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Bernas, Albert T,
Dedication
This book is dedicated to all of the people who completed my life, because without them
I’m not who I’m today.
To God who gave me strength to complete this book.
To Mr. Paul Pajo who gives us the experience to make our own book and learn about the
Contemporary on Moral Problems
And also to my family and friends who supported me through this book, with their kind
help that without them this book is impossible.
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Preface
I hope this book would help you understand more about morality and ethics that
we need in everyday of our life, because it help us from being bad to good and help us
understand what we should do. Now we must learn from it and use it as a sample for
other people to change our world to a better one.
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Table of Contents
Dedication ....................................................................................................................................2
Preface ..........................................................................................................................................3
References...................................................................................... ................................................17
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Integrative Question:
1. What is the result of Egoism?
2. What are the pros and cons of ethical egoism according to the writer of this case study?
3. Is Egoism important?
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Integrative Question:
1. What is the Morality?
2. Is religion and morality connected based on the author of this case study?
3. Is Religion important in part of life?
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Integrative Question:
1. What is the Morality?
2. Should master respect their slave based on the author of this case study?
3. Is slave should be treated well?
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Integrative Question:
1. What is the effect of moral isolationism?
2. What are the cons of moral isolationism?
3. Is improving our moral important?
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Chapter 5: Utilitarianism
Amazon Reference: //www.amazon.com/Contemporary-Moral-Problems-James-White/dp/0534584306/
Quote: “By Happiness is intended pleasure, and the absence of pain; by unhappiness, pain, and the privation of
pleasure.”
What I expect to learn: I expect to understand the meaning of “Utilitarianism”.
Review:
This is my reflection on Chapter 5 which is “Utilitarianism”. John Stuart Mill is the author of this chapter
which talks about Utilitarianism. Utilitarianism means Greatest Happiness as also stated in this chapter. When I
came up on this chapter, I had a thought about this utilitarianism that it could both have pros and cons on its
situation, well depending on the situation and how is it done morally.
I came across a realization that some people thinks that when there is something for the greatest happiness
then it is moral or it good, but I personally think that happiness should comes from oneself that they did not hurt or
cheated other people and that can be the true happiness for the greater, because we have to be morally and ethically
think about what we will do for others and for ourselves on how to make everybody including yourself happy.
Now to end this case study of this chapter, I would like to end it with my conclusion that we should think
morally and ethically on everything we are doing because what you done might influence other people or totally
change yourself onto it, what if it is bad? Then you will be always bad that make other happy including yourself but
at the same time hurting other people. You had achieved the greatest happiness but also sadness.
What I learned:
- Utilitarianism.
- The pros and cons of Utilitarianism.
Integrative Question:
1. What is the effect Utilitarianism?
2. What are the pros and cons of utilitarianism?
3. In this case study author, is Utilitarianism complete good for him? Why?
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Integrative Question:
1. What is the effect Utilitarianism?
2. What are the pros and cons of utilitarianism?
3. In this case study author, is Utilitarianism complete good for him? Why?
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Quote: “Power, Wealth, honour, even health and that complete well being and contentment with one’s state of
which goes by the name of “Happiness”.
What I expect to learn: I expect to understand the meaning of “The Categorical Imperative”.
Review:
This is my reflection on Chapter 7 which is The Categorical Imperative, Immanuel Kant talks about Good will, duty,
The Categorical Imperative. Now Good will means being good, kind or friendly. It can also be the luck you have in
doing something good. Everybody should have good will to help other people because having Good will can change
a person inside to a better in moral but also in what Immanuel Kant said that Good will results is not good because it
accomplish ones want.
There is also duty that is needed done for because everybody or every single person has a duty in life, and that duty
depends on what you are in a family, business, student, nationality and etc. For example a brother and in a family
though he is the oldest of the siblings, he has the duty to discipline the younger ones and protect them from any
harm that might happen to them. Duty is the responsibility to do what they should do. Categorical Imperative
describe how a duty is needed to be done and why, and it determines if the principle is proper or not.
So to end this case study about The Categorical Imperative I would like to end it with my conclusion that human
should have their duty in everything, because by this everything will be more in order. And fewer problems would
arise. For the Good will it is also important too because having a Good will would have a good community. But I
believed that in these present times being so kind is not that good because there are many people who take over your
kindness.
What I learned:
Integrative Question:
3. Is Duty important?
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Integrative Question:
1. What is Virtue?
2. What can Happiness bring to other?
3. What did you learn in this chapter?
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Integrative Question:
1. What is Rights?
2. How to gain rights?
3. What did you learn in this chapter?
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Integrative Question:
1. Why it is that right should be taken seriously?
2. What is a right?
3. What are the rights of citizens (just a sample)?
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Integrative Question:
1. Why it is that justice is important?
2. What is the relation of law to justice?
3. Should justice have moral?
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Integrative Question:
1. Why it is that justice is important?
2. What is that there is discrimination?
3. Should everyone have justice?
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Reference
http://www.amazon.com/Contemporary-Moral-Problems-James-White/dp/0534584306/