ethics

1. Why we must engage thyself in ethical thoughts and decision-making?

-Ethical thinking involves a process that we used to consider the impact of our actions to
others which is connected to decision making. Ethical decision-making involves choice
and balance, a guide to reject bad choices in favor of good ones. It is crucial to balance
the long-term effects against the immediate benefits while making decisions. The
immediate rewards of an action must be compared with the long-term effects of the
choice. So engaging in thinking ethically and decision-making goes hand in hand and it
is advised that everyone make a habit of those two.

2. Kindly explain your thought about “Who one is”

Who one is means YOU or knowing yourself. Sometimes we lost ourselves when we
encounter some situation, or we try to please those around us. Like a lot of people got
lost in the way because we were so focused to satisfy the people that we were
working/be with but we but if we snap out of it and realize that we weren't sure who we
were doing it for and how it can identify us in the future we get to realize who we are.
So, the people who knew how to keep their identity and character within themselves
knows how to set themselves apart from others.

3. Give your opinion about the flora and fauna

A region's or time period's cumulative plant life is referred to as its flora. While it often
refers to the existing native plant life, it can also include recently imported species.
Fauna, on the other hand, describes a group of creatures that currently exist or were
once present in a particular region or time. To exist, everything needs food (energy),
hence flora and wildlife are essential. Herbivores depend on plants, carnivores depend
on plants, omnivores may need both to survive, including many people, and plants grow
from animal waste and corpses in decay.

4. Explain the relationship between Religion and Ethics also Culture and Ethics
These relationships will vary across cultures as well as within a single religious or
cultural group. They are constantly changing and taking different forms all
over the world. When evaluating ethical decisions, we must consider the culture,
context, and religious beliefs and practices that affect an individual, as well as look
beyond overgeneralized identities
Religion and ethics are heavily intermingled for those who are religious since one's
religious beliefs will typically impact ethical issues. Those who practice or believe a
specific faith are usually guided by the faith in all areas of the life. Although there are
connections between religion and ethics, this does not mean that they cannot coexist.
Ethics are also founded on the lessons one picks up from society at large. Citizens of
different cultures have fundamental beliefs that guide their daily lives. It is not right to
think that any of them may exist apart from or in isolation from the others. These
connections will differ both between and within distinct religious or cultural groups.
Across the world, they are continually evolving and morphing into new shapes. When
assessing ethical choices, we must look beyond too defined identities and consider the
society, context, and religious beliefs and practices that affect an individual.

5. What are the Filipino ways that you have known? Make a list and explain and
compare to the present /modern Filipino way of culture
- Showing respect often demonstrated through speech like using ‘po & opo’
observe hierarchical relations determined by age and status.
- Hospitable & Family oriented, helpful to others. Sometimes, even the closest of
friends are considered family, too.
- Religious, in all corners of a Filipino house, you can find brazen images of
crosses and other religious paraphernalia. They go to church every Sunday, or
sometimes even twice or three times a week.

6. Examine your feelings or emotions regarding the issue of organ trafficking. Did
you feel
sympathetic to the woman who was about to sell her kidney to her Saudi Arabian
husband? Or were you morally repulsed by what she was planning to do? Apply
Ramon C. Reyes’s idea of the five cross-points that contribute to the formation of
who you are in order to understand your feelings about this particular moral
issue. List below the elements that make up each of your cross-points.
a. Physical Cross-Point:
b. Interpersonal Cross-Point:
c. Social Cross-Points:
d. Historical Cross-Point:
e. Existential Cross-Point:

A)
1. Determine your involvement in the moral situation.
- As an individual, this kind of issue is concerning due to the fact that organ trafficking is
a worldwide problem/threat to anyone, anyone may become a victim in this organ
trafficking and you will never know unless it happens. So, my involvement in this moral
situation is also a must, the opinions, perceptions, and idea will be also an advantage of
mine about this issue in related to awareness.

2. Gather all the necessary facts.

- In this situation there merely, facts that may involve in each side in wife’s situation it
may include her financial needs or things that she wants to get eagerly even if it
involves selling her kidney like vices, expensive things or anything related to financial
problems. Because selling a kidney has always involved of money. The seller itself
paying the customer will also benefit to the kidney.

3. Identify the stakeholders.

- The Filipina wife and her Arabic Husband are the main stakeholder; others may
involve like friend and constituents especially her family in which may benefit them in
terms of the money itself given by the seller which may be the purpose of selling her
kidney organ.

4. Name all the alternative choices possible and their potential effects on all
stakeholders.
- Financial Involvement, Health and the Law.
In terms of financial involvement, the family, constituents, and the Filipino wife herself
may greatly benefit from the money that was traded to her kidney organ, which is
contrary to her health because a part of her body or the kidney organ itself was
removed, which can have a significant negative impact on her health. If there is a
possible investigation, the vendor or the actual organ trafficker will be held legally
accountable.

5. Identify the type of ethical issue at hand.

-Discrimination and Harassment. Consent, and the moral permissibility of buying and
selling organs.

6. Make your ethical conclusion or decision.

It is challenging to defend the morality of selling one's kidney to a paying customer in
light of these factors. Although people have the freedom to make decisions about their
own bodies, selling a kidney presents serious issues around consent, exploitation, and
possible negative effects on the seller as well as society at large. Additionally, the
development of an organ market has the potential to worsen already existing disparities
and jeopardize the credibility of the medical community. Investigating different financial
options or thinking about kidney donation through approved and regulated channels
may be more morally righteous options.

Apply now all six steps to the question, “Is selling one of my kidneys to a paying
customer
morally defensible?” Write down your application below: