Freewrite

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Freewrite

• Take Five minutes to write your response to the
  following question
• Is it ever right to break the law?

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Morality

• Basically defined as what is right and is wrong
• Also important How do we know?
• Two Types
• Common/Public Morality Moral standards shared
  by almost everyone in a society.
• Personal Morality Moral standards held by
  individual people what you believe is right or
  wrong.

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Common/Public Morality

• Usually based on ideas that we should
• not harm others
• Fix things when we make mistakes
• not lie or cheat
• keep promises
• not interfere with others own lives (when they
  dont interfere with your own)
• help those in need
• Famous quote I dont care what people do as
  long as they don't frighten the horses. Mrs.
  Patrick Campbell

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Example Common Morality

• Murder
• Theft
• Lying
• Being unethical in a job
• Breaking laws

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Personal Morality

• Dictated by different criteria
• Parents
• Religion
• Friends
• Education
• Personal Beliefs

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Examples Personal Morality

• Abortion
• Death penalty
• War in Iraq
• Gay marriage
• Breaking unjust laws (civil rights movement)
• Can be applied to any controversial topic of the
  day. What divides people?