ANGOSTA, MARIVIC T.

BSCRIM1 - BLOCK E

ACTIVITY #5 ANSWERS :

1. Bioethics is the study of controversial ethics brought about by advances in biology

and medicine. It is also concerned with the ethical questions that arise in the
relationships among life sciences, biotechnology, medicine, politics, law, and
philosophy. Bioethics is important because the asking encourages the essential
exercise of me remembering “the why.” For instance, (1) “why am I doing this?”
(2) “why do we reflect on the moral permissibility of certain behaviors (culturally
accepted or not)?” (3) “why do we allow certain things to happen and not others as
individuals and a culture” (4) “who should be allowed to decide what is right and
what is wrong?” Now, this “why” speaks to the very heart of bioethics – because
the point of bioethics, is to think about health and medical issues, and their moral
permissibility, with the goal of supporting human flourishing and dignity.

2. Christian ethics is a branch of Christian theology that defines virtuous behavior and

wrong behavior from a Christian perspective. It is important because Christian
ethics serve as a guide to our moral daily living and helps us judge whether our
behavior can be justified. Christian ethics  refers to society's sense of the right way
of living our daily lives. It does this by establishing rules, principles, and values on
which we can base our conduct.

3. From a comparative cultural perspective, the difference of it is- the Confucian

ethics sense of reverence founded up on ethical self-awareness and Religious
ethics sense of reverence founded on divine worship are different. However, both
take reverence to be the root of culture, thus proving that reverence is an element
that none of the world’s major cultures can be without. In the early modern period,
a sense of reverence was seen something enchanted and harmful to the rational
progress of civilization. However, the contemporary enchantment movements in
some ways call up a return to such reverence.
4. The "Three Jewels" represent the primary virtues upheld in the Taoist school of
thought:

(1) The first represents love or compassion,. Why practice love? God is love. We
are love. We are aspects of God. So, to me, practicing love is giving ourselves
permission to be what we truly are, and therefore reaching toward our optimal
potential.

(2) The second represents simplicity or moderation. Why live simply? The things
that come when we live a simple life, avoiding materialism and instead saving
up our energy, money, and resources so that we can be generous, travel, focus
on the important things possibly through meditation, or preserve life through
hard times. When we recognize our needs are few, we can relax and be present,
and abundance is easier to celebrate. So, to me, simplicity is a way of facilitating
tranquility and presence.

(3) The third represents humility or modesty. Why be humble? Literally in

Chinese, this third jewel of humility/modesty is translated "dare not be first".
Challenging others in order to be first ruffles feathers, and people often react
badly to being challenged this way, possibly even violently, shortening your life.
It takes too much risk and energy to be first, which is a waste of life, and leads
to bad luck. Hanging back enables us to let the fruit of our lives grow
abundantly in peace and quiet. So to me, humility is really about choosing a rich
and quiet life over a competitive and difficult one. It's very practical and elegant,
isn't it? Taoism is focused on effective living more than exploring ultimate
questions.

5. In Islamic ethics Muslims consider the Quran to be the unaltered and final
revelation of God. It is the foundational source in the gradual codification of Islamic
ethics, it was also the Muslim understanding and interpretations of the Qur’an and
practices of Muhammad. It’s meaning has always been in context of active
submission to God, performed by the community in unison.