1. What was your score?
2. How do you feel about it?
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Your topic has already been posted!
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ooops! really sorry. when i posted (tried to post) the first time it said "server overloaded" or something like that. so i posted for the second time. did not know that it was already posted. deleted (edited) the other one.
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1. strangely i got 9 Js and 0 Cs.
2. I feel kind of bad about it as i dont want to be a strict person. and i thought that i make decisions based on feelings and staffs like that. but i guess, i was wrong. (also it makes me a little happy that i am one of the few people who get 9 out of 9) -
Which is worse?
A. Hurting someone’s feelings by telling the truth.
B. Telling a lie and protecting someone’s feelings.
2. Which is the worse mistake?
A. To make exceptions too freely.
B. To apply rules too rigidly.
3. Which is it worse to be?
A. Unmerciful
B. Unfair.
4. Which is worse?
A. Stealing something valuable from someone for no good reason.
B. Breaking a promise to a friend for no good reason.
5. Which is it better to be?
A. Just and fair.
B. Sympathetic and feeling.
6. Which is worse?
A. Not helping someone in trouble.
B. Being unfair to someone by playing favorites.
7. In making a decision you rely more on…
A. Hard facts.
B. Personal feelings and intuition.
8. Your boss orders you to do something that will hurt someone. If you carry out the order, have you done anything wrong?
A. Yes.
B. No.
9. Which is more important in determining whether an action is right or wrong?
A. Whether anyone actually gets hurt.
B. Whether a rule, law, commandment or moral principle is broken.
My score are all C’s except 1 J. Obviously, I rely far more on care than justice. I am not at all surprised--this is right in line with my character, I think. -
1. Which is worse?
A. Hurting someone’s feelings by telling the truth.
B. Telling a lie and protecting someone’s feelings.
2. Which is the worse mistake?
A. To make exceptions too freely.
B. To apply rules too rigidly.
3. Which is it worse to be?
A. Unmerciful.
B. Unfair.
4. Which is worse?
A. Stealing something valuable from someone for no good reason.
B. Breaking a promise to a friend for no good reason.
5. Which is it better to be?
A. Just and fair.
B. Sympathetic and feeling.
6. Which is worse?
A. Not helping someone in trouble.
B. Being unfair to someone by playing favorites.
7. In making a decision you rely more on…
A. Hard facts.
B. Personal feelings and intuition.
C. Both
8. Your boss orders you to do something that will hurt someone. If you carry out the order, have you done anything wrong?
A. Yes.
B. No.
9. Which is more important in determining whether an action is right or wrong?
A. Whether anyone actually gets hurt.
B. Whether a rule, law, commandment or moral principle is broken.
I can't make a choice between A and B in question 7. I don't have time to add scores right now. I'll return later to do that.-
Your score is 1 J, 7 C and 1 BOTH. so i guess you rely on ethics of care more.
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@irtiza104
Thanks for doing the scoring for me. I have been arguing with shipping company clerks all day.
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i hope things straighten up.
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I am not fond of binary answers.
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I want a third pill...option!
I refuse to believe that you cannot express difficult truths to someone sensitively, for example.-
lol... i love the pic
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1. B under almost all circumstances, although lying to protect crucial information entrusted to you by a friend is an important duty. I wouldn't lie to protect someones feelings, but if I was told something by a friend, and someone asks about it, I will either lie or simply not say anything depending upon how pushy the person is.
2. B. Most rules are unneccesary anyways.
3. Depends. Both are pretty bad though.
4. A = B.
5. Depends. If you're in a position of power, A. If you're not, B.
6. A
7. Depends upon the decision. Is it practical or is it romantic? These are the extremes of course, but they highlight the dilemma.
8. Gray area, would have to see the particular order and why that particular person would be hurt. Also what the redeeming features of that order would be.
9. My laws are "Love thy God..." and "Love thy neighbor as thyself." My principles are freedom, personal responsibility, sincerity, harmony, eliminating "leaders" and "authority figures" whenever possible, and procedural equality. I pick option 3.
I don't believe in Care, and I don't believe in Justice, I believe in Love.-
I think that love is intensified care... :|
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Sometimes caring for someone can be the worse thing you can do to them. You can clip someone's wings and throw out their dignity that way. That ain't love.
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:|
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I'm not buying the premise of the OP. In my book caring is justice.-
A lot of what I was saying too.
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1. Which is worse?
A. Hurting someone’s feelings by telling the truth.
2. Which is the worse mistake?
A. To make exceptions too freely.
3. Which is it worse to be?
A. Unmerciful.
4. Which is worse?
B. Breaking a promise to a friend for no good reason.
5. Which is it better to be?
A. Just and fair.
6. Which is worse?
A. Not helping someone in trouble.
7. In making a decision you rely more on…
B. Personal feelings and intuition.
8. Your boss orders you to do something that will hurt someone. If you carry out the order, have you done anything wrong?
B. No.
9. Which is more important in determining whether an action is right or wrong?
B. Whether a rule, law, commandment or moral principle is broken.
1c
2j
3c
4c
5j
6c
7c
8j
9j
Answer: 5c 4j -
Great mixture....
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