PHOBE KHEY B.

QUE
BSED – ENGLISH II-F
ETHICS

TASK #1
Happiness is a final end or goal that encompasses the totality of one's life. It is not something that can be
gained or lost in a few hours, like pleasurable sensations. It is more like the ultimate value of your life as
lived up to this moment, measuring how well you have lived up to your full potential as a human being.
We desire and pursue on things that completes our desires and makes us feel happy. Most of the time we
misunderstood happiness and equate material things to happiness which is not supposed to be. Those
material things that gives us satisfaction and pleasure or even other matter are merely requirements of
being happy, because material things are temporary whereas virtue is eternal. Things have certain
limitation but virtue is lasting and the extent of happiness is not pleasure, nor is it virtue. It is the
exercise of virtue.

TASK #2

EXCESS MEAN DEFICIENCY

Congeniality Hospitality Honesty
Rashness Courage Cowardice
Licentiousness/Self-indulgence Temperance Insensibility

Prodigality Liberality Illiberality/Meanness

Vulgarity/Tastelessness Magnificence Pettiness/Stinginess
Vanity Generosity Courageous
Ambition/empty vanity Proper ambition/pride Unambitiousness/undue humility

Irascibility Patience/Good temper Lack of spirit/unirascibility

Boastfulness Truthfulness Understatement/mock modesty

Buffoonery Wittiness Boorishness

Obsequiousness Friendliness Cantankerousness
Shyness Modesty Shamelessness
Envy Righteous indignation Malicious enjoyment/Spitefulness
TASK #3
In this case the Mayor’s decision to approve the cement plant on their place shows a moral option that all
human acts has a purpose and he being the mayor of their locality is liable and responsible for helping and
providing a better opportunity for his citizens as it will help to lift themselves and will give jobs to his
people that can sustain every families necessities and for the betterment of society but it's moral virtue
consists of achieving the perfection of human nature and to the enrichment of human life. This requires us
to make choices, some of which may be very difficult. Often the lesser good promises immediate pleasure
and is more tempting, while the greater good is painful and requires some sort of sacrifice. Developing a
good character requires a strong effort of will to do the right thing, even in difficult situations. It’s moral
virtue disposition is to act in the right manner and as a mean between extremes of deficiency and excess,
which are vices. We learn moral virtue primarily through habit and practice rather than through reasoning
and instruction. So if the Mayor did nothing for change, their life would stay with no development no
change because of not taking the risks. Remember life doesn’t revolves on mean only everything thing
has its excess and deficiencies.

PORNOGRAPHY
Pornography exists within a broader sociocultural context in which stereotypes about gender, sexism,
sexual objectification and violence-supportive attitudes are also at play it may strengthen attitudes
supportive of sexual violence and violence against women. This, in turn, alters both sexual attitudes and
behavior. And someone who’s addicted and makes watching pornography as a habit affects the character,
mindset, action and even the way how they make conversation they incorporate the idea of what they feel
on watching pornography where unethical attitude arouses like dirty talks, disobedience, rudeness and
being impolite. Where as he/she gets pleasure and satisfaction upon watching pornography and that
doesn’t seems happiness and not even the definition of happiness. Just like in this lesson I will
incorporate the happiness over material things which is not happiness because it is only a desire that gives
pleasure in doing a particular thing. As a human being we should not tolerate the wrong doings even if it
gives us a sudden joy and be able to control impulses. Direct the soul to morally virtuous act.

Source:
https://aifs.gov.au/publications/effects-pornography-children-and-young-people-snapshot
Other sources:
https://www.frc.org/issuebrief/the-effects-of-pornography-on-individuals-marriage-family-and-
community
https://issues.org/thornburgh/