Name: Crislie L.

Remis Subject: Ethics

Program and Year: BEED-1D

COMPREHENSIVE EXAM IN ETHICS

1. Discuss the similarities that bond the Asian philosophies discussed in the introduction. As an
Asian, do you agree that these characteristics mark your thinking? Do they shape ethical
worldview?

Answer: In the sense of similarities of Western and Eastern philosophies, the narrow and
specific example of similarities is the KARMA. Karma in the eastern concludes fear and caused.
Claim that good is what gives pleasure and bad is what gives pain. In this traditions I agree of
that because what you do to other people will definitely come back to you even if it is good or
bad.

2. Discuss the process of “build a shared we-perspective”. How possible and how important is it for
groups of people to come to a shared opinion and live according to such shared opinions and
wills?

Answer : Build a shared we-perspective means leadership. Leader are frequently described as
people of vision. How they perceive and define reality will determine appropriate actions or
directions to be taken. Set common expectations for the group works perspective taking is that
all important skill of being to look at things from a point of view than ourselves.

3. Think of a specific environmental issue. Using Kohak’s ideas on dwelling, locate the essential
root of the problem. Is Kohak’s position utilitarian or deontological? Explain.

Answer : The water shortage is the lack of sufficient available water resources to meet water
used in a community. The main cause of that is climate change, increased pollution due to
excessive and unsustainable human consumptions. Industries use companies that illegally dump
chemicals and oils into stressed water system. And that is deontological.

4. Can an amoral organization be ethical? If so, how? If not, why not?

Answer: Maybe yes, because an amoral organization who does moral and immoral things but
does know the moral values attach to it. Amoral person does not really exist even with some
psychological researchers trying to be amoral when the principles of human nature right or
wrong, good or bad behavior.
5. Do you think women and gay people suffer similar problems? Do gay people need the same
forms of liberation as women? Why or why not?

Answer: I couldn't say yes or no. It could be maybe. In physical aspects women had weak
compare to gay. Religion terms cannot be considered with their similarities.

6. What is a living will and how important is it today?

Answer: Living will is the document given indicates a patient wishes regarding to health care and
how they want to be treated should they become seriously ill and unable to communicate a
decision of their choice. For me it could be no, because it may carry disadvantage like the
patient's lack of decision-making capacity.