Reflective Writing

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:49:40 +0100

Kerri Dudley
Ethics and Moral Problems
Reflective Writing

I would give myself a B. I feel that I have grown a lot and learned a lot from this class. I also feel that I have gotten better at my arguments and critiquing from my point of view. Since the beginning of the class, my papers have gotten a lot stronger. I think in the beginning I was confused on what I was asked to do and with understanding the philosophers point of view. Now I feel that I understand all of this a lot more and I will be able to apply it to my life or even to some of my other classes. I feel like I look at things in ways that I didn’t look at them before. I have a better outlook and more possibilities. I enjoyed doing this signature assignment and I feel I critiqued my argument very well.

This assignment has connected to what I want to major in. I am going to be a Lawyer. As I lawyer I will need to be able to give a good argument or even a good counterargument. Taking this class has helped me begin on my journey. I have learned a little about how I argue. I can pursue from learning this information and continue you to get better at my arguments, positions I take, and critiquing. I feel this class has prepared me for my future. It has also connected with some of my other general education classes; such as, study of disabilities. We were talking about euthanasia and I had just learned all about it in this class. I was able to share what I had learned with the class. I am very glad I took this class. It was very helpful to me, in many aspects of my life!

Signature Assignment

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:18:39 +0100

Kerri Dudley
Ethics and Moral Problems
Signature Assignment
Counterargument

The argument is that there is only one mode, that the rich should use their riches in a beneficial way to them and society. The way we spend our money now will affect our future. The rich who use their money for toys or unnecessary things, are doing no good to society and should lose their riches. The poor are better off than they were back in the days, but we are focusing on today; nonetheless, the poor are still poor. Having more necessities then they use to doesn’t make them any better off. The poor are still waking up everyday trying to make every penny count. There is no belief in inheritance of any kind. If you have money or are rich it’s because you earned it. You should have to work hard for you money, just as others do. Having money given to you gives you no satisfaction of it and doesn’t teach you how to be responsible. If the rich are going to inherit it they should make to inheritor work for all his money or at least teach them how to be responsible with it.

The rich should not just let their money “sit”, when the poor could be using it. The poor will never have enough money to let it just “sit”. They are living day to day using every dime that they have. The rich should be using their money in some kind of way. I have disused the most beneficial way. Money that just sits, when there are people struggling is a waste of wealth. If we have wealth then lets use it. Lets make it so there is no rich or poor, we are all equal. So that everyman is just as good off as the last. Everyone has an equal opportunity and everyone has the same amount of money. We may even suggest putting a limit on our riches. The rich can’t get to rich and the poor won’t be poor. There should be access to the same amount of money to everyone. How much you get, depends on how hard you work.

I would have to disagree with this argument. The rich have the right to choose what they want to do with their riches; after all, it is their money. You should not tell someone what they should do or not do with their money. We should only worry about ourselves, and what we must do with our money. If the rich earned all the money that they own, then they shall choose how to dispose of it. Having rich and poor is what makes this world revolve. If there were neither rich, nor poor then the economy would be unjust. The rich and the poor are what makes this economy balance out or at least makes it the way it should be. Even if all the rich did as the mode, and used their riches in a beneficial way to them and society, it will still never be equal. We all do have the same equal opportunities if we strive for them. The people who are rich are those who have succeeded in their opportunities. You must just live everyday and hope for your opportunity to be who you were made to be. The rich will always be frowned upon for the way they distribute their wealth, and the poor will always strive to make it through each day. It is impossible to change this or make it equal. It is what it is.

interdisciplinary

Reflective Writing

Signature Assignment