https://padlet.com/awinkelmann2/Bookmarks Ethics and Moral Spheres en-us 2020-08-25 17:42:23 UTC 2024-11-25 19:57:30 UTC hello@padlet.com awinkelmann2 https://padlet.com/awinkelmann2/Bookmarks/wish/706946329 I was once asked by a friend to hide his vape in my bag during high school. Internally, I came to the decision that it was not okay for him to use me to hide his contraband even if he was my friend. After all, I should not have to hold some one else's contraband. Later on, I thought about what it was like to be my friend, and even then, if it were my vape I would have to deal with it, and pay the consequences for having it in high school. Engineers typically address multiple points of view and use facts to come to the right decision, which is what I had thought about when making this decision, so I would say that ethical considerations are linked to the type of thinking used by scientists and engineers. However; externally, I said yes because of the pressure and the fallout that would ensue because of me sticking to my decision. So I would argue that outside factors like peer pressure and fear of reaction also effect ethical decisions. But factors like these can also hold back engineers from making the decision that they want. ]]> 2020-08-30 02:42:30 UTC https://padlet.com/awinkelmann2/Bookmarks/wish/706946329 awinkelmann2 https://padlet.com/awinkelmann2/Bookmarks/wish/706962640 I would argue that it would be ethical to save the five people at the expense of one even if it means that I actively sacrifice one. The manner in which I would save the five people if I pushed the man off the ledge would go beyond what I call to be ethical, but the outcome is still 5 people saved, so I would argue that pushing the man off the bridge would be ethical in my eyes, but I don't know if I could do it trough that manner. In both situations, you are actively killing a person, but I would say the outcome of saving five is ethical for both, but easier with a lever. I hate to say this but my answers would be different if it were someone I knew. I would probably not kill someone I knew even if it meant saving five people. Maybe I would see saving the five people as ethical, but I don't think I am emotionally or morally strong to save the five people. I think this idea somewhat proves the idea of moral spheres because it would be easier for me to kill a stranger than it would be to kill a friend. I want to be morally better toward people closer to my self sphere. ]]> 2020-08-30 03:24:04 UTC https://padlet.com/awinkelmann2/Bookmarks/wish/706962640 awinkelmann2 https://padlet.com/awinkelmann2/Bookmarks/wish/706969140 During the game I found myself all over the place morally. I tried to stick to some defined values of mine, like whether I wanted to uphold the law or keep clear of intervening. I found myself wanting to sacrifice non human life for human life a lot, I liked to uphold the law, and I valued the people in the self driving car(if there was any) more than those walking around, because the car is meant to serve the passengers. I tried to not make my decisions based on age, class, gender, or size. But what mattered most to me was saving the most lives as an auto pilot car, because I like to think that I value the outcome more than the manner of achieving the outcome in terms of ethics. ]]> 2020-08-30 03:40:32 UTC https://padlet.com/awinkelmann2/Bookmarks/wish/706969140