Name:Cl

arenc
eJamesN.
Per
mit
o Duedat
e:Sept
ember19,
2021

Col
lege/Pr
ogr
am:1s
tYearBSi
nCi
vilEngi
neer
ingMaj
ori
nSt
ruc
tur
al

GE5

ASSI
GNMENT5
Ans
wert
hef
oll
owi
ngques
tionsbr
ief
ly:

1.
Whati
syourunder
standi
ngoft
hes
ayi
ng"
happi
nes
sist
heexer
cis
eofvi
rtue.
"?

Answer:Forme, happinessi
sthepract
iceofvir
tuebecauseiti
stheac tt
hatdepi
ctson
ourout
war dapper anceappearanc
e.Bei
nghappymakesushavet hec ourage,
hopeand
pati
enceforal
ltheevent shappeni
nginli
fe,i
tmakesuss hoqpurgreates
tpotent
ialand
tr
eatli
fewithgent leness
,ki
ndnessandgreataccept
ance.

2.
Whati
shumandi
gni
tyandwhyi
siti
mpor
tant
?

Ans wer:
When  we say that someone has  
human digni ty, 
we mean to s
ay that t
hey are 
ent
it
led to 
be tr
eated with dignit
y si
mpl y 
because t
hey  ar e 
human. As a 
result,
 everyone 
sh
ould be 
treated 
wi th 
respec t,
 
regardless 
of 
age, 
ability, s
tatus,
 
gender ,
 ethnicity,
 
or ot
her
 
char act
erist
ics.Dignityisac ruci
alcomponentoft hehumans piri
t.Meani ngt hatyouare
valuedandr espectedf orwhoyouar e,
whatyoubel ievei n,andhowyoul iveyourl i
fe
meansbei ngval uedandr espectedforyourvalues .Tot r
eatotherswi t
hdi gnity,wemus t
treatthemaswewoul dl i
ket obet reatedoursel
ves .

3.Sci
enti
stsc
lai
mthatt
heEar
thwi
llgoonevenwi
thouthumans
.Whatar
eyour
thought
sonthis
?

Answer:Yes,t
hewor l
dwillfunc
t i
onjustfi
newithouthumans .Wearearesource-
deplet
ingspeci
esthatdestr
oysnat ur
alenvir
onment sanddrivesmi
ll
ionsofspeci
esto
exti
ncti
onbydepleti
ngitsnaturalresour
ces.Natur
ewi l
lreboundaf
terpeoplewith
thei
rinsat
iabl
ecravi
ngsarenol ongeraround.