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    This document summarizes Aldrin Gabriel Fontanilla's responses to questions about Chapter 1 of the book Ethics by Lawrence Hinman. Some key points: - Hinman argues that studying ethics is important because ignorance of ethics can harm oneself and others, like poor nutrition. - Moral questions are inevitable in human societies as our actions inevitably affect each other. - "Moral experts" are philosophers and ethicists who research and teach ethics to provide guidance to others. - Moral disagreements should not lead to abandoning ethics but instead encourage further ethical reflection and discussion. - Ethics is an ongoing conversation and task that requires continual learning over time.

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    Fontanilla, Aldrin Gabriel A.

    BS Architecture 3-4
    GEED 10093 – Ethics
    Dr. Michael Roland Hernandez

    Activity 1.3 – Introduction to Hinman – Chapter 1

    1. Tell us about Hinman’s answer to the question “Why study Ethics?” Is it


    convincing? Why or why not?

    American philosopher and professor Lawrence Hinman started off his


    answer with an analogy or comparison of ethics to nutrition. He stated that there
    are things we can get away with not doing, but there are some, such as Ethics,
    that is imperative we study, as the ignorance of this subject causes not just us
    harm, but also the people around us. I would say that this is convincing, as this
    analogy was explained more in the chapter.

    2. Why does Hinman assert that moral questions are inevitable? Do you agree
    with him?

    Hinman sees moral questions as inevitable because as humans in a


    functioning society and in constant contact with one another, such questions are
    inevitable as our actions ultimately affect one another. We will inevitably hurt our
    kind, even if we ignore morality as a whole, but it’ll eventually find a way to be
    considered in out choices, as it is a part of our lives.

    3. Who do you think are the moral experts Hinman refers to? What’s the role
    they are supposed to have for us?
    These “moral experts” are professors, modern-day philosophers, and
    ethicists. Their line of work consists of responsibilities such as fortifying the
    foundations of what we already know about ethics, and providing us with their
    findings through their researches and experiments, and they provide us with
    reliable consultations and trustworthy, credible references.
    4. Does the existence of moral disagreements justify abandoning ethics or
    ethical reflection? Why do you think so?
    No. In fact, I think moral disagreements encourage ethical reflections,
    because these disagreements can lead to investigations, and investigations lead
    to discoveries. Such discoveries can pave the way to the advancement and
    progress of the field, and the progress of everyone involved in it.

    5. How would you explain to someone not taking an Ethic course Hinman’s
    point that Ethics is an ongoing conversation? As an ongoing task?
    Suddenly spawning in the middle of an Ethics conversation feels like
    opening a book in the middle and starting from there. And obviously, the person
    would feel lost, and uninformed. Therefore, to explain to someone, or anyone,
    that Ethics is an ongoing conversation and an ongoing task is to fedd them the
    information they need slowly, little by little and let them implement these small
    bits of knowledge one at a time. And eventually, they will then realizes these
    facts.

    6. How does Hinman differentiate “morality “ from “ethics”? What are your
    thoughts form this distinction, e.g. does it make sense to you? Or is it more
    confusing?
    Hinman differentiates Morality and Ethics as what you “ought to do”, and
    “what you should do”. In my opinion, he defined Ethics as a “written code of
    conduct” the society sees as correct, while Morality is “the gauge of the ability of
    how capable a human is of doing good”, or in this case, abiding to ethical
    standards. This way of explaining is understandable, Dr. Hinman basically
    summarized the word’s meanings in a few words.

    7. What did you discover from the section “public and private moral beliefs”?
    That basically, dishonesty is the problem in Ethics. People aren’t typically
    honest in their beliefs, in their moral values, which leads to them not being totally
    “ethical”. However, this can easily, but not so quickly, by letting people study
    themselves ethically.
    8. How does Hinman understand “moral health”? Are there other ways of
    understanding this? What are they?
    Hinman defined moral health with another analogy about nutrition. He
    directly compared it to nutrition as being concerned with how us humans can live
    a morally sound life, just like how good diets and eating habits will nourish our
    physical bodies, by telling us what not eat, and by ethics telling us what not to do.
    In my opinon, I think moral health can also be understood through psychology. If
    you look at a person’s mind and what runs in it, you can determine approximately
    how morally sound they are. History can also be used. Are they raised properly?
    What kind of lineage did they come from? Did they come from a family of decent,
    well-mannered, law-abiding citizen? Or did they come from the family of crime?

    9. For Hinman, what makes an issue a moral issue? Do you think there is
    something wrong with his idea?
    An issue becomes a moral issue when our values being to harm people.
    When our conflicting ideas being to ignite conflicts, and when it starts to infiltrate
    other people’s lives.

    10. How different is the moral standpoint which Hinman discusses from the
    other standpoints you are familiar with?
    There isn’t much difference to what Hinman discusses to the standpoints I
    am familiar with, as these mentioned standpoints are no different from what is
    typically tackled in today’s issues.

    11. Hinman argues that there is a two-fold point to undertaking moral


    reflection. How would you explain that two-fold point to someone who has
    not read the article?
    One example of the use of ethics as an evaluation of other people’s
    behavior is their political stand. This is quite personal and relevant, therefore it
    can better explain the concept of this point. You can see the person’s morals
    based where their support is. The other point, The use of ethics as the search for
    the meaning of our lives, can also be explained the same way. Ethics can be
    used as a search light and as a map for the betterment of ourselves, to become
    better people.
    12. What is a moral theory and what can we expect from it?
    Theories are fruits of the mind that induces ideas, creation, strength, wonder,
    new possibilities from what is to exist, and criticism for what exists. Moral Theories,
    when explained and expanded, can broaden our knowledge in the field of Ethics. It
    can shed light into different inquiries, and thus allowing us correct the false
    assumptions of the past, bringing innovations. And most of all, it can help us see
    ourselves more clearly, and work on our ethical imperfections.

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