Week 8 Discussion: Personal
Ethics Statement
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Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:
• Textbook: Review all chapters
• Lesson
• Minimum of 1 scholarly source
Optional Resources
The following resources may be useful but are not required for this activity:
• Link (website): Ring of Gyges (Links to an external site.)Links to
an external site. (for those who wish to read the whole story)
Dilemma
One of the great examples of ethics and morals in all of literature comes from
Plato who wrote about the Ring of Gyges in The Republic, Book II, starting at
paragraph 359a.
The story goes that Gyges was a shepherd in the service of the King. In a
most unusual circumstance he came upon a dead man, removed the man's
ring, and discovered that it made him invisible. He conspired to take the
periodic report of the shepherds to the King - once there he seduced the
Queen and eventually took control of the Kingdom by conspiring with the
Queen. Plato continues the story:
Suppose now that there were two such magic rings, and the just put on one
of them and the unjust the other; no man can be imagined to be of such an
iron nature that he would stand fast in justice. No man would keep his hands
off what was not his own when he could safely take what he liked out of the
market, or go into houses and lie with any one at his pleasure, or kill or
release from prison whom he would, and in all respects be like a God among
men. Then the actions of the just would be as the actions of the unjust; they
would both come at last to the same point. And this we may truly affirm to
be a great proof that a man is just, not willingly or because he thinks that
justice is any good to him individually, but of necessity, for wherever any
one thinks that he can safely be unjust, there he is unjust. For all men
believe in their hearts that injustice is far more profitable to the individual
than justice, and he who argues as I have been supposing, will say that they
are right.
Initial Post Instructions
For this discussion, address the following:
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, • Create a personal ethical philosophy and explain from which
philosophies you created it and why the contents are important and
meaningful for you. List its precepts.
• Take your personal ethical philosophy statement and use it to work
through the famous case of the Ring of Gyges. This story raises the
question of what sanctions prevent people from just taking any liberties
they are inclined to take. The whole subject of ethics, seen in large scale,
is that of accepting and living under moral standards.
• What would you do if you had that second ring?
• What else within this course helps in responding to this fictitious
situation or in explaining it?
Follow-Up Post Instructions
Respond to at least two peers or one peer and the instructor. Are they
holding true to their own personal ethical philosophies in their resolutions of
the dilemma? Further the dialogue by providing more information and
clarification.
Writing Requirements
• Minimum of 3 posts (1 initial & 2 follow-up)
• Minimum of 2 sources cited (assigned readings/online lessons and
an outside source)
• APA format for in-text citations and list of references
Grading
This activity will be graded using the Discussion Grading Rubric. Please
review the following link:
• Link (webpage): Discussion Guidelines
Weekly Objectives (WO)
WO8, 2.10, 7.2
Due Date for Initial Post: By 11:59 p.m. MT on Wednesday
Due Date for Follow-Up Posts: By 11:59 p.m. MT on Saturday
Post 1
My ethical views Ayn Rand objectivism which states that , “no person has any obligation to his or her
fellow human beings, selfishness is more virtuous than altruism, and the best principle to follow is the
principle of self-interest” (Ruggiero,2012). In my life before I react or do something I reflect on the
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Ethics Statement
16 unread replies.1717 replies.
Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:
• Textbook: Review all chapters
• Lesson
• Minimum of 1 scholarly source
Optional Resources
The following resources may be useful but are not required for this activity:
• Link (website): Ring of Gyges (Links to an external site.)Links to
an external site. (for those who wish to read the whole story)
Dilemma
One of the great examples of ethics and morals in all of literature comes from
Plato who wrote about the Ring of Gyges in The Republic, Book II, starting at
paragraph 359a.
The story goes that Gyges was a shepherd in the service of the King. In a
most unusual circumstance he came upon a dead man, removed the man's
ring, and discovered that it made him invisible. He conspired to take the
periodic report of the shepherds to the King - once there he seduced the
Queen and eventually took control of the Kingdom by conspiring with the
Queen. Plato continues the story:
Suppose now that there were two such magic rings, and the just put on one
of them and the unjust the other; no man can be imagined to be of such an
iron nature that he would stand fast in justice. No man would keep his hands
off what was not his own when he could safely take what he liked out of the
market, or go into houses and lie with any one at his pleasure, or kill or
release from prison whom he would, and in all respects be like a God among
men. Then the actions of the just would be as the actions of the unjust; they
would both come at last to the same point. And this we may truly affirm to
be a great proof that a man is just, not willingly or because he thinks that
justice is any good to him individually, but of necessity, for wherever any
one thinks that he can safely be unjust, there he is unjust. For all men
believe in their hearts that injustice is far more profitable to the individual
than justice, and he who argues as I have been supposing, will say that they
are right.
Initial Post Instructions
For this discussion, address the following:
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, • Create a personal ethical philosophy and explain from which
philosophies you created it and why the contents are important and
meaningful for you. List its precepts.
• Take your personal ethical philosophy statement and use it to work
through the famous case of the Ring of Gyges. This story raises the
question of what sanctions prevent people from just taking any liberties
they are inclined to take. The whole subject of ethics, seen in large scale,
is that of accepting and living under moral standards.
• What would you do if you had that second ring?
• What else within this course helps in responding to this fictitious
situation or in explaining it?
Follow-Up Post Instructions
Respond to at least two peers or one peer and the instructor. Are they
holding true to their own personal ethical philosophies in their resolutions of
the dilemma? Further the dialogue by providing more information and
clarification.
Writing Requirements
• Minimum of 3 posts (1 initial & 2 follow-up)
• Minimum of 2 sources cited (assigned readings/online lessons and
an outside source)
• APA format for in-text citations and list of references
Grading
This activity will be graded using the Discussion Grading Rubric. Please
review the following link:
• Link (webpage): Discussion Guidelines
Weekly Objectives (WO)
WO8, 2.10, 7.2
Due Date for Initial Post: By 11:59 p.m. MT on Wednesday
Due Date for Follow-Up Posts: By 11:59 p.m. MT on Saturday
Post 1
My ethical views Ayn Rand objectivism which states that , “no person has any obligation to his or her
fellow human beings, selfishness is more virtuous than altruism, and the best principle to follow is the
principle of self-interest” (Ruggiero,2012). In my life before I react or do something I reflect on the
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