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Monday, September 13 was the first day of my Principles of Ethical Reasoning class. From the minute I stepped into the classroom, and by the way the classroom was set, it struck me immediately that this class would have a different type of atmosphere and learning experience than the other classes at Sir Sandford. The classroom was set so that all the students were sitting in a circle as if we would be involved in a tribal meeting of sorts. Born and raised in Montreal, by strict Muslim morals and values, this type of atmosphere and setting was something I was used to in a religious ceremony at the Mosque (our place of worship). Immediately I felt a sense of home and comfort, knowing that the whole class would be involved in the learning experience, not by one ideology or thinking, but by sharing and discussing, and learning from each other on an individual basis. John, what I felt from you on a first impression basis, was that you were probably arrogant, and all knowing. I guess this is just a feeling that all students feel about their teachers prior to getting to know them. You came off strong talking about certain rules and goals you wanted the class to attain before it's 15 week durat
What we discussed in class began with honesty. The question brought up by you was if honesty is a personal quality like shyness. We discussed this question in depth in-groups of 5 - 6 people. We all expressed our opinions freely. My feelings toward this question were "unlike shyness honesty can be controlled." If one chooses to lie instead of tell the truth, it is something (s)he has chosen to do. Where as shyness is something uncontrolled. A person will become shy in a certain situation whether (s)he wanted to feel that way or not. I can go as far as saying that for some people it is a lot harder to lie than for others, but it still does not compare to shyness. It may indeed be a personal quality but it is not a virtue. I felt the question should have been more posed towards whether honesty was a virtue or not. I feel that religion, morals and ethics have a big role on how honest a person can be, and this most definitely has an impact as to whether honesty is imbedded in a person for life. One may know how it's wrong to lie, but still might lie freely, where as others might lie freely not even knowing that they are going against societies morals and norms. To be honest is not a virtue, nor is it something one is born with, it is a learned behavior so that one can function in a society normally. The other situation discussed was if we were teaching a Police Foundations course and it came to our attention that two students cheated on an exam, would we "rat" them out within their future career. In accordance to the situation, one student apologized and the other was very aggravated that he
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