ASSIGNMENT FOR WEEK 9

ASSIGNMENT PART ONE

Unwarranted Assumptions: This is when you are reading into a case, idea, situation and there are parts of the description that is left out, but unconsciously we make up our mind what we think they did or meant by it.

EXAMPLE: An older man walked up to me in a parking lot at Best Buy and started talking to me in a very friendly way about how his car ran out of gas and he didn’t have any of his debt cards. I assumed that he was a bum that wanted my money for wrong things. I asked the guy a few questions an he showed me his newer Honda accord that was in good shape sitting next to the gas station. I then re-thought my unwarranted assumption and helped the guy out.

Oversimplification: This is distorting a situation and leaving out some of the most important material.

EXAMPLE: When I was at my first day of job my boss had told me to sweep up before we closed. So I did just that and swept the restaurant out. Then I went home. I guess the owner meant that I should clean the bathrooms, and mop the floors after sweeping; he just figured I knew that.

Hasty Conclusions: Making a judgment before considering the situation completely.

EXAMPLE: I was talking to my brother about this skate park we used to skate at, and he immediately said he didn’t remember. Until I finished explaining where it was and when we went there, then he admitted that he jumped to conclusion and he does remember.

ASSIGNMENT PART TWO

1. What do we do in situations where there is more than a single obligation? You should choose the more important of the two, or if possible you should try to satisfy both obligations. All possibilities should be examined, but its up to you to decide which is ethical or morally correct.

2. How can we reconcile conflicting obligations? You should try to find a way to do a little bit of each of the obligation. The individual needs to make what they believe to be the most appropriate decision for each situation.


ASSIGNMENT PART THREE

1. In a nutshell, what is the most important thing, for you that you learned from this assignment? I learned that with out even realizing it you can make assumptions about important decisions that if you stepped back and thought about it you might re-think the choice. I have always been a big follower on not judging things before you actually know what there all about. So I feel that that part just further strengthened my feelings on the topic.

2. How will you apply what you learned through this assignment to your everyday life? The next time someone is telling me a story I will wait until they are done to make any sort of assumption. I will do my best to accommodate obligations of people that I deal with everyday

3. What grade do you believe your efforts regarding this assignment deserve? Out of 25 points I think I should get 24 because After reading chapter 8 I felt that I understood what was being brought up but I did not get into the chapter because I felt the chapter repeated it self as well as a topic I already have a view on. I felt that I did a good job of explaining the definitions in assignment 1 though. That all made sense and was something I learned from.