The Morality Play: Reflection
On what basis did you make your decisions? What part of the questions did you find particularly difficult or particularly easy?
-I made the decisions initially based on my gut reaction, but subsequently, I used logic and reason to question my own ethics. I would pick the decision, most of the time, where logically less people would be hurt. However, when the question involved making decisions related to family or someone I knew (rather than just numbers), my reasoning began to be emotionally tinged and therefore I deviated from logic to make a decision. The questions I found particularly easy where those that were based on scale and quantitative decisions because they could be solved the easiest with logic. I also found it easy to make a decision when I wasn't directly implicated. For instance there were questions where my anonymity was guaranteed. Those were easy because then I can't be easily held accountable for the outcome, which essentially doesn't push me outside of my moral and emotional comfort zone. Something else I found to be hard was when I was meant to determine to what extent I was morally responsible for the consequences of my acts, (the options were fully responsible, somewhat responsible and not responsible). This troubled me because it was hard to determine if by simply being aware of a possible consequence I was responsible for the outcome, because whoever was the victim of that outcome had the choice of fulfilling the action that resulted in the consequence. The thought process also was troublesome in the sense that the answers I gave I might not actually do in real life. It all depends heavily in context and based on that, I might not always act the most morally– I might give a greater priority to emotional stability and comfort than to going outside of my comfort zone to help someone.
What did you learn or have reinforced for you regarding how you make ethical decisions?
I reinforced that I rely heavily on my emotions when the decision is not based on quantitative outcomes. This is simply a confirmation of how my decision process works because I am someone who relies heavily on emotions to make a decision, considering how I would feel after taking the decision and how others' emotions would be affected too. I also learnt that when I reason with emotion, my decision process becomes more analytical and I have a tougher time actually reaching a conclusion because emotional decision making is more subjective than logical decision making. On the other hand, when I inclined to logical thinking because of numbers, I was able to reach a decision quicker (even though, morally speaking, perhaps that wasn't the best decision).
-I made the decisions initially based on my gut reaction, but subsequently, I used logic and reason to question my own ethics. I would pick the decision, most of the time, where logically less people would be hurt. However, when the question involved making decisions related to family or someone I knew (rather than just numbers), my reasoning began to be emotionally tinged and therefore I deviated from logic to make a decision. The questions I found particularly easy where those that were based on scale and quantitative decisions because they could be solved the easiest with logic. I also found it easy to make a decision when I wasn't directly implicated. For instance there were questions where my anonymity was guaranteed. Those were easy because then I can't be easily held accountable for the outcome, which essentially doesn't push me outside of my moral and emotional comfort zone. Something else I found to be hard was when I was meant to determine to what extent I was morally responsible for the consequences of my acts, (the options were fully responsible, somewhat responsible and not responsible). This troubled me because it was hard to determine if by simply being aware of a possible consequence I was responsible for the outcome, because whoever was the victim of that outcome had the choice of fulfilling the action that resulted in the consequence. The thought process also was troublesome in the sense that the answers I gave I might not actually do in real life. It all depends heavily in context and based on that, I might not always act the most morally– I might give a greater priority to emotional stability and comfort than to going outside of my comfort zone to help someone.
What did you learn or have reinforced for you regarding how you make ethical decisions?
I reinforced that I rely heavily on my emotions when the decision is not based on quantitative outcomes. This is simply a confirmation of how my decision process works because I am someone who relies heavily on emotions to make a decision, considering how I would feel after taking the decision and how others' emotions would be affected too. I also learnt that when I reason with emotion, my decision process becomes more analytical and I have a tougher time actually reaching a conclusion because emotional decision making is more subjective than logical decision making. On the other hand, when I inclined to logical thinking because of numbers, I was able to reach a decision quicker (even though, morally speaking, perhaps that wasn't the best decision).
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