1. HOW DO YOU SEE THE WORLD?

2. JOURNAL QUESTION:
Do you consider yourself to be a person who sticks to your values? Do you often make exceptions to your values? Describe a time when one of your values got tested…

3. DIFFERENT WAYS TO SEE THE WORLD:
OBJECTIVIST (p. 8)
RELATIVIST (p. 9)
Believe that there are certain “objective moral truths”
Certain actions or practices are always right or wrong
Because someone doesn’t believe it, this doesn’t mean it isn’t true
Example: the law of gravity
Believe that moral decision making is situation dependent
There is a wide variety of moral codes, all of them right
Moral/Ethical judgments are always from a certain perspective
Example: proper attire, etc.

4. OTHER TERMINOLOGY: UTILITARIAN (p.9): NATURAL LAW (p. 13)
The best choice is the one that results in the greatest good for the greatest number of people
Certain individual freedoms are sacrificed for the greatest good of others
NATURAL LAW (p. 13)
All human beings share a common human nature
Certain core beliefs are innate, not learned

5. ABSOLUTES… INTRINSICALLY IMMORAL (EVIL) ACTS: OBJECTIVE MORAL TRUTH:
Certain actions are wrong in and of themselves and can never be justified (p.9)
No matter what the circumstance and intention, they are always wrong
OBJECTIVE MORAL TRUTH:
There are certain truths in the world that are unchanging
"Truth is not determined by a majority vote“ Cardinal Ratzinger (a.k.a. Pope Benedict XVI)